SOURCE: Lane, Maggie. “Mealtimes, Menus, Manners.” In Jane Austen and Food, pp. 25-54. London: The Hambledon Press, 1995.
In the following essay, Lane traces the changing customs governing dining practices in Austen's time and explains how various foodways served as indications of social class.
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