Social England under the Regency (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Edition (Vol. 1&2)By John Ashton
Length15h 17m
About this audiobook
Social England under the Regency is a richly documented panorama of British life during the brilliant, unstable years of the Prince Regent. Moving through drawing rooms, theatres, gambling houses, pleasure gardens, prize-fights, scandal sheets, fashions, food, politics, and popular entertainments, Ashton reconstructs an age of elegance shadowed by debt, war, and social unease. His style is antiquarian yet lively: a mosaic of newspaper extracts, advertisements, caricatures, anecdotes, and moral observation, situated within the Victorian tradition of social history that sought to recover the texture of everyday life. John Ashton was a journalist, antiquary, and prolific chronicler of English manners, especially fascinated by ephemeral print culture—broadsides, chapbooks, newspapers, engravings, and comic illustration. That training shaped this book profoundly. Rather than writing a conventional political history, Ashton mined the disposable records of the period, allowing Regency society to speak through its fashions, jokes, crimes, luxuries, and anxieties. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Regency culture beyond the polished world of fiction. Scholars, students, and general readers will find it an invaluable, vivid companion to the social realities behind Austen, Byron, Brummell, and the age of the dandies.
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.
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GenreHistory
Length15 hrs 17 mins
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Publish dateAug 29, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I (Annotated)
21CHAPTER XVIII.
2Volume 1
22CHAPTER XIX. 1815.
3PREFACE.
23Volume 2
4CHAPTER I.
24CHAPTER I.
5CHAPTER II.
25CHAPTER II.
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6CHAPTER III.
26CHAPTER III.
7CHAPTER IV.
27CHAPTER IV. 1816.
8CHAPTER V.
28CHAPTER V.
9CHAPTER VI. 1812.
29CHAPTER VI.
10CHAPTER VII.
30CHAPTER VII. 1817.
11CHAPTER VIII.
31CHAPTER VIII. 1818.
12CHAPTER IX. 1813.
32CHAPTER IX. 1819.
13CHAPTER X.
33CHAPTER X.
14CHAPTER XI.
34CHAPTER XI.
15CHAPTER XII. 1814.
35CHAPTER XII.
16CHAPTER XIII.
36CHAPTER XIII.
17CHAPTER XIV.
37CHAPTER XIV.
18CHAPTER XV.
38CHAPTER XV.
19CHAPTER XVI.
39CHAPTER XVI.
20CHAPTER XVII.
40Memorable Quotes
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