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All I Want for Christmas? ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! ~ Day 6: Jane Austen’s Complete Novels (in One Sitting)
Updated: 2012-12-30 20:25:10
The 12 Days of Christmas: Day 1: A Minitaure Edition of Emma Day 2: A Literary Tour with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia Day 3: A Jane Austen Bracelet Day 4: Tony Heaton’s Greetings from England Cards Day 5: Jane Austen Bandages Day 6: Jane Austen: Her Complete Novels [In One [...]Cheapside, The Gardiners, and Pride and Prejudice
Updated: 2012-12-30 19:31:12
Elizabeth Bennet's aunt and uncle Gardiner lived on Gracechurch Street in Cheapside, an area of London known for its shops and merchants, and one not usually inhabited by the upper crust.All I Want for Christmas? ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! ~ Day 5: Jane Austen Bandages
Updated: 2012-12-29 14:59:55The 12 Days of Christmas: Day 1: A Minitaure Edition of Emma Day 2: A Literary Tour with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia Day 3: A Jane Austen Bracelet Day 4: Tony Heaton’s Greetings from England Cards Day 5: Jane Austen Bandages Ok, this is not essential, but a friend [...]Winner announced in Jane Austen Surprise Giveaway!
Updated: 2012-12-28 16:57:26Announcing the winner in the surprise Jane Austen giveaway from the December 15th post on: Happy Birthday Jane Austen – The Ten Best Reasons to Go to a JASNA AGM! …and the winner is… Mary Preston! – who commented on December 16: I’ve never attended a Jane Austen Society conference, but I would love to. To [...]All I Want for Christmas ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! ~ Day 4: Tony Heaton’s Greetings from England Cards
Updated: 2012-12-27 17:21:07
The 12 Days of Christmas: Day 1: A Minitaure Edition of Emma Day 2: A Literary Tour with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia Day 3: A Jane Austen Bracelet Day 4: Jane Austen Cards from “Greetings from England” Tony Heaton’s Greetings from England offers prints and cards of some of your [...]An Update on the Steventon Rectory Dig
Updated: 2012-12-27 11:16:23
To interrupt your festivities for a moment…I was very pleased to discover a report on the BBC News site, about the results of the research undertaken by Archeo Briton, from the excavation of the site of the Steventon Rectory. This excavation took place last year and you may recall that I wrote about it here. [...]Elder Wine, A Perfect Libation for a Regency Holiday
Updated: 2012-12-26 20:42:18
The week of Christmas and the new year has been traditionally a time for joy and celebration. In Jane Austen’s day, the decorations and celebrations weren’t quite so over-the-top commercial as they are today. Mistletoe, holly, and evergreen boughs decorated the halls, while roaring fires warmed hearth and home. Fine foods were prepared for friends [...]Wishing You All a Very Merry Christmas!!
Updated: 2012-12-25 14:27:54c2012 David Price, Allport Editions Cards available for $2.50 ea or $14.95 for a box of 15 **************** Merry Christmas Everyone!All I Want for Christmas? ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! Day 3: A Jane Austen Bracelet
Updated: 2012-12-25 03:00:41
The 12 Days of Christmas: Day 1: A Minitaure Edition of Emma Day 2: A Literary Tour with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia Day 3: a Jane Austen Cuff Bracelet: With the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice next year just around the corner, here is a [...]Video: DOWNTON ABBEY (UNOFFISHULL)
Updated: 2012-12-24 20:54:41, : Video : DOWNTON ABBEY UNOFFISHULL Posted 6 days ago Tagged : downton abbey Source : downtonabbeyaddicts.com Ask me anything Want More Downton Abbey My blog All of Tumblr Follow on Tumblr Following RSS feed Random Archive Mobile 2012 Powered by TumblrMatters of Fact in Jane Austen, by Janine Barchas
Updated: 2012-12-24 04:00:40
Jane Austen scholars and fans have always known that there’s so much more to her novels than the mere surface description of a romantic tale. Janine Barchas, author of Matters of Fact in Jane Austen, points out that in addition to Jane’s wit, intelligence , humor, and creativity in penning her novels, she associated her [...]All I Want for Christmas? ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! Day 2: Take a Literary Tour with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia
Updated: 2012-12-24 03:37:40
I cannot think of a gift I would want more than this! [do hope my caro sposo is paying close attention!]– I had the pleasure of meeting Susannah Fullerton at the JASNA AGM in Brooklyn – she goes above and beyond as the President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia (JASA), has just published [...]Austen Sighting ~ Lee Child on Jane Austen
Updated: 2012-12-23 15:15:04An interview with Lee Child in The New York Yimes Book Review: What do you plan to read next? My to-be-read pile is enormous, but winking ominously at me is Jane Austen’s “Emma.” I have never read Jane Austen — in my American wife’s eyes an incredible deficiency for an Englishman, matched only by the [...]All I Want for Christmas? ~ Anything Jane Austen Please! ~ Day 1: A Miniature edition of Emma
Updated: 2012-12-23 04:38:32
I begin today a run through the next 12 days of the Christmas Season with some thoughts on gifts for your favorite Austen fan or gifts to add to your own “Want-List” – if you have been “nice” and not naughty all year [please do check Henry Tilney’s dispute over the meaning of the word in [...]Downton Abbey Gingerbread House Construction
Updated: 2012-12-22 05:36:13Downton Abbey Gingerbread House Construction</aHot off the Press! ~ Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine, No. 61
Updated: 2012-12-21 21:33:42
The January/February issue (No. 61) of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine, marking the bicentenary of Pride & Prejudice, has just been published and is being mailed to subscribers over the holiday period. Some highlights: *Albert goes ape for Austen: the story of an orangutan’s obsession with Pride and Prejudice *A history of Jane Austen’s “darling [...]Downton Abbey Cast Members Talk Social Media
Updated: 2012-12-21 20:15:30, Downton Abbey Cast Members Talk Social Media Posted 1 week ago 2 notes Tagged : Joanne Froggatt rob james collier hugh bonneville sophie mcshera Jim Carter downton abbey fuckyeahrobjames-collier likes this maria-allegra likes this downtonabbeyaddicts posted this Ask me anything Want More Downton Abbey My blog All of Tumblr Follow on Tumblr Following RSS feed Random Archive Mobile 2012 Powered by TumblrDownton Abbey: Behind-the-Scenes with Cast and Fans in NY Cast...
Updated: 2012-12-19 18:32:28, : . Downton Abbey : Behind-the-Scenes with Cast and Fans in NY Cast from the hit MASTERPIECE series Downton Abbey came to New York in December , 2012, to meet fans and host a preview screening of Season 3 starting on MASTERPIECE on PBS January 6, 2013 to take part in an audience Q A , and to mingle with fans . Get a behind-the-scenes look at all the Downton Abbey action Posted 1 week ago 5 notes Tagged : Jim Carter rob james collier sophie mcshera hugh bonneville Joanne Froggatt downton abbey contentedly-me likes this morgan-expialidocious likes this maria-allegra reblogged this from downtonabbeyaddicts cmg2277 likes this crazymaryt likes this obsessedbuthappy likes this downtonabbeyaddicts posted this Ask me anything Want More Downton Abbey My blog All of Tumblr Follow on TumblrMerry Christmas…and a short visit to St Nicholas’ Church,Chawton.
Updated: 2012-12-18 14:38:17
This will be my last post this year, and I thought it rather appropriate to pay a quick visit St Nicholas’ Parish Church, Chawton. Chawton village has many treasures…The Jane Austen House Museum, the Chawton House Library, once the home of her lucky brother, Edward Knight and to various other members of her family, and [...]Pride and Bread-judice
Updated: 2012-12-17 19:50:03Reblogged from Jack's Adventures in Museum Land: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune will probably go for dessert too, as the opening line of Jane Austen‘s Pride and Prejudice almost goes. But why the reference to dessert? Well, Dear Reader, it appears I’ve been baking (again)… [...]Jane Austen – Quills and Correspondence
Updated: 2012-12-17 13:38:41
In Jane Austen's time the majority of people were still using feather quills for all their personal correspondence. Quills are still prized today for their flexibility.Celebrating the anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and looking forward to the Year of Pride and Prejudice
Updated: 2012-12-16 15:06:38Today in 1775, Jane Austen was born in Steventon. The Reverend George Austen, Jane’s father, wrote what I consider to be one of the nicest letters of announcement the following day: You have doubtless been for some time in expectation of hearing from Hampshire and perhaps wondered a little we are in our old age [...]Jane Austen – A New Zealand Connection, by Susannah Fullerton
Updated: 2012-12-14 14:09:27
Jane Austen was born and grew up at Steventon in Hampshire. That tiny village is still a place of pilgrimage for Jane Austen devotees from around the world – the house has gone, but the church she attended is still there. However, on the other side of the world there is another Steventon, with interesting [...]Downton Abbey Does Breaking Bad
Updated: 2012-12-14 05:14:09Downton Abbey Does Breaking BadAnne Sharp’s Presentation Copy of “Emma” at auction at Sotheby’s remains unsold
Updated: 2012-12-12 11:58:01
These books went on sale at auction today at Sotheby’s in London. The pre-sale estimate for Lot 86 was between £150,000-200,000. Bidding stopped at £142,000. It was ,therefore, unsold. I have written about the intriguing history of this set of books before, here. This first edition set was sent to Jane Austen’s friend, Anne Sharp, directly [...]Workhouses in 19th Century Great Britain
Updated: 2012-12-10 13:48:53
Workhouses were desperate places for the poor in 19th century England. Charles Dickens wrote wrenching descriptions of the plight of children and adults. The Wheatsheaf Inn, Popham Lane and Jane Austen, Part Two
Updated: 2012-12-07 15:00:22
In our last post we looked at the place where Jane Austen often used to collect the Austen family’s post when they lived at Steventon in Hampshire: the Wheatsheaf Inn, Popham Lane, shown above. Its existence, however useful it was to the Austens and their communications, may, in my humble opinion, have played a part [...]Miss Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas by Rebecca Smith: A Review
Updated: 2012-12-04 14:06:09
This is a review of Miss Jane Austen’s Guide to Modern Life’s Dilemmas: Answers to Your Most Burning Questions About Life, Love, Happiness (and What to War) from the Great Novelist Herself, by Rebecca Smith. 2012 marks the year of Jane Austen advice books – The Jane Austen’s Guide to Life, The Jane Austen Guide [...]The Wheatsheaf Inn, Popham Lane and Jane Austen, Part One
Updated: 2012-12-04 00:45:46
I should imagine that few visitors to the Wheatsheaf Inn today – which is now a Chef and Brewer Pub and part of a modern Premier Inn- imagine that it played a very important part in Jane Austen’s early life, and that it had spectacular royal connections. The Wheatsheaf Inn was and is set on [...]