Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens Entertain at Home (eBook)

Helen Cox (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-6045-0 (ISBN)

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens Entertain at Home presents an account of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens told in a series of parties, or 'Occasions', given in their own homes. With each is given the lists of distinguished guests; a Victorian Menu taken from Kate Dickens's book What Shall We Have for Dinner?; and a matching one for use today. Recipes for carrying out both types of Menu follow each 'Occasion'. The book begins with the first dinner party of their married life in 1836 and ends with the completion of the book in 1852. Each chapter follows a quartet theme, with a repetition of four pages right through to the end. The first page of the quartet gives the date of the party (sometimes approximately), the home at which it was given, the guests present, and the life story. The second and third pages are devoted to matching Menus and recipes; and the fourth is an extract from Dickens's own works, chosen by his great granddaughter, Mrs. Stuart McHugh.

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens Entertain at Home presents an account of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens told in a series of parties, or "e;Occasions"e;, given in their own homes. With each is given the lists of distinguished guests; a Victorian Menu taken from Kate Dickens's book What Shall We Have for Dinner?; and a matching one for use today. Recipes for carrying out both types of Menu follow each "e;Occasion"e;. The book begins with the first dinner party of their married life in 1836 and ends with the completion of the book in 1852. Each chapter follows a quartet theme, with a repetition of four pages right through to the end. The first page of the quartet gives the date of the party (sometimes approximately), the home at which it was given, the guests present, and the life story. The second and third pages are devoted to matching Menus and recipes; and the fourth is an extract from Dickens's own works, chosen by his great granddaughter, Mrs. Stuart McHugh.

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Front Cover 1
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens Entertain at Home 
4 
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
The Menus 8
List of Illustrations 10
An Invitation into the Past 13
THE BOOK 13
THE PLAN 13
THE GUESTS 13
THE MENUS 13
THE RECIPES 14
THE RECIPE INDEX 14
DICKENS ON FOOD 14
Family Notes 15
Chapter 1. The Bride and Bridegroom 17
Furnival's Inn, Early May 1836 17
Chapter 2. Wedding Food 20
Dombey and Son 20
Chapter 3. A Musical Evening 21
Furnival's Inn, July 23rd, 1836 21
Chapter 4. Embarrassing Food 24
Bashful Young Gentleman from Sketches of Young Gentlemen 24
Chapter 5. Holiday Dinner at Elm Lodge 25
Petersham, Early August 1836 25
Chapter 6. Fun at Furnival's Inn 29
Early September 1836 29
Chapter 7. Food on Principle 32
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club 32
Chapter 8. A Victorian At-home Day 33
Doughty Street, 1836 33
Chapter 9. Hypocritical Food 36
Martin Chuzzlewit 36
Chapter 10. After the Tragedy—Forster's First Visit 37
Hampstead, Early June 1837 37
Chapter 11. Thieves' Food 40
Oliver Twist 40
Chapter 12. Portraits 41
Doughty Street, October 1837 41
Chapter 13. After a Ride with Friends 45
Early November 1837 45
Chapter 14. Dining House Food 48
Bleak House 48
Chapter 15. The First Christening Party 49
December 9th, 1837 49
Chapter 16. Housekeeper's Food 52
Hard Times 52
Chapter 17. Gruesome Visits, then Home to Dinner 53
Doughty Street, April 30th, 1837 53
Chapter 18. Prison Food 56
Little Dorrit 56
Chapter 19. Chapman & Hall are Entertained
Doughty Street, January 28th, 1838 57
Chapter 20. Summer Guests Destined for Fame 61
4 Ailsa Park Villas, Twickenham, June 1838 61
Chapter 21. Schoolboy's Food 64
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 64
Chapter 22. A Christmas Dinner 65
Doughty Street, December 1838 65
Chapter 23. Family Food 68
A Christmas Carol 68
Chapter 24. An Impromptu Birthday Party 69
PartyDoughty Street, February 7th, 1839 69
Chapter 25. Nice Food 72
Sketches of Young Couples 72
Chapter 26. Gathering of Relatives 73
Doughty Street, May 1839 73
Chapter 27. Remote and Distant Parts 77
Petersham, Early July 1839, then Broadstairs 77
Chapter 28. Rural Food 80
The Cricket on the Hearth 80
Chapter 29. Showing Off a New Home 81
Devonshire Terrace, Early January 1840 81
Chapter 30. Stately Food 84
Household Words 84
Chapter 31. Come! 85
Broadstairs, June 1840 85
Chapter 32. Bird Food 88
Barnaby Rudge (1841) 88
Chapter 33. "Invitation to Dine" 89
Devonshire Terrace, January 21st, 1841 89
Chapter 34. Famous Scottish Guests 93
Devonshire Terrace, Early April 1841 93
Chapter 35. Workhouse Food 96
Oliver Twist 96
Chapter 36. Walter Landor Attends the Christening of Walter Landor 97
Devonshire Terrace, December 1841 97
Chapter 37. Late Night Food 100
"Parliamentary Notes" in Sketches by Boz 100
Chapter 38. A Farewell Luncheon 101
Devonshire Terrace, January 1st, 1842 101
Chapter 39. Guilty Food 104
Great Expectations 104
Chapter 40. Triumph in America 105
A Transatlantic Menu 105
Chapter 41. Festivities and Theatricals 109
From America to Canada, May 1842 109
Chapter 42. Boston Food 112
American Notes (1842) 112
Chapter 43. Home!!!!!!!!!! 113
Devonshire Terrace, Early July 1842 113
Chapter 44. American Food 116
Martin Chuzzlewit 116
Chapter 45. A Social Whirl for William Long fellow 117
Devonshire Terrace, Early October 1842 117
Chapter 46. Banquet Food 120
The Letters of Charles Dickens (1847) 120
Chapter 47. A Christmas Carol 121
A Five O'clock Gathering at Devonshire Terrace, Christmas 1843 121
Chapter 48. Festive Food 124
Sketches by Boz 124
Chapter 49. Dining with the Leaders of Fashion 125
Devonshire Terrace, January 6th, 1844 125
Chapter 50. Off to Italy 129
Farewell Dinner at 9 Osnaburgh Terrace, June 1844 129
Chapter 51. Below Stairs Food 132
The Old Curiosity Shop 132
Chapter 52. A Continental Trek 133
Italy, 1844-5 133
Chapter 53. Poor Man's Food 136
The Chimes 136
Chapter 54. The Bells Ring Out 137
The Peschiere, Genoa, November 5th, 1844 137
Chapter 55. Italian Food 140
Pictures from Italy (1846) 140
Chapter 56. PIay-Acting 141
Devonshire Terrace, Late June 1845 141
Chapter 57. A Christening Party, then Rosemont 145
Devonshire Terrace, April 1846 145
Chapter 58. Hotel Food 148
The Uncommercial Traveller (1860) 148
Chapter 59. Entertaining in Paris 149
No. 48, Rue de Courcelles, Fauberg St. Honore,January 1847 149
Chapter 60. French Food 152
Pictures from Italy 152
Chapter 61. A Theatre Dinner 153
No. 3, Chester Place, May 1847 153
Chapter 62. Stolen Food 156
Great Expectations 156
Chapter 63. Hans Christian Andersen's First Visit 157
Broadstairs, Early October 1847 157
Chapter 64. Holiday House-Party 161
Broadstairs, August 1848 161
Chapter 65. Railway Food 164
The Uncommercial Traveller (1860) 164
Chapter 66. The Haunted Man is Christened 165
Devonshire Terrace, January 3rd, 1849 165
Chapter 67. Sorry Food 168
David Gopperfield 168
Chapter 68. The Polka Dance 169
Devonshire Terrace, January 6th, 1849 169
Chapter 69. Food of Love 172
Our Mutual Friend 172
Chapter 70. Dinner for an American Visitor 173
Devonshire Terrace, April 19th, 1849 173
Chapter 71. A Dinner and a Toy 177
Devonshire Terrace, May 12th, 1849 177
Chapter 72. British Food 180
Household Words 180
Chapter 73. Pastures New 181
Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, Midsummer 1849 181
Chapter 74. Picnic Food 184
Pickwick Papers 184
Chapter 75. For the Eight-and-Thirtieth Time 185
Devonshire Terrace, February 7th, 1850 185
Chapter 76. Birthday Food 188
The Uncommercial Traveller 188
Chapter 77. A Bottle of the "Twenty", Expressly for You 189
Devonshire Terrace, July 21st, 1850 189
Chapter 78. A Stag Dinner—and Tears 193
Devonshire Terrace, March 12th, 1851 193
Chapter 79. Citizen's Food 196
A Tale of Two Cities 196
Chapter 80. "A Gipsy Sort of Cold Dinner" 197
Office of Household Words, July 22nd, 1851 197
Chapter 81. Worker's Food 200
The Uncommercial Traveller 200
Chapter 82. "Dinner at 1/2 past 5" 201
Fort House, Broadstairs, September 12th, 1851 201
Chapter 83. Food Afloat 204
Sketches by Boz 204
Chapter 84. A New Year's Eve Dinner 205
Tavistock House, December 31st, 1851 205
Chapter 85. A Cookbook—and the Last Christening 209
Tavistock House, Late March, 1852 209
Chapter 86. Charitable Food 214
Index 216

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Grundkochbücher
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Themenkochbücher
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-6045-9 / 1483160459
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-6045-0 / 9781483160450