Tea with Jane Austen

Author: Wilson, KimBrand: Brand: Frances LincolnEdition: Second EditionFeatures: New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns Binding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 112Release Date: 01-04-2011model number: 9780711231894Part Number: 9780711231894Details: Product Description Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of her favorite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's life and work. At the center of almost every social situation in her novels one finds tea. In Emma, does Miss Bates drink coffee? Of course not: 'No coffee, I thank you, for me-never take coffee.-A little tea if you please.' In Pride and Prejudice, what is one of the supreme honors Mr. Collins can envision Lady Catherine bestowing on Elizabeth Bennet and her friends? Why, drinking tea with her, naturally. Tea with Jane Austen begins with tea drinki