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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Event Wrap-up

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 22 March 2010 | 16 Comments »

All that had the appearance of incongruity in the reports of the two might very fairly be placed to the account of the vanity, the ignorance or the blunders of the many engaged in the cause by the vigilance and caution of Miss Diana Parker. The Narrator, Ch 10  There was so much incongruity in [...]

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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Sanditon Completions

Posted in Austenesque Books, Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 21 March 2010 | 11 Comments »

Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel Sanditon ended after 22,000 words and midway into what may have been chapter twelve. Her draft manuscript was a bright beginning introducing us to the seaside town in development as a health resort and a list of over 20 characters. For anyone who has turned to the last page and [...]

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Sanditon, by Jane Austen (Hesperus Press): A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 20 March 2010 | 16 Comments »

On the 27th January, 1817 Jane Austen began work on a novel that is now known as Sanditon. It was never completed. Her declining health robbed her of what she dearly loved most, writing, and on the 18th of March 1817 after penning 22,000 words she wrote the last lines of chapter twelve and put [...]

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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Sea-Bathing, a match to every disorder in the 19th-century

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Life & Times, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 20 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Why would anyone want to go into freezing cold sea water? What medical benefits were they hoping to achieve? In Jane Austen’s novel Sanditon an entire seaside community is in development to attract visitors to a new watering place for the therapeutic or curative benefit of sea-air and sea-bathing. This involved the process of immersing yourself [...]

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Sanditon Group Read Chapters 9-12: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Six Giveaway

Posted in Blog Events, By the Seaside with Sanditon, Jane Austen's Sanditon, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 20 March 2010 | 29 Comments »

It was impossible for Charlotte not to suspect a good deal of fancy in such an extraordinary state of health. Disorders and recoveries so very much out of the common way seemed more like the amusement of eager minds in want of employment than of actual afflictions and relief. The Narrator, Ch 9 Quick Synopsis [...]

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By the Seaside with Sanditon: Guest Blog with Mandy N. on Regency-era Seaside Fashions

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 | 17 Comments »

Please welcome Mandy N. today as a guest blogger during ‘By the Seaside with Sanditon’. Mandy is an avid collector of vintage fashion plates and has graciously offered to share some of her lovely images and chat about Regency-era fashion that I am quite certain Mr. Parker would think quite elegant enough for Sanditon. During the Regency-era, seaside resorts [...]

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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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