{"product_id":"what-jane-austen-ate-and-charles-dickens-knew-9780671882365","title":"What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssays provide a view of British life during the nineteenth  century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM.G. Lord \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e A delightful book...indispensable to lovers of Victorian literature.\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Stokes \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Indispensable...Pool has gathered together...the facts of daily life in 19th-century England, and no one who likes an occasional dip into the period's history or literature can afford to be without it.\u003cbr\u003eGlenn Giffin \u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e It's great fun reading this, and Pool has provided a valuable service.\u003cbr\u003ePatrick T. 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