The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848
by James Laver
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- Canonical title
- The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848
- Original publication date
- 1972
- Epigraph
- Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven.
WORDSWORTH
The Sensual and the Dark rebel in vain,
Slaves by their own compulsion! In mad game
They burst their manacles and wear the name... (show all)
Of Freedom, graven on a heavier chain!
COLERIDGE - First words
- Louis XIV had died in 1715, and the defeats suffered by France in the closing years of his reign had reduced her political domination; but her prestige, especially in the social and cultural fields, was still prodigious.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The 'Year of Revolutions', 1848, was at hand.
- Original language
- English UK
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Travel, Sociology
- DDC/MDS
- 914.03 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe subdivisions and modified standard subdivisions [formerly Man and his Civilisation, now in 940]
- LCC
- GT143 .L38 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Manners and customs (General) Manners and customs (General)
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