Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, Taken from Original Sources
John Ashton built Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne almost entirely from the newspapers, advertisements, broadsides, pamphlets and letters of the years 1702 to 1714, letting the period speak in its own words. The chapters move through an Englishman's life from childhood, schooling and marriage to death and burial, and then across the whole of daily existence: houses and servants, men's and women's routines, gambling and speculation, superstition, cosmetics and dress, food and drink, tobacco, coffeehouses, taverns and clubs, fairs and sights, rough sports, hunting and racing, the stage and the opera. Ashton adds little commentary, and the advertisements alone make lively reading. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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