tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post4678730488784572504..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: Curricles, gigs and phaetons in the Regency Rachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-44377353528455650652021-08-04T15:36:36.035+01:002021-08-04T15:36:36.035+01:00I'm glad you found this post helpful. I like t...I'm glad you found this post helpful. I like to include a glossary in my books for words like this, but I guess Jane Austen didn't feel it was necessary!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-34282461354689405572021-08-04T15:14:41.863+01:002021-08-04T15:14:41.863+01:00Fascinating, I was reading Northanger Abbey and ke...Fascinating, I was reading Northanger Abbey and keen to find out what a curricle was, this blogpost answers all my questions and more. Thanks.Diggory Vennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257269498562113327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-86002850609461621162020-06-11T11:24:11.525+01:002020-06-11T11:24:11.525+01:00Sorry, Richard. My knowledge doesn't extend in...Sorry, Richard. My knowledge doesn't extend into the Victorian era. Looking at contemporary novels is a good guide. What were the flash characters driving in Hardy and Dickens and the like? Or just Google it!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-41207868393849070182020-06-03T11:25:34.903+01:002020-06-03T11:25:34.903+01:00I read that the phaeton died out in 1850. Would it...I read that the phaeton died out in 1850. Would it be completely anacronistic to have the character in my novel be driving one in the 1860s. He would drive something flash. If not a phaeton what might he be driving in 1862?<br />Thanks <br />RichardAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910624618642886014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-47799113697427192392020-04-25T16:49:58.214+01:002020-04-25T16:49:58.214+01:00A fascinating question. I've had a look at a f...A fascinating question. I've had a look at a few accounts in novels and I've found no mention of steps but they must have had some, surely. In Evelina, Lord Orville 'handed us out' and then 'mounted' his high phaeton. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-63038205628825650462020-04-10T03:42:34.817+01:002020-04-10T03:42:34.817+01:00I very much appreciate the depth of the informatio...I very much appreciate the depth of the information you have presented. What I have never seen any one descuss or depict is how people--especially women--managed to climb up into a vehicle like a high perch phaeton. I have seen where some carrisges let down steps, but the design of the phaeton makes it harder to imagine where such steps would go. Any thoughts on the question?Linda L. Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03363235036122801920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-87928408689167473582019-08-07T21:21:29.949+01:002019-08-07T21:21:29.949+01:00In Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney drives his curri...In Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney drives his curricle from Bath to the Abbey - a distance of 30 miles. Although this is fictional, I think we can be sure Austen's writing was based on her observations. Also, logically speaking, if a gentleman wanted his curricle in town, it would have to be driven there, either by himself or a groom, so curricles must have been used for longer journeys from time to time.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-65866717704074235472019-08-06T13:53:31.809+01:002019-08-06T13:53:31.809+01:00What an extremely useful article! Would you happen...What an extremely useful article! Would you happen to know if a very sporting gentleman would ever use a curricle for a longer journey? I assume he'd have to send his luggage ahead?Fredfiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083539199179369509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-57680921765606009572019-07-25T11:22:31.832+01:002019-07-25T11:22:31.832+01:00Thanks Anne. I am so glad you pointed it out. What...Thanks Anne. I am so glad you pointed it out. What a silly mistake to make. You are, of course, absolutely right. I have corrected it now. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-83964153479875810782019-07-25T11:21:00.357+01:002019-07-25T11:21:00.357+01:00Oops. Thanks for pointing that out, Teleri. Of cou...Oops. Thanks for pointing that out, Teleri. Of course it is from Persuasion - not sure how that one slipped through. Corrected now. Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-5301047444678407252019-07-24T14:05:57.921+01:002019-07-24T14:05:57.921+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Max Creeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098102097471194854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-86932578548493581212019-07-21T06:37:29.233+01:002019-07-21T06:37:29.233+01:00I am so glad to have found this blog and especiall...I am so glad to have found this blog and especially this post, which is very helpful. You have saved me from trying to squeeze three grown men into a gig.So helpful! <br /><br />I found a small "oops" and hope it's OK to point it out. Admiral Croft drove his gig around in "Persuasion," scaring his wife Sophy, and I believe eventually overturning it. <br /><br />Thanks again.Anne Madisonhttp://akmadison.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-80707702597426465342019-07-18T08:26:55.333+01:002019-07-18T08:26:55.333+01:00Do believe the quote in footnote 27 is from Persua...Do believe the quote in footnote 27 is from Persuasion.Telerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707998312680163209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-3664396316576091562019-07-17T14:37:59.554+01:002019-07-17T14:37:59.554+01:00I quite agree. There are 'rules' but it do...I quite agree. There are 'rules' but it doesn't mean to say people kept to them!Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-80781515963354583882019-07-17T09:57:32.272+01:002019-07-17T09:57:32.272+01:00And one wonders how much sloppy speech was used at...And one wonders how much sloppy speech was used at the time consigning a number of different types under a catch-all like 'gig' even as nowadays a lot of people refer to any four-wheel drive as a 'jeep' regardless of whether it's a people-carrying LandRover 120 or a sporty little Freelander. Felton's book is a smashing resource. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com