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Jane Austen's World

http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/

This blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details.

• Added on: Mar 17th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Vic
• Listed in: Cultural Books
• Tags: jane austen prince regent jane austen novels jane austen movies georgian era regency era

Recent Posts

• Family Dinners, Regency Style

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 20:58 in holiday, jane austen, regency period, regency style, jane austen's world, regency life, georgian life, regency customs, jane austen's life, thomas rowlandson, regency food, dining in the regency era

  Gentle readers, I am taking a short hiatus from this blog for Thanksgiving week. Meanwhile, enjoy these images of people dining in days of yore… Dining for most people was a simple affair and food was taken from the land. Many families, unless...

• More News from ‘Embarking On a Course of Study’

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 19:29 in jane austen, jane austen blogs, regency style, jane austen's world, regency life, regency world, embarking on a course of study

  Inquiring readers, Over a week ago, Chris wrote a post about her blog and her personal journey in pursuing a course of study about Jane Austen, her novels, and the time she lived in. This is her second post about her year-long project. Over here at &...

• The Comforts of Bath, 1798: Thomas Rowlandson

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 11:28 in art, bath, jane austen, personal hygiene, regency period, regency style, jane austen's world, regency life, regency world, 19th century medicine, regency bath, 19th century physician

  In 1798, the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson drew The Comforts of Bath, a series of satiric drawings. The cartoons were used to illustrate the 1858 edition of the New Bath Guide, written by Christopher Anstey and first published in 1766.* Rowla...

• A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, edited by Susannah Carson: A Review

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 20:47 in book review, popular culture, jane austen, jane austen novels, jane austen's world, janeites, jane austen's enduring popularity, a truth universally acknowledged: 33 great writers on why we read jane austen, susannah carson

  I had just about given up on reading advance copies of Jane Austen sequels, prequels, and mash-ups, when A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, edited by Susannah Carson and published by Random House, arrived i...

• Fashions During Cassandra Austen’s Lifetime (1773-1845)

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 09:26 in fashions, jane austen, regency style, jane austen's world, regency life, regency world, regency fashion, cassandra austen

  Pretty Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen’s elder sister by two years, lived until the ripe age of 72 . This brief visual guide demonstrates how fashion changed during her lifetime. Wherever possible, I tried to represent Cassandra’s age and t...

• Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May, a Book Review

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 23:10 in working class, jane austen, hansom cab, victorian era, regency life, regency transportation, regency travel, regency london, regency customs, regency walk, hackney cab, horse drawn cabs

  Another book review so soon on this blog? Well, yes. This book from Shire Publications, Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May, is short, just 32 pages long, but it  is filled with many facts and rare images of interest to lovers of histo...

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