Jane Austen's England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

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This was a period when the lowliest labourers earned less than £ 25 a year and often as little as £ 12, while the upper classes enjoyed incomes of £ 10,000 or more, sometimes as much as £ 50,000,4 and the annual Civil List payment – from taxes – to support the royal family exceeded £ 1,000,000.’

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Rather than meaning someone who resists oppression, the word ‘Luddite’ nowadays refers to a person who holds back progress.

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The concept of teenagers, a time of adolescence, did not exist until the twentieth century.

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It was customary that the mother lost custody of (and usually all contact with) her children.

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If someone went away for several years, perhaps serving in the Royal Navy, they might not be recognised on their return, because there were no photographs to refresh memories.

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The basic amenities that we take for granted, like electricity, a water supply and sewerage, were non-existent or just being introduced, so that simply keeping warm, clean and free from hunger entailed laborious, time-consuming and inefficient tasks.

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