Merrie England in the Olden Time (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Edition (Vol. 1&2)By George Daniel
Length14h 20m
About this audiobook
Merrie England in the Olden Time is a spirited antiquarian miscellany devoted to the festivals, pastimes, ceremonies, domestic habits, and popular amusements of pre-modern England. Written in a richly allusive, genial style, it mingles historical anecdote, literary quotation, and comic observation, evoking May games, Christmas revels, civic pageants, fairs, masques, and rural customs. In the context of Victorian nostalgia for a communal, festive past, the book participates in the nineteenth-century revival of interest in folklore, manners, and "Old English" social life. George Daniel was a London writer, playwright, poet, and notable bibliophile whose deep familiarity with early English literature and dramatic tradition informs the work throughout. His antiquarian tastes, theatrical sensibility, and affection for popular culture helped shape a book that is neither dry history nor mere entertainment. Daniel writes as a learned enthusiast, preserving fragments of social memory while dramatizing them for readers newly conscious of industrial modernity's losses. This volume is recommended for readers interested in English cultural history, folklore, Victorian antiquarianism, and the literary construction of national memory. It will especially reward those who enjoy erudite yet lively prose, where scholarship, humor, and imaginative reconstruction combine to make the past feel festive, strange, and vividly inhabited.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.5 (10)
Includes LibraryThing
GenreHistory
Length14 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Maud (Annotated)
19CHAPTER I.
2VOLUME 1
20CHAPTER II.
3MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME.
21CHAPTER III.
4CHAPTER I.
22CHAPTER IV.
5CHAPTER II.
23CHAPTER V.
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6CHAPTER III.
24CHAPTER VI.
7CHAPTER IV.
25CHAPTER VII.
8CHAPTER V.
26CHAPTER VIII.
9CHAPTER VI.
27CHAPTER IX.
10CHAPTER VII.
28CHAPTER X.
11CHAPTER VIII.
29CHAPTER XI.
12CHAPTER IX.
30CHAPTER XII.
13CHAPTER X.
31CHAPTER XIII.
14CHAPTER XI.
32CHAPTER XIV.
15CHAPTER XII.
33CONCLUSION.
16CHAPTER XIII.
34APPENDIX.
17CHAPTER XIV.
35Memorable Quotes
18VOLUME 2
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