Ellie Dashwood | How Did the Victorians Social Network? Calling Card and Paying Calls Etiquette 101 @EllieDashwood | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
The Victorians LOVED to social network. In fact, much of their status and relationships depended on it. In this video, we'll discover their main method of building up acquaintances: paying calls and leaving calling cards. You also get to watch my cat take a bath behind me, which is always a plus.
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🕰 Watching Guide
00:00 How did Victorians Social Network? [Intro]
01:35 What era are we talking about?
02:04 What was a social call?
05:08 What was a calling card?
07:18 What did calling cards look like?
09:26 Calling cards as social trophies
09:50 The basics of paying calls and calling cards
10:55 What a day of calling looked like
14:40 What being "at home" meant
15:39 Why would someone pay a call to their neighbors?
17:42 Should you call or leave a card upon them?
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📚 Books mentioned in this video:
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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1940 Movie: amzn.to/43uQwBy
1995 Miniseries (Colin Firth Version): amzn.to/42zFoSm
2005 Movie (Kiera Knightly Version): amzn.to/3qCNVqE
Audiobook read by Rosamund Pike: amzn.to/3MTE1Iy
Northanger Abbey
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u43z
BBC Movie 2007: amzn.to/43tyFe4
Audiobook: amzn.to/3qrEuKo
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u48r
Movie: amzn.to/3N2Li95
🎓 Learn More
Campbell, C. (2019). Etiquette of Good Society. Forgotten Books. Evans, H., Evans, M., & Mary Evans Picture Library. (1976).
The party that lasted 100 days: The late Victorian Season : a social study. London: Macdonald and Jane's. Member, . . (1999). :
Manners and rules of good society: Or, solecisms to be avoided. Kila, Mont.: Kessinger Pub. Pool, D. (1998).
What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew: Fascinating facts of daily life in the nineteenth century. London: Robinson. : amzn.to/45TRtox
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The Victorians LOVED to social network. In fact, much of their status and relationships depended on it. In this video, we'll discover their main method of building up acquaintances: paying calls and leaving calling cards. You also get to watch my cat take a bath behind me, which is always a plus.
💕
INSTAGRAM @elliedashie ➝ instagram.com/elliedashie
WEBSITE ➝ elliedashwood.com
🕰 Watching Guide
00:00 How did Victorians Social Network? [Intro]
01:35 What era are we talking about?
02:04 What was a social call?
05:08 What was a calling card?
07:18 What did calling cards look like?
09:26 Calling cards as social trophies
09:50 The basics of paying calls and calling cards
10:55 What a day of calling looked like
14:40 What being "at home" meant
15:39 Why would someone pay a call to their neighbors?
17:42 Should you call or leave a card upon them?
FTC Disclaimer: Links may be affiliate links which means I'll receive a small commission from your purchase at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my channel.
📚 Books mentioned in this video:
Try Audible: amzn.to/45Uzoqb
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novel go.magik.ly/ml/1u43m
1940 Movie: amzn.to/43uQwBy
1995 Miniseries (Colin Firth Version): amzn.to/42zFoSm
2005 Movie (Kiera Knightly Version): amzn.to/3qCNVqE
Audiobook read by Rosamund Pike: amzn.to/3MTE1Iy
Northanger Abbey
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u43z
BBC Movie 2007: amzn.to/43tyFe4
Audiobook: amzn.to/3qrEuKo
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Novel: go.magik.ly/ml/1u48r
Movie: amzn.to/3N2Li95
🎓 Learn More
Campbell, C. (2019). Etiquette of Good Society. Forgotten Books. Evans, H., Evans, M., & Mary Evans Picture Library. (1976).
The party that lasted 100 days: The late Victorian Season : a social study. London: Macdonald and Jane's. Member, . . (1999). :
Manners and rules of good society: Or, solecisms to be avoided. Kila, Mont.: Kessinger Pub. Pool, D. (1998).
What Jane Austen ate and Charles Dickens knew: Fascinating facts of daily life in the nineteenth century. London: Robinson. : amzn.to/45TRtox
🎵 Music used in this video from: epidemicsound.com/referral/6180u8
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
#victorianera #socialcalls #victoriancallingcards #socialetiquette #victorianetiquetteforladies #19thcentury #facebook #instagram #janeausten #elizabethgaskell #wivesanddaughters #socialnetworking
