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The Mysterious Disappearance in Lyme Regis of Miss Austen’s Head

Posted in Jane Austen in the News, tagged , on 31 March 2010 | 1 Comment »

Call Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Mr. and Mrs. Darcy. A literary mystery is a foot in Lyme Regis. Jane Austen’s head is missing!  Adrianne Maslen reports in the Bridport News that a stone bust representing the famous author which was the centerpiece of the Jane Austen Garden on Lyme’s seafront has vanished. The garden [...]

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An Austen Intern Reports in from The Jane Austen Centre: Week 6

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, tagged , , , , , , on 11 October 2008 | 4 Comments »

Virginia Claire Tharrington with friends at Lyme Regis (2008) The ultimate Austen adventure continues with our featured weekly columnist, Virginia Claire Tharrington straight from the trenches of Austen central, The Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England where she is interning until December. Join her every Saturday as she shares with us her incredible adventure that [...]

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Gloried in the sea

Posted in Jane Austen's Persuasion, tagged , , , , , , , , on 15 December 2007 | 3 Comments »

GLORIED Anne and Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast. They went to the sands to watch the flowing of the tide, which a fine south-easterly breeze was bringing in with all the grandeur which so flat a shore admitted. They praised [...]

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