Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… of the middle class, even working people, in sociable contexts, for instance at the tea-table (china) and dances (dress), likewise in public leisure spaces. 3 Eighteenth-century Britain saw an ongoing luxury debate, which occurred … entertainment with the grocer’s family, who are living above their station: ‘I found his wife and three daughters were dressed out in the most genteel and fashionable manner, and at a considerable expence [...] She was determined that none … Eden to Smollett (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977). In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Gentleman's Magazine on Dress (1731) The Fable of the Bees (1714) … Luxury has always been difficult to define. The eighteenth century saw a …
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