Jane Austen and Food
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781847250483 (1847250483)
Publish date: August 30th 2007
Publisher: Hambledon & London
Edition language: English
Exactly what it sounds like: a lively exploration of food in Jane Austen's life and fiction. Except there really is a lot more to it than that. It's true Maggie Lane explains things I always wondered about, like why General Tilney was upset about "the butter being oiled" (whatever that meant) or how...