While reading Patrick McGrath's Spider (definitely gothic,
not yet noir) in preparation for the movie, I was reminded of
a question I've long had about British pubs. He refers to the
"public bar" and the "snug." Although "snug" was new to me,
I've read about divided bars, often with the bartender
serving both sides, in numerous British books. I get the
impression that the "public bar" is less genteel, with
drinkers standing at the bar, whereas the "snug" (can't
remember what I'm used to it being called, the "private bar,"
maybe?) has tables. I also get the impression there at least
once was an aspect of gender in this (women not allowed in
the "public bar" at one time?). Am I even close?
Mark
-- # To unsubscribe from the regular list, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # majordomo@icomm.ca. This will not work for the digest version. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 07 Mar 2003 EST