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English Society in the Eighteenth Century

By: Roy Porter
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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 In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th-century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut, covering diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.

Roy Porter's new edition of his celebrated book of English cultural history was revised in light of changes in the climate of debate that occurred in the seven years after its first publication.

©1990 Roy Porter (P)2005 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Europe Great Britain Social Classes & Economic Disparity Sociology England Economic disparity

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"Vivid, witty, and entertaining...easily the best general account of eighteenth-century society that we have." ( New York Review of Books)
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Beautifully narrated by Simon Vance, this well researched, descriptive book provides a fascinating insight into Eighteenth Century England

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This is a wonderful in-depth description of life in the 18th century. The prose is remarkably elegant and Simon Vance reads it beautifully with a clear, mellifluous voice. Great job!

Beautifully written, beautifully read

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Excellent insight into the century preceding Victorian times. Exceptional writing and fascinating presentation. Highly recommended.

Very Educational

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Porter tackles a century that saw huge changes in England and manages to strike a beautiful balance between painting a sort of crowd scene of scientists, dandies, yeomen farmers, actresses, dissolute nobels and forward thinking social reformers while giving us enough detail about personalities to make us lean in and really look at the faces in the crowd.

Sprawling - in a good way

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The C18th has always been a bit of a gap in my historical knowledge and this fine book from Roy Porter proved a great way to fill it. Interesting stories, entertainingly told and unobstrusively narrated by Simon Vance. A good effort all round.

A fine and interesting book

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