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Pride and Prejudice: Public Country Ball
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Dances at country inns were similar to Assembly Room Balls. But on a much smaller scale. They were usually held in smaller communities, organized by locals, and consisted of dancing and dining.
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Pride and Prejudice: Impropriety
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Please scroll down to the topic of interest. Later that evening, one can also acknowledge the impropriety of Mary, who takes up the piano without invitation. One expert on period etiquette notes "it must always be remembered and it cannot be too often repeated, 'that whatever it is worth while to do, it is worth while to do well. The Mirror of Graces. The Mirror of Graces. By a Lady of Distinction, 1811)," which so well points out the rude behavior exhibited by Lydia and Kitty.
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Mansfield Park: Temperance
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Although wine and other alcoholic beverages were very common in the Regency Period, due to the poor quality and often contaminated water sources, drunkenness was only reserved and excused amongst gentlemen. Ladies were never to be drunk, lest they be shunned from society for their inexcusable behaviour.
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Pride and Prejudice: Social Faux Pas
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Please scroll down to the topic of interest. For the Bennets to have all their daughters "out" into society at the same time, with none of their other daughters married, would have been a great social faux pas.
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Becoming Jane: Gentry Balls
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Please scroll down to the topic of interest. Although mostly fictional, Kevin Hood's. Displays a well researched, well executed plot line and character development as well as keen insight into the manners and etiquette of the period. In this short excerpt. Classes of Regency Balls. By Sandra Causey).".
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Northanger Abbey: Introductions
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The Master of Ceremonies. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. Daniel Pool talks about the Master of Ceremonies, whose responsibility was to know the background of the young men and women present, and then introduce them so they could dance, as it was improper for men and women of the day to introduce themselves. The Master of ceremonies also made sure that the attendees maintained their propriety and proper etiquette. Classes of Regency Balls.
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Pride and Prejudice: Insolence
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Please scroll down to the topic of interest. True gentlemen of the period were expected to dance when the host or hostess (at a private ball), or the master of ceremonies (at a public ball) suggested a young lady whom they desired to see dancing. When a young man refused to dance, it was taken as an assult upon a young woman's character and an unforgivable slight on her part toward the young gentleman.
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Emma: Offenses
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True gentlemen of the period were expected to dance when the host or hostess (at a private ball), or the master of ceremonies (at a public ball) suggested a young lady whom they desired to see dancing. When a young man refused to dance, it was taken as an assult upon a young woman's character and an unforgivable slight on her part toward the young gentleman.
