Humans in 18th century England were not terribly different from humans today. They did not have our technology, but they did "normal" things such as get married, have children, quarrel with their siblings, take vacations (if they were lucky at birth), work at hard manual labor (if they were unlucky), snub their neighbors, and so forth.
Despite these similarities, many of their customs and opinions will puzzle the modern reader, particularly the American readers. The British had some very strange assumptions! Or perhaps assumptions that simply seem strange in today's world. I'll see if I can't detail and demystify a few over the next couple weeks.
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