Society as I Have Found It

De: Ward McAllister

Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot

Ward McAllister lived in the mid-to-late nineteenth-century USA. This audiobook encompasses his commentary on the parties held by the elite in the USA and Europe during that time.

Well-connected and well-traveled, McAllister describes the habits, trends, and wealth of the upper classes of society. As the author testifies, it was a time of transformative, unprecedented extravagance through the emergence of new technology and new prosperity.

The location of the social gathering in which McAllister attended during this time isn’t limited to the USA, but encompasses much of Europe as well.

Public Domain (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

How to serve wine to impress

I loved the language and tips on selecting, storing and serving wines. The reader was very pleasant and I felt I was lisyening to the author.

Perfect choice of narrator

Ward Mcallister’s inside look at New York Gilded Age society is well served by Bronson Pinchot’s soft-spoken narration. As social arbitre to the 400, Mcallister dolled out advice on entertaining, manners, dining, and drinking. Although he did not name drop in the original book once it was published the names of New York socialites eventually made their way to print. it seems that a first edition of Society As I Have Found It given by Mcallister to the New York Historical Society was personally annotated by him in the margins, revealing all.

Great listen with interesting perspective

Ok, I will be honest. I got this book because in The Gilded Age this book was so scandalous. By today’s standards, it’s very tame, but still a very interesting listen to get a truly inside glimpse of the inner workings of the time.

Not salacious

This book being a scandal is hilarious. He doesn’t name drop the women he speaks of. Majority of this book is about entertaining and serving French food. lol.

Mr. Pinchot is a fantastic orator!

Loved this book. Great insight into the customs of the past, and the people who were involved.