Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156) and index.
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Learning to dance -- "An effective exhibition": dressing for the dance -- Getting to and from a ball -- Assembly balls -- Private balls -- Etiquette of the ballroom -- Men in the ballroom -- Dancing and music -- "They sat down to supper" -- Conversation and courtship -- The shade of a departed ball -- Dance in Jane Austen films -- Bibliography -- A note about the text -- Acknowledgments.
