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so i'm writing a novel
and i'm having a little trouble with the setting in terms of time and how advanced the world is in technology
i'm lookin for something similar to disney's tuck everlasting
or perhaps even earlier
the people are English and they still have their accents
and it's the days were they were a bit picky about courting
there's slavery as well
and there are pianos
the people are still very proper

if you even try to answer THIS question, I am grateful
because i know it's difficult

Answer 1

probally looking close to the colonial times. late 14 to early 1500's
this time period lasted for a very long time you could go into the late 1800's and have just about hte same mentality.

Answer 2

The time period is about the 1600's to mid 1700's. By the 1800's they were doing away slowly with the slave trade in England.There were few cities as well, most of the builings were beginning to be of Gothic design. From there you have Tutors and then Elizibethian(sp)Have fun with it and read a few other books for back ground. Not fantasy though, like a book on the arcutecture(not so boring as it sound if its illistraed That speaks louder than any written words anyhow) A Mid-Summer's Night dream is good to show the perplexity of Old English. That way if you wish to write how they spoke you have the best teacher.Good Luck!

Answer 3

Legal British slave trade and invention of the piano set your time firmly. Your setting must be between 1706 and 1806. In this time you have the piano, British slave trade, sailing vessels, Bach and the Baroque style, and horse, carriage and cart.

Some things can depend on where your British family resides and how much money they have. Remember the Mayflower has landed in America in 1620 so the New World is a big factor by 1706 when the piano was invented. Then how soon could your family get hold of a piano and a teacher? British slave trade was ended in1806.

You could go back to the late 1600s and lead into the piano. All depends on how much need you have for historical accuracy.
I hope this gets you started on your setting research.

Answer 4

If there's a piano, it wouldn't be until the 18th Century (1700's). When you speak of slavery, do you mean specifically that of Africans brought to England, or slavery of native peoples? There were slaves in England up into the time shortly after the fall of Rome, but it sounds like you're talking about a much later era.

Try putting a harpsichord or other older keyboard instrument into the picture instead of a piano if you want to make your story more historically acurate.

Answer 5

Why do you need a time period? With pianos in you would be around the end of the 1600's. I don't know tuck everlasting so that gives me no reference. Does the novel actually have to fit a time period perfectly? Can you have something from the industrial era in the baroque period? It is an anachronism and might move you into either fantasy or science fiction but is that a problem? Hope this is enough information to help you.

Answer 6

What are you asking?
What the time period is? Probably early to mid 1800's
What's the tech level? Communication was limited to Telegraphy and Pony Express. Batteries were available - during the Civil War, spotters would use telegraph switches connected to batteries in order to flash small sparks in morse code so that the gunners would know how to reaim the cannons. Steam drove the trains, but automobles are still about 50 years off. Incandescent light bulbs are still about 25 years off.

Answer 7

My advice is to choose a microcosm of English culture or a specific time period and use that to keep your novel detailed and interesting. For instance, you could choose the Methodist movement from early 18th century England. Here's a link for them:

http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=welcome.content&cmid=12

Or if you want something less emotionally limited, and more romantic in nature, choose a poet and research his/her life and time period. How about Wordsworth?

http://members.aol.com/wordspage/bio.htm

Or the Bronte sisters? I like this link because it has a lot of detail on Haworth Village in addition to the novelists:

http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/brontes/bronte.asp

Good luck with your writing!

Answer 8

If you want pianos, then it'll have to be mid-1700s at earliest. If it needs to be earlier, then you'll have to use harpsichords, which were invented in the 1300s.

Answer 9

umm use alot of magical beliefs...usually alot of teens in my classes go for that. (im 13) and i love tuck everlasting. i think using old english times (no wars) is a very good idea for what it should be.

Answer 10

I would think late 1500's or early 1600's. Good luck with your novel.