What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England, Paperback - Daniel Poo

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In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): James R. MooreNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 232 x 22Cover type: Paperback /...

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Reducere. Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, L with discusses how Hegel's students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaar...

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This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK...

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Using known and new evidence, John Fox provides the first biography of this extraordinary woman, a forgotten key player in the English Civil War.Pu...

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