Tag Archives: Alexa Adams

On the Character of Clergymen in Jane Austen’s Novels & the Regency, a Guest Post from Alexa Adams

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Regina Jeffers

Alexa Adams shared this post with our followers on Austen Authors in June 2016. I thought it a worthy piece to share with you.  David Bamber ar Mr. Collins, 1995 “My dear Miss Elizabeth, I have the highest opinion in … Continue reading →

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The Rice Portrait of Jane Austen? a Guest Post from Alexa Adams

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on January 25, 2019. Enjoy!  How clearly I recall writing this blog post in March of 2011. I was six months pregnant with my daughter and spent the bulk of the morning at a lab … Continue reading →

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Why Gretna Green? Marriage Over the Anvil, a Guest Post by Alexa Adams

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on 23 February 2018. Enjoy!!  “I am going to Gretna Green, and if you cannot guess with who, I shall think you a simpleton, for there is but one man in the world … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Fall of the Empire Waist, a Guest Post from Alexa Adams

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

Alexa Adams returns to my blog with an excellent piece on the fashion of the Regency Period. This post first appeared on Austen Authors.  Dancing dress featuring Grecian elements, 1809. My newest book, Darcy in Wonderland (look for it this … Continue reading →

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The Cancelled Chapters of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion,” a Guest Post from Alexa Adams

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

The Cancelled Chapters of Persuasion This piece originally appeared on Austen Authors in March 2015. I thought others might find it informative.   I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen Blog Tour Begins December 16

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Regina Jeffers

Our dear Jane Austen will turn 235 years old on Thursday, December 16. Some of you will remind me that she died some 180+ years ago, but to many of us she lives within our hearts every day. So, in … Continue reading →

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