Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen''s England explores the real England of Jane Austen''s lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to ...