… of human life to be found in the area produced a unique milieu of sociability and creativity: ‘Mingling, drinking, gossiping and fornicating, business and pleasure blended easily together. More than anywhere else in the capital, Covent …
… ‘the very shop that every body attends every day of their lives’, making it the ideal locus for the exchange of news and gossip (Austen, Emma , II.vi.215). 8 Austen’s marriage plots pivot around episodes of sociability for which romantic …
… the Thraliana , in which Hester began to jot down her own English ‘ ana ’: a collection of anecdotes and observations, gossip and stories, historical and etymological speculations, part family history, part diary, a depository of mostly …
… town of Alresford in 1812. In her letter to a friend, a young woman named ‘Henriette’, gives a brief, vivid insight into gossip and life in a parole town, as well as into the giddy whirl of her social life which included a ball to celebrate …
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… about their visits were full of accounts of race-week events and experiences: balls and assemblies, political and social gossip, who they met, and the races themselves. The many prizes advertised as a ‘Ladies’ Purse’ or ‘Ladies’ Plate’ during …