What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew: from fox hunting to whist : the facts of daily life in nineteenth-century England

The Basics. Currency.

The Calendar. Hogsheads and Drams: English Measurement. England. London

The Public World.

Precedence: Of Bishops, Barristers, and Baronets. The Titled. How to Address Your Betters. Esq., Gent., K.C.B., etc. Status: Gentlemen and Lesser Folk. Society. Society and "The Season" Basic Etiquette. How to Address the Nontitled. "May I Have This Dance?" The Rules of Whist and Other Card Games. Calling Cards and Calls. The Major Rituals. Presentation at Court. The Dinner Party. The Ball. The Country House Visit. Money. Being Wealthy. Entail and Protecting the Estate. Bankruptcy, Debt, and Moneylending. Power and the Establishment. The Government. Britannia Rules the Waves. The Army. The Church of England. Oxford and Cambridge. Schools. "The Law Is a Ass" Lawyers. Crime and Punishment

Transition.

The Horse. Please, James, the Coach. The Railroad. The Mail

The Country.

Life on the Farm. The Midlands, Wessex, and Yorkshire. Who's Who in the Country. Shire and Shire Alike: Local Government in Britain. "The Theory and System of Fox Hunting" Vermin, Poachers, and Keepers. Fairs and Markets

The Private World.

"Reader, I Married Him" Sex. An Englishman's Home. Houses with Names. Furniture. Lighting. How the English Kept Clean. "Please, Sir, I Want Some More." Pudding! Tea. Drink and the Evils Thereof. Women's Clothing. Men's Clothing. Servants. The Governess. A Taxonomy of Maids. Victorian Recycling

The Grim World.

The Orphan. Occupations. Apprentices. The Workhouse. Disease. Doctors. Death and Other Grave Matters.