Inquiring readers, Happy New Year! Are U.S. Austen fans ready for the countdown to Sanditon on PBS? Only 11 days remain until this eight-episode mini-series based on Jane Austen’s final novel fragment airs on Sunday nights. You can also stream each episode. The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with […]
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At the Seaside in Regency England: A Poem from “News from Worthing,” 1807
Posted in Jane Austen Films, Jane Austen's World, PBS Movie Adaptation, Sanditon, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged #PBS Sanditon, Bathing machines, Circulating libraries, Robert Bloomfield, Sea dippers, Worthing on January 1, 2020| 4 Comments »
Friday Follow: A Regency Illustration of the Sea Side
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Regency seaside resorts, Sanditon on June 28, 2013| 10 Comments »
Nobody could catch cold by the sea; nobody wanted appetite by the sea; nobody wanted spirits; nobody wanted strength. Sea air was healing, softening, relaxing — fortifying and bracing — seemingly just as was wanted — sometimes one, sometimes the other. If the sea breeze failed, the seabath was the certain corrective; and where bathing […]
Social Customs During the Regency
Posted in on November 1, 2007| 102 Comments »
This page is copyrighted (c) Jane Austen’s World. Please note: The long lists of links are arranged by topic in alphabetical order. To learn about Regency customs and life from the people who actually lived in the era, please visit the Original Sources page on top of this blog. You will find many of the […]
Seaside Fashion in Jane Austen’s Day
Posted in Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Regency Fashion on July 27, 2007| 2 Comments »
In the image of the seaside above by James Gillray (A Calm, 1810) one can see the high hem of a typical seaside dress of the day, and the bathing machines lined along the water. Bathing in the sea, especially during the cold season, became fashionable in seeking a cure for many illnesses. The following […]
The Bathing Dress: Fashion in the Georgian Era
Posted in 19th Century England, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Bathing dress, Regency Fashion, Regency sea bathing on April 27, 2013| 8 Comments »
During the 18th century women wore a long flannel shift while bathing, sometimes with lead weights sewn into the hem to keep the skirts from floating up.