Overview
What happened when Jane Austen's heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the center of Jane Austen's novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate people today. But what were love and marriage like in reality for ladies and gentlemen in Regency England? Rory Muir uncovers the excitements and disappointments of courtship and the pains and pleasures of marriage, drawing on fascinating first-hand accounts as well as novels of the period. From the glamour of the ballroom to the pressures of careers, children, managing money, and difficult in-laws, love and marriage came in many guises: some wed happily, some dared to elope, and other relationships ended with acrimony, adultery, domestic abuse, or divorce. Muir illuminates the position of both men and women in marriage, as well as those spinsters and bachelors who chose not to marry at all. This is a richly textured account of how love and marriage felt for people at the time--revealing their unspoken assumptions, fears, pleasures, and delights. Included is an accompanying PDF
Full Product Details
Author: Rory Muir ,
Sarah Coomes
Publisher: Audio Holdings
Imprint: Audio Holdings
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228813526
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Digs wide and deep into the historical record to provide a documentary account of what falling in love and living happily ever after really involved in late Georgian England."" -- ""Sunday Times (London)"" ""Muir's well-informed, entertaining book surveys romantic love and marriage among the real-life counterparts of Austen's characters in an England threatened with invasion and agitated by calls for political reform."" -- ""Financial Times (London)""
Author Information
Rory Muir is a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide and a renowned expert on British history. His books include Britain and the Defeat of Napoleon and his two-part biography of Wellington, which won the SAHR Templer Medal. Sarah Coomes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and spent three blissful years there, learning how to cry, speak Shakespeare, and stage fight like a tiger. She is a comedienne and an actress, appearing in numerous television shows in England, including a recurring role as Nurse Leonard in the popular series EastEnders. She won the 2008 Westminster Prize for her play Hookie and an AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce in 2011.
