Gentlemen of uncertain fortune : how younger sons made their way in Jane Austen's England /
A portrait of Jane Austen's England told through the career paths of younger sons-men of good family but small fortune. 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 the...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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