{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-charlotte-downes-vol-ii","title":"The Diaries of Charlotte Downes Vol II","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Diaries of Charlotte Downes, Volume II, is the fourth in a four-volume set, covering years 1839-1858.  The diaries afford the reader a glimpse of a small corner of rural England from the Regency through to the early-mid Victorian periods when life was based on a timeless and often precarious agricultural economy, a rigid, inequitable class system and deference to an authoritative Church.  Charlotte, the daughter of an influential Wiltshire land-owner, was first cousin to the poet Shelley; she later married Richard Downes, rector of Berwick St John.  Her diaries, together with those of her sister, Harriet, have been described by one authority as Òlike a novel by Jane Austen, but for realÓ.  This full transcription contains entries spanning a period of almost fifty years and provides a useful resource for scholars and social historians alike.  Family historians will find recorded within these pages an extraordinary number of named individuals, from families representing all sections of society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44261352145057,"sku":"9780955722646","price":58.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1wvy6j2v-front-shortedge-384_adc05c56-4243-4323-bb9c-b79aa301f5c3.jpg?v=1714496410","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-charlotte-downes-vol-ii","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}