The Diaries of Charlotte Grove : Volume II 1819-1826

by John Lane and Valerie Lane Kay

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The Diaries of Charlotte Grove Volume II, is the second in a four-volume set, covering years 1819 -1826. The diaries afford the reader a glimpse of a small corner of rural England from the Regency through to the early-mid Victorian periods when life was based on a timeless and often precarious agricultural economy, a rigid, inequitable class system and deference to an authoritative Church. Charlotte, the daughter of an influential Wiltshire land-owner, was first cousin to the poet Shelley; she later married Richard Downes, rector of Berwick St John. Her diaries, together with those of her sister, Harriet, have been described by one authority as "like a novel by Jane Austen, but for real". This full transcription contains entries spanning a period of almost fifty years and provides a useful resource for scholars and social historians alike. Family historians will find recorded within these pages an extraordinary number of named individuals, from families representing all sections of society.
  • ISBN10 1447575040
  • ISBN13 9781447575047
  • Publish Date 28 November 2011
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 April 2013
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Lulu.com
  • Format eBook (OEB)
  • Language English