Social Life in England 1750-1850

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LibriVox recording of Social Life in England 1750-1850 by F. J. Foakes-Jackson. Read in English by Pamela Nagami In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ranging and engaging talks, the author describes British life between 1750-1850. There are John Wesley's horseback peregrinations over thousands of miles of English countryside. Next, Foakes-Jackson introduces the mordant rural poet, George Crabbe, who began life as a surgeon apothecary and ended up as a parish rector who made house calls. He gives us a female convict, assorted Cambridge University dons, Regency fops and rakes, and Victorian slices of life from Dickens and Thackeray. In the last lecture we barrel over hedges and fences and through muddy lanes in headlong chase of the fox. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (167MB)

Directors & creators

F. J. Foakes-Jackson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;18th Century; Charles Dickens; Victorian era; 19th century; anthony trollope; workhouse; social life; lowell lectures; george crabbe; margaret catchpole; w.m. thackeray; history of sport; new poor law

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