In Austen I always took that to mean lines of couples, because most dancing was still in lines - quadrilles etc, you would have been limited as to how many couples you would have been able to have in lines. I mean in each other arms type dancing which I don't think really took off till later.
I do try and read every gay historical I can find - goodness knows there just aren't enough of them, and I think that knowing the competition is a good thing. I'm slowly slowly working my way through that Big List, but I might stay away from ebooks in future - all I seem to think when reading them (mostly) is "OMG can't these people do anything else but have sex????"
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Date: 2007-06-13 09:29 pm (UTC)I do try and read every gay historical I can find - goodness knows there just aren't enough of them, and I think that knowing the competition is a good thing. I'm slowly slowly working my way through that Big List, but I might stay away from ebooks in future - all I seem to think when reading them (mostly) is "OMG can't these people do anything else but have sex????"