Inquiring Readers: Lynn Shepherd, author of Murder at Mansfield Park, has written this guest post. She lives in in Berkshire, England, with her husband Simon. Murder at Mansfield Park is her first novel, but she’s been a professional copywriter for the last ten years. Going freelance in 2000 gave her the time she needed to [...]
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Regency ‘Crime Scene Investigation’: Talking about thief takers
Posted in Book review, Crime, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Bow Street Runner, Lynn Shepherd, Murder at Mansfield Park, Regency crime, Thief takers on June 30, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Dancing at the Netherfield Ball: Pride and Prejudice
Posted in Dancing, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Mr. Bingley, Mr.Darcy, Pride & Prejudice 1995, Pride and Prejudice, Regency Customs, Regency Etiquette, Regency Life, Regency society, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Netherfield Ball, Regency Dance on June 28, 2010 | 37 Comments »
Inquiring Readers: This is the second of four posts to Pride and Prejudice Without Zombies, Austenprose’s main event for June/July – or an in-depth reading of Pride and Prejudice. My first post discussed Dressing for the Netherfield Ball. This post discusses the dances and etiquette of balls in Jane Austen’s era. Warning: the film adaptations get many [...]
Watch The Blue Geranium Online: Agatha Christie on PBS Masterpiece Mystery!
Posted in Movie review, Popular culture, tagged A, Agatha Christie, Julia McKenzie, Miss Marple, PBS Masterpiece Mystery!, PBS Mystery!, The Blue Geranium, Toby Stephens on June 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The latest Miss Marple Mystery on PBS Mystery!, The Blue Geranium, was originally an Agatha Christie short story. While I did not find this mystery quite as satisfying to watch as The Secret of the Chimneys, I found my viewing time well spent. The solution leads to a typical old-fashioned Agatha Christie twist, with Miss [...]
The Regency Bridal Bouquet
Posted in Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Pride and Prejudice 1995, Regency bouquets, Regency Wedding, sense and sensibility 1995 on June 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
In ancient times, brides carried bouquets of fragrant herbs and spices to ward off evil, or wore round garlands on their heads or around their necks as symbols of fertility and longevity. Dill, known as the herb of lust, would often be eaten by both the bride and groom. By the 18th century, bridal bouquets [...]
Dressing for the Netherfield Ball in Pride and Prejudice: Regency Fashion
Posted in Fashions, Film adaptation, jane austen, Jane Austen videos, Jane Austen's World, Jeniffer Ehle, Movie review, Pride & Prejudice 1995, Pride and Prejudice, Regency Life, Regency society, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Bennet, Keira Knightley, Kelly Reilly, Miss Caroline Bingley, Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Hurst, Netherfield Ball, Regency Fashion on June 21, 2010 | 45 Comments »
Inquiring Readers: I will be contributing four posts to Pride and Prejudice Without Zombies, Austenprose’s main event for June/July – or an in-depth reading of Pride and Prejudice. This post discusses the clothes that the characters would have worn in relation to the film adaptations and actual fashion plates of the time. Warning: this is a [...]
Jane Austen’s Father: Reverend George Austen
Posted in Bath, jane austen, Jane Austen's death, Jane Austen's life, Jane Austen's World, tagged Cassandra Austen, Happy Father's Day, Jane Austen's family, Jane Austen's Father, Reverend George Austen on June 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Gentle Reader: This Father’s Day weekend, I salute Jane Austen’s father, George Austen. This post, which I wrote three years ago, has been resurrected and updated for this occasion. Rev. George Austen was by all accounts a handsome man. Anna LeFroy, Jane’s niece wrote, I have always understood that he was considered extremely handsome, and [...]
Watch The Secret of the Chimneys Online: PBS Masterpiece Mystery!
Posted in Popular culture, tagged Julia McKenzie, Miss Marple, PBS Masterpiece Mystery!, Stephen Dillane, The Secret of the Chimneys on June 19, 2010 | 11 Comments »
I should have guessed the ending of The Secret of the Chimneys, the latest Miss Marple episode on PBS on Sunday, June 20, but I so enjoyed going along for the ride that I deliberately missed the cues until the very end. The mysterious County Ludwig Von Stainach wishes to purchase The Chimneys, a house [...]
Interview with Ben Winters, Author of Androit Karenina
Posted in Book review, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, tagged Android Karenina, Ben H. Winters, Mashups, Quirk Books on June 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Inquiring readers: Ben H. Winters bravely left a comment on my in-depth analysis of his new steam punk mashup, Android Karenina, and was kind enough to answer a few questions. Hi Ben: Thank you for agreeing to participate in this Q&A. I must say that you made a fan out of me when you left [...]
Beau Brummell’s Broken Nose
Posted in Almack's Assembly Rooms, Fashions, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Beau Brummell, Dandy, Prince Regent, Regency Fashion on June 16, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Readers of the Regency era are familiar with Beau (George Bryan) Brummell’s elegance and sartorial splendor. He was born on June 7, 1778, the younger son of William Brummell, private secretary of Lord North. In 1793 George attended Eton, where he met the Prince of Wales. Even back then Brummell was known for his sense [...]
Sally Lunn Buns Recipe: Food and Drink from Jane Austen’s Era
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Customs, Regency food, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, Tea in the Regency era, tagged Regency Recipe, Sally Lunn Buns, The Delightful Repast on June 14, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Inquiring reader: Jean at The Delightful Repast is a freelance writer who writes mostly about food, weddings, etiquette and entertaining for numerous publications. Her blog reflects her culinary heritage–an English grandmother, a Southern grandmother and a mother who could do it all. Jean’s love of reading and cooking (often done simultaneously) is definitely in her [...]
Jane Bennet’s Apothecary in Pride and Prejudice
Posted in jane austen, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen's World, Pride and Prejudice, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged apothecary, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice 2005, Regency doctors on June 12, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Gentle Reader, next week Austenprose will begin a Pride and Prejudice extravaganza entitled, Pride and Prejudice Without Zombies. The group will be reading Jane Austen’s own words. Not some mash up. Not a sequel. And, as far as I am concerned, my favorite book of all time. When Laurel Ann asked me to contribute my [...]
Bellfield Hall: A Dido Kent Mystery, by Anna Dean: A Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, tagged Anna Dean, Bellfield Hall, Dido Kent Mystery, Regency mystery on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Inquiring Readers, This review by Lady Anne is about a Dido Kent mystery, part of a series of books by Anna Dean. McMillan says about its author: “Anna Dean set about crafting stories at the age of five under the impression that everyone was taught to write in order to pen books. By the time she discovered [...]
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- 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.
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