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Archive for January, 2009
Jane Austen Ruined My Life, A Review
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, tagged Beth Patillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life on January 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Weekly Schedule of a Georgian Lady: Mrs. Mary Delany
Posted in Georgian Life, History, jane austen, Lady's work, tagged Daily Schedule of an 18th Century Lady, Mary Granville Delany on January 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Mary Granville Delaney was known for her autobiography, correspondence, and botanical collages.
Georgian Liverpool
Posted in Architecture, History, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency style, Regency World, tagged 18th century, Georgian Architecture, Georgian doors, Georgian Liverpool on January 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs. Woffington is a fascinating blog that offers insights about the 18th century. The blog’s author, who lives in England, has been featuring Georgian Liverpool in a series of posts. Click on the following links to read: Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. Image of [...]
Parterre Gardens
Posted in jane austen, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Gardens, Kitchen Gardens, Parterre gardens, Regency gardens on January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Parterre gardens in the regency era
The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary: An 18th Century Cookery Book
Posted in History, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, tagged food and cookery, John Nott, Regency food on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Cooks and Confectioners Dictionary, Or, The Accomplish’d Housewifes Companion, By John Nott, Published by Printed for C. Rivington at the Bible and Crown, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1723
Bill Nighy: Save Little Green Street
Posted in Architecture, Georgian London, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency World, tagged Bill Nighy, Green Street, Little Green Street on January 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Little Green Street is threatened by developers using the street as an access to a construction site
Seen Over the Ether: Hand Crafted Items
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Regency jewellery, Regency jewelry, Reticules on January 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
These handcrafted items remind me of reticules and jewelry in Jane Austen’s day
Frederica by Georgette Heyer, A Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Frederica, Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, SourceBooks on January 23, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Inquiring readers: This is my second review this year of a Georgette Heyer book to help you while away the winter doldrums. When SourceBooks sent Frederica my way I went into paroxysms of joy, for I recalled loving the book when I first read it just out of college. Years later I like it even [...]
Keeping Warm in the Regency Era, Part One
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged gathering firewood, keeping warm in the 18th century, pole screens, regency winter on January 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Methods of keeping warm in the 18th and 19th centuries are discussed in this two-part post.
Seen Over the Ether: The Story of London
Posted in History, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency World, tagged London, The Story of London on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Link to The Story of London
Wuthering Heights, Review One: Bats in Heathcliff’s Belfry
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Movie review, Popular culture, tagged Charlotte Riley, Heathcliff, Masterpiece Classic, PBS Movie Review, Tom Hardy, Wuthering Heights on January 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Tongue in cheek review of Wuthering Heights
The Last Frost Fair on the Thames River
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged 1814 Frost Fair, Frost Fairs, Thames River frozen on January 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Frost Fairs were held on the Thames River when the waters froze
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My Regency Tea Cup Review Ratings
- Five Regency tea cups: The book is not perfect (few books are), but it was well worth its purchase and possesses many outstanding qualities that makes it stand head and shoulders above its counterparts.
- Four Regency tea cups: This book offered many hours of pleasant reading, and I found I could not put it down.
- Three Regency tea cups: Damned with faint praise. I put the book down often, but was intrigued enough to finish it. In this instance, the movie might be better.
- Two Regency tea cups: This book required major changes that the author and editor should have fixed before publishing deadline.
- One Regency tea cup: Oh dear. I do so feel for the trees that sacrificed their lives for this verbal garbage.
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