Jane Austen and Her Times

Name: Jane Austen and Her Times
Author: Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

Dancing, 121, 123-124, 126-128;
    the waltz, 121;
    the minuet, 126, 223;
    the quadrille, 127-128, 149;
    the Boulangeries, 149.
  Deportment, 121.
  Dobson, Austin, _cited_, 186, 189;
    _quoted_, 316.
  Dockwra, William, 109-111.
  Dress—
    Academic, 239.
    Ball, 125-127.
    Caps, 230-232.
    Cloaks, 240.
    Excesses in, 229-230.
    Fabrics, 241-242;
      cost of, 242-243.
    Feminine costumes, 73, 239-241.
    Fruit-wearing, 229.
    Headgear, 230-234;
      feathers, 125, 232, 234, 283;
      wigs, 235-236, 239.
    Hoops, 244.
    Jane Austen’s lack of reference to, in the novels, 4;
      particular description of, in a letter, 243.
    Masculine, 126, 245-247.
    Mamaloucs, 231.
    Night-caps, 232-233.
    Nomenclature of, 243.
    Pelisses, 241.
    Pockets, absence of, 244.
    Scantiness of, 240.


  Edgeworth, Maria, works of, 87;
    _Emma_ presented to, 172;
    Jane Austen compared with, 181-182.
  Education of girls, 29-31.
  Eighteenth-century period, scope of, 3.
  Eliot, George, Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen compared
  with, 100, 101.
  _Emma_—
    Characters of, 308-310;
      children, 24, 26;
      clerical character, 43, 48;
      Mrs. Bennet, 61;
      Harriet, 139-142.
    Date of, 98.
    Dedication of, 163, 305, 307.
    Length of, 80.
    Love depicted in, 136.
    Personal appearance of heroine in, 57.
    _Persuasion_ compared with, 313.
    _Pride and Prejudice_ compared with, 99, 308-310.
    Scott’s review of, 134-135, 310-311.
    Otherwise mentioned, 69-70, 83-84, 91, 97, 115, 135.
  Entertainments, 120.
  _Evelina_, 87, 164, 186;
    _cited_, 121-122.


  _Fairchild Family, The_—_cited_, 28-29.
  Fashion (_see also_ Dress)—
    Bare necks, 220, 240.
    Excesses of, 229-230, 240, 244.
    Hair-dressing, 233-236, 239.
  Ferrier, Miss, 82, 98, 174.
  _First Impressions_, see _Pride and Prejudice_.
  Flirtation, 119, 129-130.
  Food, prices of, 70-71, 77.
  Foreign affairs, outline of, 49-56, 253-254, 259-260, 270-272,
  297-298.
  Fox, George, 247, 259.
  French Revolution and Reign of Terror, 50-53.
  Furniture, 63.


  Gardening, 71-72.
  Garrick, David, 161, 291, 292.
  Gas, 284-285.
  Geography of the period, 6-7.
  George III., King, 94, 235, 305-306.
  Gibson, Mary (Mrs. F. Austen), 256, 258.
  Gloucester, Duke of, 253.
  Godmersham—
    Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, 17, 148.
    Description of, 251-252.
    Temple Plantation, 261.
  Goodnestone, visits to, 253.
  Gordon, Duchess of (1791), 56.
  Gosse, Edmund, on eighteenth-century literature, 169.
  Grosley, M., _quoted_—on English breakfasts, 66;
    on wages, 72;
    on coaching, 157-158;
    on King George III., 235;
    on London, 280-281, 283-286;
    on the stage, 291-292.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography

Dancing, 121, 123-124, 126-128;
    the waltz, 121;
    the minuet, 126, 223;
    the quadrille, 127-128, 149;
    the Boulangeries, 149.
  Deportment, 121.
  Dobson, Austin, _cited_, 186, 189;
    _quoted_, 316.
  Dockwra, William, 109-111.
  Dress—
    Academic, 239.
    Ball, 125-127.
    Caps, 230-232.
    Cloaks, 240.
    Excesses in, 229-230.
    Fabrics, 241-242;
      cost of, 242-243.
    Feminine costumes, 73, 239-241.
    Fruit-wearing, 229.
    Headgear, 230-234;
      feathers, 125, 232, 234, 283;
      wigs, 235-236, 239.
    Hoops, 244.
    Jane Austen’s lack of reference to, in the novels, 4;
      particular description of, in a letter, 243.
    Masculine, 126, 245-247.
    Mamaloucs, 231.
    Night-caps, 232-233.
    Nomenclature of, 243.
    Pelisses, 241.
    Pockets, absence of, 244.
    Scantiness of, 240.


  Edgeworth, Maria, works of, 87;
    _Emma_ presented to, 172;
    Jane Austen compared with, 181-182.
  Education of girls, 29-31.
  Eighteenth-century period, scope of, 3.
  Eliot, George, Charlotte Brontë and Jane Austen compared
  with, 100, 101.
  _Emma_—
    Characters of, 308-310;
      children, 24, 26;
      clerical character, 43, 48;
      Mrs. Bennet, 61;
      Harriet, 139-142.
    Date of, 98.
    Dedication of, 163, 305, 307.
    Length of, 80.
    Love depicted in, 136.
    Personal appearance of heroine in, 57.
    _Persuasion_ compared with, 313.
    _Pride and Prejudice_ compared with, 99, 308-310.
    Scott’s review of, 134-135, 310-311.
    Otherwise mentioned, 69-70, 83-84, 91, 97, 115, 135.
  Entertainments, 120.
  _Evelina_, 87, 164, 186;
    _cited_, 121-122.


  _Fairchild Family, The_—_cited_, 28-29.
  Fashion (_see also_ Dress)—
    Bare necks, 220, 240.
    Excesses of, 229-230, 240, 244.
    Hair-dressing, 233-236, 239.
  Ferrier, Miss, 82, 98, 174.
  _First Impressions_, see _Pride and Prejudice_.
  Flirtation, 119, 129-130.
  Food, prices of, 70-71, 77.
  Foreign affairs, outline of, 49-56, 253-254, 259-260, 270-272,
  297-298.
  Fox, George, 247, 259.
  French Revolution and Reign of Terror, 50-53.
  Furniture, 63.


  Gardening, 71-72.
  Garrick, David, 161, 291, 292.
  Gas, 284-285.
  Geography of the period, 6-7.
  George III., King, 94, 235, 305-306.
  Gibson, Mary (Mrs. F. Austen), 256, 258.
  Gloucester, Duke of, 253.
  Godmersham—
    Acquisition of, by Edward Knight, 17, 148.
    Description of, 251-252.
    Temple Plantation, 261.
  Goodnestone, visits to, 253.
  Gordon, Duchess of (1791), 56.
  Gosse, Edmund, on eighteenth-century literature, 169.
  Grosley, M., _quoted_—on English breakfasts, 66;
    on wages, 72;
    on coaching, 157-158;
    on King George III., 235;
    on London, 280-281, 283-286;
    on the stage, 291-292.

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Jane Austen and Her Times

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