“Women and men had to find ways of attracting each other and letting somebody else know, t

“Women and men had to find ways of attracting each other and letting somebody else know, that was acceptable. And an awful lot of this would have happened on the dance floor. Dancing was absolutely central to their society in terms of finding a good husband and a good wife.The fact that it´s difficult to talk to someonewho you´re in love with is brilliantly highlighted in the etiquette of Austen´s period.”