![]() Once he takes your hand, he has to walk along with you, but even then you can’t just gab away. If you want to talk to him, instead of stopping, you can offer him your hand, which he can take, but only _after_ lifting his hat, using the hand farthest away from you. But let’s say you really want to stop and talk to this guy: Well… you can’t. Which, OK, I can kind of see the appeal of that one – you don’t have to pretend to be doing something on your phone to avoid making eye contact, etc. But what happens if you see a man you recognize? Well, first of all, he’s not allowed to talk to you unless you make a gesture of recognition first. * OK, imagine you’re an unmarried lady out for a stroll in 19th-century London. “What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew.” Simon & Schuster. “Courtship and Marriage in Victorian England.” ABC-CLIO. ![]() “Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year.” John Wiley & Sons. “How to Be a Victorian.” Liveright Publishing Corp. “Cassell’s Household Guide: Being a Complete Encyclopedia of Domestic and Social Economy, and Forming a Guide to Every Department of Practical Life.” Cassell, Ltd., 1869. “Universal Dancing Master.” VictorianWeb.Org. These clips are used for visual reference to the type of customs discussed, which were not exclusive to the Victorian era or to British culture.Ĭarpenter, Lucien O. Editor’s Note: Some of the clips featured portray eras other than the Victorian and locations outside the British empire.
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