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The Diaries of Sarah Hurst records the day to day life of a young woman who lived in Horsham, Sussex between 1759 and 1762. Consequently, this book can claim to be one of the most important sources of information on life in the 18th century. The Diaries of Sarah Hurst not only create a vivid portrayal of the local town's people they also provide a fascinating insight into the social history of women, as they contain the intimate thoughts and feelings of a young woman and her relationships with the people around her. Sarah's intimate diaries can't help but touch the reader as she writes about her love for Henry Smith, a man who was thirteen years older than her.
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Sarah Hurst was the eldest child of Richard Hurst. She had two sisters and a much younger brother. Sarah met Henry Smith when she was just sixteen years old.
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These recently published diaries, here in their entirety in an inexpensive paperback form, slowly start to reveal more of what life was like in the 18th century from the perspective of an eyewitness, the 18th century is probably the least chronicled by diarists, so far only James woodforde and Thomas Turner survive in the public memory, the former still in print but hard to come by and the latter now out of print completely, so sarah's diary is a valuable document for historians and students alike who specialise in the social aspects of the 18th century. The Tailor's daughter from Horsham writes very frankly in brief but very candid passages about her social circle which included John Shelley (poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's Great Uncle) and of her love life, she only had eyes for one man, Captain Henry Smith, whom she awaited to return from the seven years war and of her subsequent wedding to him, in short, this is a rare and unique insight into the the life and loves of an aspiring middle class lady, let us now open the pages of her secret diaries and share in her life and love, her joys and sorrows
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