I read in H.G. Wells’ Outline of History that the British landed gentry and nobility, whose main homes were at country seats all over the UK, used to have a custom of annually gathering in London for “the Season” – a time of social whirls, arrangement of marriages, etc. And I’ve heard references to “the London Season” in plays such as Tom Stoppard’s Travesties. But it’s not clear what time of year this “Season” was or how long it lasted. Also, did this custom ever die out? Or do the British gentry still do this?
G’day
The Season was in spring. It didn’t really get going until late March or April, and it was over by the middle of June.
There was also a ‘Little Season’ in autumn.
Regards,
Agback