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Tag Archives: family
The Significance of Birth Order in Jane Austen’s Novels, a Guest Post from Eliza Shearer
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, “the seventh of eight children of a clergyman in a country village in Hampshire, England. Jane was very close to her older sister, Cassandra, who remained her faithful editor and critic throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, British history, customs and tradiitons, family, Georgian England, Georgian Era, Guest Post, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, reading, real life tales, writing
Tagged Birth Order, Eliza Shearer, Emma, family, guest post, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
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Sailing the Seas on a Family Ship, a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway
This post originally appeared on Austen Authors in February 2019. Enjoy. Last week, we saw how Jane Austen’s family used connections to help promote the careers of her two sailor brothers, Frank and Charles. When we left them, the Napoleonic … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, British history, British Navy, family, Georgian Era, Guest Post, Jane Austen, Napoleonic Wars, Uncategorized
Tagged aftermath of Napoleonic War, British history, British Royal Navy, family, guest post, Jane Austen
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Changing One’s Name During the Regency
I wish I could recall where I encountered this information, but I cannot. Therefore, I must apologize up front if someone shared it with me, and I am not giving them credit or whether I read it in a Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Act of Parliament, British history, customs and tradiitons, family, Georgian England, history, Inheritance, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, peerage, real life tales, Regency era, research, titles of aristocracy, tradtions
Tagged Act of Parliament, British history, family, Georgian England, inheritance, Jane Austen, name change, Regency Era, Royal Licence
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How Do We Know Jane Austen’s “Stuff” Actually Belongs to Her? a Guest Post from Collins Hemingway
This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on March 21, 2019. Enjoy! A few weeks ago, Alexa Adams, one of our Austen Authors, wrote an interesting blog on the Rice portrait, which is believed by some to be a painting of … Continue reading
Posted in British history, family, Georgian England, Georgian Era, Guest Post, history, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, real life tales, Regency era, Regency personalities, research
Tagged British history, Collins Hemingway, family, Georgian England, guest post, Jane Austen, jewelry, real life tales, research
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Gretna Green: Secret Engagements, Elopements and the World’s Most Famous Anvil, a Guest Post from Eliza Shearer
(This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on December 1, 2017. Enjoy!) After many years in my “to visit” list, I finally had the chance to make it to … Continue reading
Posted in British history, buildings and structures, Church of England, customs and tradiitons, Georgian England, Georgian Era, Great Britain, Gretna Green, Guest Post, history, Jane Austen, legends, Living in the Regency, marriage, marriage customs, marriage licenses, Pride and Prejudice
Tagged anvil, British history, Church of England, clandestine marriage, elopements, family, Gretna Green, handfasting, Jane Austen, marriage, Pride and Prejudice
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A Closer Look at “One Minute Past Christmas” by George T. Arnold and Regina Jeffers
I came to this story late in the aspect that the nucleus of it was written by my former journalism professor. When I read it, I liked it, but I had the feeling that something was missing. Even so, I … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachia, Austen Authors, book excerpts, book release, books, Christmas, family, holidays, legends, reading habits, tradtions, writing
Tagged Appalachia, book excerpt, book release, Christmas, family, legends, miracles, traditions, writing and publishing
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Between the Lines: Sisterhood and Serendipitous Elusiveness, a Guest Post by Gabrielle Mullarkey
BETWEEN THE LINES Sisterhood and serendipitous elusiveness Jane Austen, like many great artists, reaches out to us across time as both a living presence glimpsed between the lines of her own words and as an image orchestrated and reconstructed endlessly … Continue reading
Posted in Austen Authors, British history, customs and tradiitons, family, Georgian England, Georgian Era, Guest Post, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, Pride and Prejudice, reading habits, real life tales, Regency era, Regency personalities, suspense, writing
Tagged arsenic, Austen Authors, Austen's death, Cassandra Austen, conspiracy theories, family, Gabrielle Mullarkey, guest post, Jane Austen, real-life, Regency England
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Jane Austen’s Problematic Health, a Guest Post from Kyra Kramer
This post originally appeared on Austen Authors in December 2017. Predicting the due date of a pregnancy is a matter of guesswork, even in these modern times. Babies are notorious for following their own schedule rather than the convenience of … Continue reading
Posted in British history, family, food, food and drink, Georgian England, Guest Post, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, medicine, real life tales, Regency personalities, research, science
Tagged family, guest post, illness, Jane Austen, Kyra Kramer, medicine, real life tales, Regency Era
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A Closer Look at “Christmas at Pemberley”
This is one of those books that floats around in the author’s head for some time before it becomes a reality. Although we have a bit about the letters Princess Charlotte wrote to her supposed lover, it deviates from many … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Austen Authors, book excerpts, British history, eBooks, family, Georgian Era, historical fiction, holidays, Jane Austen, Living in the Regency, Pride and Prejudice, publishing, Regency era, Regency romance, romance, Ulysses Press
Tagged American history, Austen Authors, book excerpts, British history, Christmastide, family, historical fiction, holidays, inspirational romance, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Regency Era, Regency romance, Ulysses Press
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Happy Thanksgiving!
From my house to yours, I wish you a safe and restful Thanksgiving. I am spending the day with my favorite munchkins and their parents.
Posted in family, holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged family, food, friends, health, holidays, Thanksgiving
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