Tag: David Nokes

Jane Austen Birthday Celebration

Today is the 233rd anniversary of Jane Austen's birth on the 16th of December 1775 at Steventon Rectory, Hampshire England. Break out the port wine and sponge cake.  Many regional JASNA chapters will be celebrating with gatherings & parties in her honor during the month of December. My local Puget Sound chapter was all set... Continue Reading →

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Jane Austen and The Battle of Waterloo

Allied troops entering Paris after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte "the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces so little effect after so much labour" Letter to Edward Austen, 16 December 1816, The Letters of Jane Austen Today marks the anniversary of the Battle... Continue Reading →

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