Victorian Parlor Games
This book examines the role of games of wit in the social and cultural experience of patrician women from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.
Adults like to play too--and these sophisticated games are for after the kids go to bed.
Great family fun ' Sun Herald Written by two young mums, Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games.This book is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and ...
... GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED , parlor games do not feature in Jane Austen's novels. But thanks to family letters, we know that such games were played in the Austen home. Perhaps she thought the games were beneath the ...
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Opening the door to the fun-filled frolics and cerebral sports of yesteryear, Parlor Games presents more than 150 games, puzzles, and activities that will turn any gathering into a festival of laughter and delight.
Millions partook in these games which slowly fell out of favor for more modern forms of entertainment by the early 1910s.Eventually these games fell into obscurity, becoming lost over time.Games That Time Forgot shines a light on over 100 ...
Carleton Britton Case (1857-?) was a writer on wit, humor, and entertainment.
About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.