“Revolution had changed the world and fashion had dressed it accordingly.” Sarah Jane Downing It is hard for me not to think of a Jane Austen movie adaptation and not remember how fashion influenced my enjoyment of the film. Some of my most vivid memories are of Elizabeth Bennet walking the verdant countryside in her [...]
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Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen, by Sarah Jane Downing – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged Book Reviews, Books, Georgian Fashion, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Fashion, Regency fashion, Sarah Jane Downing on 18 May 2010 | 12 Comments »
End of Month Austenesque Mini-Review Roundup – September
Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged Austenesque Books, Ben H. Winters, Chamein Canton, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Sarah Jane Downing, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, The Pleasure Garden, Waiting for Mr. Darcy on 30 September 2009 | 6 Comments »
Waiting for Mr. Darcy, by Chamein Canton A contemporary mid-lit novel inspired by every woman’s dream of finding her Mr. Darcy no matter what age. Lauren, Gabby, and Alicia are three forty-something full figured friends who met in adolescence, loved, worked, married, divorced, and everything in-between, but are not quite ready to give up on [...]
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