Contents
foreword Deirdre Le Faye vii
preface xii
Martha Lloyd in her own light 1
Martha’s household book in historical context 31
Unique details of Martha’s book 42
Making connections to Jane Austen 56
Martha Lloyd’s Household Book 67
Reader’s guide & annotated transcription 69
glossary 150
notes 157
bibliography 163
picture credits 166
index 167
Julienne Gehrer is an author, journalist and food historian who lectures on Jane Austen and the long eighteenth century.
"Lloyd's handwritten book, in all its blotched and crumbling glory,
is to be published in a colour facsimile for the first time, giving
readers a new glimpse into Austen's home life."
*The Guardian*
“Now, centuries later, Austen lovers can cook the same recipes Jane
enjoyed while writing her incredible works.”
*Southern Living*
“Lloyd’s household book, which she wrote over three decades, offers
fascinating insight into what life was like at Chawton House.”
*Mental Floss*
“Austen lovers can read and cook from the same recipes Jane once
enjoyed. . . . The new edition contains a full facsimile original
manuscript, with a deep-brown sheep parchment cover and yellowing
pages covered in Martha Lloyd’s loopy handwriting, as well as
Gehrer’s painstaking transcription of the entire contents.”
*Gastro Obscura*
“This is a glorious book–a work of art to read and read again.”
*Jane Austen’s Regency World*
“Martha Lloyd’s Household Book is one of the few items we have
from Jane Austen’s closest friend… Included as a natural preface…
is an extensive biography of Martha Lloyd.”
*LitHub*
“It’s perhaps surprising that no one has published a scholarly
version of this little book before. But we may be glad it waited
for the loving eye of Ms. Gehrer, because she has done it
perfectly, and produced both a new resource for those who want to
know everything about Jane Austen’s life and times, and a very
practical introduction to hands-on Georgian cookery.”
*Digestible Bits & Bites, Culinary Historians of Canada*
"Julienne Gehrer’s comprehensive discussion of Martha Lloyd’s
friendship with Jane Austen, her relationship with the Austen
family, and her late-life marriage to Sir Francis Austen, Jane’s
brother, had me mesmerized."
*Jane Austen's World*
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