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Immerse yourself in the vanished world inhabited by Jane Austen's contemporaries. Packed with detail and anecdotes, this is an intimate exploration of how the middle and upper classes lived from 1775, the year of Austen's birth, to the coronation of George IV in 1820. Sue Wilkes skillfully conjures up all aspects of daily life within the period, drawing on contemporary diaries, illustrations, letters, novels, travel literature, and archives.
● Were all unmarried affluent men really "in want of a wife"?
● Where would a young lady seek adventure?
● Would "taking the waters" at Bath and other spas kill or cure you?
● Was Lizzy Bennet bitten by bed-bugs while traveling?
● What would you wear to a country ball or a dance at Almack's?
● Would Mr. Darcy have worn a corset?
● What hidden horrors lurked in elegant Regency houses?
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About Christine Rendel
Christine Rendel is a British-born award-winning audiobook narrator and producer and actor living in New York. She has narrated over sixty fiction and nonfiction books for major and independent publishers, and maintains a professional home studio on the bucolic north fork of eastern Long Island. She is the SOVAS Voice Arts Award winner 2020 for Classics Narration.