The Flitch of Bacon (novel)

The Flitch of Bacon is an 1854 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine.[1] He based it on the tradition of the Flitch of Bacon at Little Dunmow in Essex, awarded to the happiest married couple. It inspired a revival of the practice, with Ainsworth judging a competition the following year.[2]

The Flitch of Bacon
AuthorWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date
1854
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

References

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  1. ^ Carver p.372
  2. ^ Simpson p.99

Bibliography

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  • Bragg, Tom. Space and Narrative in the Nineteenth-Century British Historical Novel. Routledge, 2016.
  • Carver, Stephen James. The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
  • Simpson, Jacqueline. Green Men and White Swans: The Folklore of British Pub Names. Random House, 2011.