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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Worthing, the inspiration for Sanditon?

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 19 March 2010 | 5 Comments »

Eastbourne vs. Worthing? As we continue to explore Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel Sanditon it is interesting to ponder what Jane Austen used to model her emerging seaside resort of Mr. Parker’s creation. Julie at Austenonly presents a strong argument for the resort for Worthing in Sussex, also an emerging seaside resort in the early [...]

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Sanditon Group Read Chapters 5-8: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Four Giveaway

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 18 March 2010 | 17 Comments »

“We have consulted physician after physician in vain, till we are quite convinced that they can do nothing for us and that we must trust to our own knowledge of our own wretched constitutions for any relief.” Diana Parker Chapter 5 Quick Synopsis A letter from Diana Parker updates her brother on their ongoing health [...]

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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Sir Edward Denham’s Sentimental Stirrings about the Sea & Seduction

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 18 March 2010 | 10 Comments »

He began, in a tone of great taste and feeling, to talk of the sea and the sea shore; and ran with energy through all the usual phrases employed in praise of their sublimity and descriptive of the undescribable emotions they excite in the mind of sensibility. The terrific grandeur of the ocean in a storm, [...]

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On the Trail of Sanditon: The History of the Manuscript

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , on 18 March 2010 | 22 Comments »

“She continued to work at it as long as she could work at all.” James Edward Austen-Leigh (1871)  On the 27th January, 1817 Jane Austen began work on a novel that is now known as Sanditon. It was never completed. She was gravely ill, and after a brief period of remission, her condition worsened until “her [...]

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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Guest Blog with Julie of Austenonly on Regency-era Seaside Resorts

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 March 2010 | 21 Comments »

Joining us today to extend the Sanditon celebration across the Internet is a very special guest, Julie the very affable and talented blog mistress of Austenonly. Her expertise in Georgian and Regency era culture and history is astonishing. Her extensive library of resource books would make even Mr. Darcy envious. To tie into to our ‘By [...]

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The Watsons and Sanditon, by Jane Austen (Naxos AudioBooks): A Review & Giveaway

Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's The Watsons, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 16 March 2010 | 15 Comments »

“One abandoned and the other uncompleted.” The Watsons and Sanditon may be fragments in Jane Austen’s literary canon, but they still deserve due deference. Composed over a decade apart in 1803-4 and 1817, each represents Austen’s desire to continue writing during two challenging times in her life. The Watsons was started when Jane was living [...]

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Sanditon Group Read Chapters 1-4: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Two Giveaway

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , on 16 March 2010 | 43 Comments »

“But Sanditon itself – everybody has heard of Sanditon. The favourite – for a young and rising bathing-place – certainly the favourite spot of all that are to be found along the coast of Sussex; the most favoured by nature, and promising to be the most chosen by man.” Mr. Parker, Chapter 1 Quick Synopsis [...]

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