My partner and I (Everard Best) are doing our presentation on an excerpt from Frances Trollope’s piece Domestic Manners of the Americans. We’re going to record ourselves talking about the piece using modern English, that way people can understand use easier.
In short, Trollope expresses her admiration for New York City and describes it very well. She talks about the pier, the river, the actual shape of Manhattan island and the lifestyles of the people who live in the city. She also likes making comparisons between the city and European cities, especially London. Although she talks wonders about the city, in the final paragraph she talks about her disdain with the uniformity of the houses, their interior design and nature of the dinner parties that take place within.