Jane Austen's Card Games - 11 Classic Card Games And 3 Supper Menus From The Novels And Letters Of Jane Austen

by Jo Ann Staples

Book Overview

Card playing was a favorite pastime for many of Jane Austen's characters. Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley bonded over vingt-un, Mr. Woodhouse entertained Mrs. Goddard with piquet, and Fanny Price dealt the cribbage cards for Lady Bertram.

There are ten card games mentioned by name in Jane Austen's novels and an eleventh, brag, was so enjoyed by her brother's family at Godmersham that she wrote a comic poem about it in one of her letters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608423506
• ISBN13: 9781608423507
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Jo Ann Staples
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.3"