The Gentlemans Daughter by Amanda Vickery Folio Society

Explore the everyday lives of upper- and middle-class women in Georgian England in The Gentleman’s Daughter by Amanda Vickery. This landmark social history draws on letters, diaries, and personal accounts to reveal how women experienced family life, social expectation, and the wider world beyond the home.

Vickery challenges traditional assumptions about women’s confinement in the 18th and early 19th centuries, showing instead how genteel women engaged in education, reading, travel, social events, and public cultural life. Through their own words, she reconstructs a vivid picture of identity, duty, and aspiration within a changing society.

Richly researched and highly regarded, this work offers an intimate and detailed portrait of women’s lives in Georgian Britain, reshaping how the period is understood.