Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune : How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
(2022)
By:
Muir, Rory
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Yale University Press, 2022
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (399 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9780300249545 MWT15197108, 0300249543 15197108
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything-while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do to make an independent living? Historian Rory Muir weaves together the stories of many obscure and well-known young men of good family but small fortune, shedding light on an overlooked aspect of Regency society. This is the first scholarly yet accessible exploration of the lifestyle and prospects of these younger sons
Mode of access: World Wide Web