Copyright @Jane Austen’s World. Gentle readers, as you know, the northeast has been socked in by snow, ice, gale winds, and bitterly cold temperatures today. This is a perfect time for hunkering inside and drinking hot chocolate. Or is it? My nephew’s children will go sledding, others will go ice skating, and my dog will […]
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Snow Sports and Winter Transportation in the Regency Era
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Georgian Life, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency Travel, tagged 18th century skating, 19th century skating, 19th century sleds, regency winter on December 27, 2010| 18 Comments »
Seaside Fashion, Regency Style
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency World, Sea bathing during the Regency era, tagged Bathing machines, Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Regency seaside fashions, Vanity Fair 1998 on August 14, 2009| 9 Comments »
Inquiring reader, in honor of this week’s tepid heat wave in Richmond, I continue my coverage of all things seaside during the Regency era. To our moderns eyes, Regency fashions by the seashore covered as much of the body as ordinary clothes, and were as complicated as regular fashions. Let’s take a closer look. I […]
Cost of Maintaining a Horse in Regency London
Posted in jane austen, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, Travel, tagged carriages, Coaches, Cost of a horse in London, Gower Mews, Regency Transportation, Regency Travel on June 18, 2009| 9 Comments »
The cost of maintaining horses and carriages in London was extremely expensive in Regency England. It still is today.
Cost of Transportation, Bathing Machines, and Carriages in 1836 Brighton
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency style, Regency Transportation, Regency World, tagged Georgian Brighton, Regency Brighton on May 21, 2009| 1 Comment »
Brighton as It Is 1836 has been posted electronically online. A fascinating tour guide, it offers many peeks into a world that is long gone. Most interesting is this page that lists the fares for hiring a sedan chair, bathing machine, pleasure boats, and carriages. One may also find the subscription to the reading room […]
Travel During the Regency Period
Posted in Regency Travel, Travel, tagged Regency Transportation, transportation on November 17, 2007| 6 Comments »
The life of a stage coach horse during the Regency era was not easy. Roads, though much improved over previous centuries, could be filled with mud and ruts that impeded progress. Generally one horse could pull a wheeled vehicle six times its own weight. Therefore, a carriage horse weighing from 1200 lbs to 2300 lbs […]
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Black London by Gretchen Gerzina
Free E-Book: Gerzina has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history.
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Perfect for Easter: Rachel Dodge's The Little Women Devotional, published March 2022.
This book has a devotional entry for every chapter of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. You can read a chapter of Little Women and then read the corresponding devotional entry, going through the book one chapter at a time.
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In Sri Lanka lies the grave of Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB, Jane Austen’s Brother
The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground.
Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB
Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
Read the full article in The Sunday Times. June 27, 2021.
The Obituary of Charlotte Collins by Andrew Capes
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Regent’s Canal Walk (Little Venice to Kings Cross): Tony Grant
Take a walk along a portion of Regent’s Canal with Tony Grant and friend. His superb photos and commentary make you feel as if you’ve tagged along.
Click on this link to stroll along with Tony & Guy. (Images: Barges along Regent’s Canal; John Masefield’s House. Copyright: Tony Grant)
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