Victorian Etiquette: Beyond Social Ostracization
The grand ballrooms, the hushed drawing-rooms, the meticulously set tea tables – Victorian England was a realm steeped in rigid etiquette. To the uninitiated, or perhaps the rebellious, the greatest fear associated with breaching these unwritten laws was social ostracization. To be shunned, to have the doors of polite society closed, was a fate considered … Read more