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Inquiring readers, Over a week ago, Chris wrote a post about her blog and her personal journey in pursuing a course of study about Jane Austen, her novels, and the time she lived in. This is her secon… more →
Jane Austen's World
Family Dinners, Regency Style
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Vic wrote 3 days ago: Gentle readers, I am taking a short hiatus from this blog for Thanksgiving week. Meanwhile, enjoy th … more →
More News from 'Embarking On a Course of Study'
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Vic wrote 4 days ago: Inquiring readers, Over a week ago, Chris wrote a post about her blog and her personal journey in pu … more →
The Comforts of Bath, 1798: Thomas Rowlandson
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Vic wrote 1 week ago: In 1798, the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew The Comforts of Bath, a series of satiric dr … more →
Fashions During Cassandra Austen's Lifetime (1773-1845)
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Vic wrote 1 week ago: Pretty Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen’s elder sister by two years, lived until the ripe age of … more →
Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May, a Book Review
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Vic wrote 1 week ago: Another book review so soon on this blog? Well, yes. This book from Shire Publications, Victorian an … more →
An Immersion in Jane Austen: One Woman's Course of Independent Study
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Vic wrote 2 weeks ago: Inquiring readers, Several weeks ago, Chris asked me to link to her blog. Looking at it and reading … more →
Regency Hairstyles and their Accessories
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Vic wrote 3 weeks ago: Everything we now use is made [in] imitation of those models lately discovered in Italy. – Obs … more →
London's Street Noises: "The Enraged Musician" by William Hogarth
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Vic wrote 3 weeks ago: Vendors of fruit and flowers, of milk and muffins are not agreeable visitors when they roar for a li … more →
Teacup Patrol! China Used in Pride and Prejudice 2005
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Vic wrote 3 weeks ago: A reader is desperate to find the porcelain set used for this scene in Pride and Prejudice 2005. Thi … more →
The Viscount and the Toll Keeper's Daughter: How Thomas Thynne Never Became the Marquess of Bath
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Vic wrote 4 weeks ago: Historical romances abound with tales of aristocrats falling in love with beautiful women outside of … more →
The Sale of Hyde Park Corner Tollgate
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Vic wrote 4 weeks ago: “The last time! a going! gone.” “Auctioneer. “Down! down! derry down!” … more →
Emma 2009, Episode 4: What Did You Think of the Film and the Actors?
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: The incident at Box Hill loomed large in this episode. What did you think of the series as a whole? … more →
Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: The National Gallery of Victoria Inquiring Reader: Emma, the author of this post, lives in Melbourne … more →
Emma 2009: Episode Three
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: Emily Hill of the Evening Standard isn’t thrilled with this adaptation of Emma: The tension of … more →
The English Pleasure Garden 1660-1860 by Sarah Jane Downing, A Review
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: It would be very pleasant to be near Sydney Gardens; we might go into the labyrinth every day. - Jan … more →
George Austen: Jane Austen's almost forgotten, invisible brother
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: “We have this comfort, he cannot be a bad or a wicked child,” George Austen writing abou … more →
Sir Francis William Austen: Glimpses of Jane's sailor brother in letters
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: My dearest Frank, You will be glad to hear that every copy of S. and S. is sold, and that it has br … more →
Edward Austen Knight: A tightwad or a man with heavy responsibilities?
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: [Marianne] “’What have wealth or grandeur to do with happiness?’ ‘Grandeur has but little,’ said Eli … more →
Cassandra Austen: Jane' confidante, supporter and helpmate
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Vic wrote 1 month ago: My dear Cassandra, Where shall I begin? Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first? … more →
