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Welcoming Austen-Inspired Author, Amanda Kai, with a DOUBLE Release

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

I’m here today celebrating a double book release! A Little Bit Foolish is a collection of Pride and Prejudice April Fool’s stories, and Swipe Right for Mr. Darcy is a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. In 2021, I began … Continue reading →

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Products of the Stillroom: Mincemeat Filling and Christmas Pudding, a Guest Post from Diana J Oaks

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on December 13, 2021. Enjoy! When we hear that Christmas trees and decorations didn’t go up before Christmas Eve in the Regency household, it might lead us to assume that Christmas … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen and Women’s History for Financial Independence, a Guest Post from E.M. Storm-Smith

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

A Celebration for Women’s History Month and Some Thoughts on Women’s Financial Independence As a place to start, I’d like to ask how many people saw the twitter account Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) on International Women’s Day? Epic, right!? … Continue reading →

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“Christmas” in Austen’s Novels, a Guest Post from Lelia Eye

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on December 16, 2021. (Note: December 16, 1775, is Austen’s birthday.) Enjoy! In pondering what to focus on for my December blog post, I naturally gravitated toward Christmas. Once known as … Continue reading →

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Creation of “A Christmas Carol,” a Guest Post from Colin Rowland

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on December 14, 2021. Enjoy! Because Christmas is little less than a week from today, I decided to share the story behind the creation of Charles Dickens’ masterpiece, a work as … Continue reading →

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Felt But Unseen in Pride and Prejudice, a Guest Post from Lelia Eye

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on 30 June 2022. I hope you find it as interesting as I did. Enjoy! I thought I would touch upon five characters that each have a presence which is felt … Continue reading →

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The Influence of Screen Adaptations on New Generations of Jane Austen Fans, a Guest Post by Amanda Kai

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

(This post originally appeared on the Austen Authors’ Blog on June 24, 2022. Enjoy!) Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there is no denying the powerful influence that screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s beloved novels have to inspire new generations of … Continue reading →

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The East India Company, the World’s Most Powerful Cooperation, a Guest Post from Eliza Shearer

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

This post first appeared on the Austen Authors’ blog on November 12, 2019. Enjoy! “Do you understand muslins, sir?” “Particularly well; I always buy my own cravats, and am allowed to be an excellent judge; and my sister has often … Continue reading →

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Jane Austen and the East India Company – a Guest Post from Elaine Owen

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

This post originally appeared on Austen Authors on June 21, 2019. Enjoy!  If you missed it, you can read part one HERE.  In 1752 a young English woman traveled from the land of her birth to the continent of India … Continue reading →

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The Phaeton, a Regency Carriage with Wide Appeal – and a Dangerous Side, a Guest Post by Eliza Shearer

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Regina Jeffers

Towards the end of Pride and Prejudice, in a letter explaining Mr Darcy‘s role in securing Lydia’s marriage to Mr Wickham, Mrs Gardiner writes to her niece Elizabeth, whom she suspects the master of Pemberley admires very much: “I shall never be … Continue reading →

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