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Portable directories [ Print culture ]
… traditional values or conversely the predatory behaviour of aristocrats, which were reflected by social commentators and novelists. Directories could be used by rakes and impersonators to move as effortlessly as possible in different venues … the participation of many various intermediaries during the London Season. Another common accusation, mostly peddled by novelists, was their instrumentalization by tyrannical patriarchs. In his 1771 drama ( The Man of the Family . A …
Collecting | Elite | Merchants | Politeness | Rank
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West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… culture. New forms of sociability emerged around the networks offered by luxury entertainment and retail. Pierce Egan's novel Life in London (1821) expressed the way in which the West End offered spaces for the man about town. Egan described …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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