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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ATTENTION JASNA MEMBERS: Online access to talks from this year's AGM is open. For $99 U.S., you can watch the plenary sessions until February 28. Offerings include Devoney Looser's "Sisters in the Arts" and the Sunday Brunch performance which hilariously dramatized some of Austen's favorite music; Breakout Sessions, including Lisa Brown's talk on Ignatius Sancho's Country Dances, "Composed by an African" and Brenda Cox's presentation on "Satirical Cartoons and Jane Austen's Church of England," and short versions of talks including "Jane Austen on TikTok," and "The World of Jane Austen Soundtracks"; Special Interest Sessions such as Georgie Castilla's fascinating "Adapting Austen to Comics" and talks on Regency dress and social dance; a stage production of "Lover's Vows" which we did not get to see at the AGM, and much more!
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The Life and Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree: A Review by Vic
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By Jan Meck and Virginia Refo, The History Press, Released Nov 1, 2021 -
In the past year, this blog has posted a number of articles and book reviews on Black History and Slave History in Georgian England. This book, written by Jan Meck and Virginia Refo, continues in America from the 19th to early 20th century. Find Vic's review on the Jane Austen's World History page at this link. Order the book at U.S. Amazon.
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Highly Recommended a New Book! Bath -An Adumbration in Rhyme, edited by Ben Wiebracht
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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 said:
“Sacred to the memory of His Excellency C.J. Austen, Esq.,
Champion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath,
Rear Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Naval Forces on the East India and China Station,
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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