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Stephanie Barron Featured on NPR

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 26 August 2011 | 4 Comments »

Author, and friend of Austenprose, Stephanie Barron has contributed an online article in the “Three Books” series on NPR. Which books did she choose? Why Regency-era of course. In Three Books, Two Centuries And One English Regency, Barron highlights: Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, And Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar,  by Adam Nicolson; The Battle: A [...]

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In Memory of Jane Austen ~ July 18, 1817 (via Jane Austen in Vermont)

Posted in Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , on 18 July 2011 | 7 Comments »

Deb at Jane Austen in Vermont commemorates the passing of Jane Austen 194 years ago today. R.I.P. gilder of every pleasure. [I append here the post I wrote last year on this day] July 18, 1817.  Just a short commemoration on this sad day… No one said it better than her sister Cassandra who wrote [...]

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Follow Friday: The Royal Wedding on BBC America

Posted in Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , on 29 April 2011 | 14 Comments »

Since Jane Austen always ended her novels with a wedding or two, we thought we would be remiss if we did not mention the Royal Wedding of Catherine Middleton to HRH Prince William at Westminster Abbey in London today.  Approximately 2 billion viewers around the world will be tuning in to watch the five and [...]

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4th Edition of Jane Austen’s Letters Due Out in November

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, Jane Austen's Letters, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , on 9 April 2011 | 6 Comments »

Exciting news for Janeites! Deirdre Le Faye’s incredible scholarship on Jane Austen and her family continues in this new edition of Jane Austen’s Letters. Many will be thrilled to learn that this 4th edition not only includes a new cover, but updates! Here is the description from Oxford University Press: Jane Austen’s letters afford a [...]

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Follow Friday: The Regency Encyclopedia

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , on 25 February 2011 | 3 Comments »

Here’s a great Follow Firday recommendation for you. Regency history expert Sue Forgue writes to tell us of a wonderful announcement. Her website The Regency Encyclopedia is celebrating its 5th anniversary and has revealed several new enhancements to the Fashion Module. These include: Fashion Glossary: This is the same database of definitions that powers the [...]

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A Downton Abbey Etiquette Primer: How to Greet the Earl of Grantham and other British Forms of Address

Posted in Jane Austen's Life & Times, Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , on 21 January 2011 | 32 Comments »

Matthew Crawley, the heir of Downton Abbey, and the Earl of Grantham its present Lord Having grown up on the wrong side of the pond, proper forms of address in British royalty and the peerage have always baffled me. I am constantly being corrected by my readers *blush*, and crave a simple explanation (if it [...]

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Downton Abbey Entailed? Understanding the Complicated Legal Issues in the new Masterpiece Classic Series

Posted in Jane Austen's Life & Times, Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , on 14 January 2011 | 50 Comments »

Are you as baffled by the entail in Downton Abbey as its fictional characters the Crawley family? Any Jane Austen fan worth their weight in syllabub will have the answer for you. It also helps if they are a practicing attorney. Please welcome Janeite, lawyer and Downton Abbey fan James F. Nagle today. He has [...]

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Regency-era English Christmas Pudding: American Fruitcake’s Kissin’ Cousin

Posted in Austenesque Books, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , , , , on 24 December 2010 | 12 Comments »

I recently read the delightful Regency-era Christmas novel The Mischief of the Mistletoe, by Lauren Willig. Our hero Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh and heroine Arabella Dempsey are brought together by a Christmas pudding! Yep. A very creative ice-breaker to introduce and spark a romance, right? In 1803, Arabella is an instructor at Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary [...]

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