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Tales - Regency
 The Art of the Silhouette
For those of you who have seen the movie,
Sense and Sensibility, you may recall a scene where Marianne is drawing
Willoughby's silhouette. This activity displayed in the movie actually has
some basis in fact.
Etiquette & the Regency Period
Impeccable manners and spotless
reputations were the order of the day during the Regency period.
Home Remedies for the Housewife
Although access to limited medicines were
available and used, the lady of the house still relied on remedies learned from
her mother.
London & the Watermen
Traveling via the waterways was one form of transportation
for the London Regency dweller. The watermen were those individuals who provided
the means of transportation.
Personal Care: Bathing
The luxury of a shower or fitted bathtub did not exist in the early 19th
century. How did people take a bath?
Presentation at Court
Entry into the fashionable world of
society and the marriage market was an important event in a young woman's life.
The Importance of a Good Reference
An employer put great stock in a potential
employee's references. A servant had to have impeccable references to even
be considered for a position.
The Poor Laws & Work Houses
It was the smaller farmer and laborers who
suffered from their inability to pay their share of increased taxes. Some lost
their property. As a result, after the first decade of the nineteenth century,
reforms to the Poor Law were instituted.
What Should I Wear?
In the Regency novel, the ladies in high
society endeavor to be a "diamond of the first water."
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