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Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces (1811): The Mirror of Graces (1811)

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This book, written by a woman who wished to remain anonymous, covers the social customs and manners of her time, the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the times of Jane Austen and of Napoleon. It is devoted in large part to the “English lady’s costume” but also covers deportment, movement, the correct dances, propriety, and aids to beauty and health. The front page opens with a long and detailed summary of what is to be found in the book, including “cultivation of the mind and the Disposition and Carriage of the Body; offering also the most efficacious Means of preserving Beauty, Health, and Loveliness.” “Naturally, a ‘Lady of Distinction,’ in coy anonymity, has written it. But this book was no joke in Regency times, and much of the advice would have been taken very much to heart….The style of writing of this period can only be described as flowery; everything is padded out with endless adjectives, adverbs, and classical references. So one receives the following advice: ‘Again, I repeat, the libertine, the gross Epicurean, may feast his imbruted gaze upon a form so stripped of decency; for he is a creature whose senses are bent to the earth and the basest offerings are his banquet.’ This, apparently, is the result of leaving too much shoulder showing!”—Anne Woodley, editor, Regency Collection On-Line. This book will be especially indispensable to anyone interested in the times of Jane Austen, of English Regency, of Napoleon, the early United States, and the War of 1812.

Language: English

Format: Audiobook

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0786134283

ISBN 13: 9780786134281

Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces (1811): The Mirror of Graces (1811)

4.1/5 ( ratings)

This book, written by a woman who wished to remain anonymous, covers the social customs and manners of her time, the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the times of Jane Austen and of Napoleon. It is devoted in large part to the “English lady’s costume” but also covers deportment, movement, the correct dances, propriety, and aids to beauty and health. The front page opens with a long and detailed summary of what is to be found in the book, including “cultivation of the mind and the Disposition and Carriage of the Body; offering also the most efficacious Means of preserving Beauty, Health, and Loveliness.” “Naturally, a ‘Lady of Distinction,’ in coy anonymity, has written it. But this book was no joke in Regency times, and much of the advice would have been taken very much to heart….The style of writing of this period can only be described as flowery; everything is padded out with endless adjectives, adverbs, and classical references. So one receives the following advice: ‘Again, I repeat, the libertine, the gross Epicurean, may feast his imbruted gaze upon a form so stripped of decency; for he is a creature whose senses are bent to the earth and the basest offerings are his banquet.’ This, apparently, is the result of leaving too much shoulder showing!”—Anne Woodley, editor, Regency Collection On-Line. This book will be especially indispensable to anyone interested in the times of Jane Austen, of English Regency, of Napoleon, the early United States, and the War of 1812.

Language: English

Format: Audiobook

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0786134283

ISBN 13: 9780786134281

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