7:00 am – 7:30 Wake up, bathe, dress
7:30 – 9:00 meet with your housekeeper to discuss dinner and any concerns, make sure children are ready for the day
9:00 – 10:00 practice music
10:00 – 11:00 Breakfast
11:00 – 3:00 pm. Pay and receive calls, needlework (this time of day is "morning")
3:00-5:00 leisure time; write letters, play with children, read
5:00 – 6:00 dress for dinner
6:00 – 8:00 dinner (in the country dinner would be around 4-5)
8:00 – 11:00 spend time with family and guests (cards, dancing, reading, etc.)
11:00 retire for the evening
Sources:
The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible Yet Elegant Guide to Her World by Margaret C. Sullivan
Social Classes, Money, and Servants in Austen’s Society by Tracy Marks
I have to say their kind of day doesn’t sound too bad. But I suppose it might get boring after a while. Would you trade?
Happy Reading!
2 meals a day? I'm supposing that "tea" is in there somewhere in the paying and receiving calls time slot.
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Oops, I forgot to include supper, which would be a lighter meal around 9-10 at night, during the time with guests. but yeah, their mealtimes are very different from ours!
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