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The Flitch of Bacon is an 1854 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine. He based it on the tradition of the Flitch of Bacon at Little Dunmow in Essex, awarded to the happiest married couple.
In the nineteenth century, William Harrison Ainsworth's novel The Flitch of Bacon was set around a fictional inn called "The Dunmow Flitch", and is about the attempts of the inn's landlord to win the flitch. The novel was popular, and was produced as an opera in the early 20th century.
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18 de abr. de 2017 · After hearing about the custom, William Harrison Ainsworth, the famous British historical novelist, published a novel in 1854 called “The Flitch of Bacon.” the novel was so popular in Victorian Britain, that it managed to revive the custom again.
30 de dic. de 2017 · The Flitch of Bacon: An Unexpected Journey Through the Collections of the British Library. Digital Curator Dr. Mia Ridge writes: we're excited to feature this guest post from an In the Spotlight participant. Edward Mills is a PhD student at the University of Exeter working on Anglo-Norman didactic literature.
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In 1855, following the publication of his popular novel 'The Custom of Dunmow', in which Ainsworth recounts the attempts by Little Dunmow's Flitch of Bacon publican to win the Flitch by marrying a succession of wives in an attempt to find the perfect one, the Trials were once again staged in Great Dunmow.
