Episode 108: The Thing About the Barouche-landau
The weather is fine, and Mrs. Elton would like to go for a drive with the top down. This episode we're covering barouches, landaus, and Mrs. Elton's favorite, the barouche-landau. Let's hope it doesn't rain.
Selected Sources:
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Austen, Jane. The Annotated Emma. Edited by David M. Shapard. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012.
“Barouche, n.” In Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/8574842483.
Burgess, James W. A Practical Treatise on Coach-Building: Historical and Descriptive, Containing Full Information of the Various Trades and Processes Involved, with Hints on the Proper Keeping of Carriages, &c. Crosby Lockwood and Co., 1881. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/72016/72016-h/72016-h.htm.
Ewing, Jennifer S. “As the Wheel Turns: Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Jane Austen’s Novels.” Persuasions On-Line (Williamsburg) 40, no. 1 (2019). https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-40-no-1/ewing/.
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Lerner, Sandy. Pen and Parsimony: Carriages in the Novels of Jane Austen. n.d.
Mortimer, Ian. Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain. Bodley Head, 2021.
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Walrond, Sallie. The Encyclopaedia of Driving. Country Life Books, 1979. http://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofd0000walr.