Jane Austen's World
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This Jane Austen blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details related to this topic. Step into the Regency era in these pages where scandal simmers in drawing rooms and romance blossoms under gaslight.
Jane Austen's World
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Inquiring readers, I recently purchased a book entitled The Grand Tour of Europe (*1). The tour was a rite of passage from the 17th through 19th centuries for the sons (and in a few cases, the daughters) of aristocrats, the wealthy gentry, and rising merchant classes. Some of the travelers were accompanied by their tutors ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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Jane Austen has many wonderful fans in Australia and New Zealand ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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As spring turns to summer on our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen’s life, letters, and novels, we turn our attention to June in Jane Austen’s world. If you’re new to the series, you can find previous articles in this series here: January, February, March, April, and May. Last month, we enjoyed the beauty of springtime coming to Chawton ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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Jane Austen and her family were closely connected with the church and parsonage at Deane, close to Steventon ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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As spring turns to summer on our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen’s life, letters, and novels, we turn our attention to May in Jane Austen’s world. If you’re just jumping on the bus, you can find previous articles in this series here: January, February, March, and April. During last month’s April showers in England, we dreamed ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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For those looking for a glamorous, post-WW2, historical fiction novel for spring and summer, I have great news for you! Natalie Jenner, the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls, is back with a new novel called Every Time We Say Goodbye! If you fell in love with Jenner’s writing, storylines, and characters when you ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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by Brenda S. Cox “Madam” Anne Lefroy Anne Lefroy, a dear friend of young Jane Austen, lived about two and a half miles north of Steventon, in the village of Ashe. Wealthy Benjamin Langlois was patron of the parish church, and he gave the living of Ashe to his nephew, Reverend Isaac Peter George Lefroy ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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As we continue our month-by-month journey through Jane Austen’s novels, letters, and lifetime, we find ourselves in the lovely month of April! If you’re just jumping on the bus, you can find previous articles in this series here: January, February, and March. Let’s see what we find as we explore April in Jane Austen’s World! First ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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Inquiring Readers, In early March, I reviewed Gillian Dooley’s book, She played and sang: Jane Austen and music, published by Manchester University Press. While I knew some information about the Austen family’s collection of music books from the Internet Archive and several JASNA articles, none were as comprehensive as Dr. Dooley’s book. Her book now ..read more
Jane Austen's World
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A Review by Brenda S. Cox The idea suddenly came to Mrs. Breckyn Wood that JASNA needed a podcast. Breckyn says, “My main goal is to attract a whole new generation of JASNA members–younger Jane Austen fans who maybe have read a book or two or seen one of the adaptations, but who didn’t know there ..read more