Descript |
xiv, 346 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
Introduction : 'The brilliant vortex' -- Leading the fashion : 'A most brilliant shew' -- Life in the town : 'All together and all distinct' -- The court and fashionable display : 'Most tastefully spangled' -- Politics and fashionable life : 'All the chatter chitter I heard' -- Beauties : 'So pow'rful in her charms' -- Exile and fraud : a changeable world -- Conclusion : London's little coterie -- Appendix : uses and meanings of 'beau monde' : a supplementary essay -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- Index. |
ISBN |
9780199659005 |
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0199659001 |
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