Gentle readers: Please leave a comment if you wish your name to be be eligible for a drawing of Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle, a wonderful Regency romp by Georgette Heyer. The drawing will be held the moment electricity is restored in my house. My best estimate is that this will take another week. Only [...]
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Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer: A Review and a Book Give Away
Posted in 19th Century England, Book review, Georgette Heyer, Georgian Life, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, SourceBooks, Sylvester on August 31, 2011 | 62 Comments »
Peerless Pool:
Posted in 18th Century England, Georgette Heyer, Georgian London, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Frederica, Peerless Pool, Perilous Pond, William Kemp on August 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I will be resurrecting old posts until electricity has been restored in my house. The power company promised that 95% of households will be online by Friday. In 2004, our tiny street did not receive full service until 13 days after the storm. Right now I am looking for a hot shower!! I published this [...]
Announcement
Posted in Jane Austen's World on August 28, 2011 | 11 Comments »
No new posts will be published until electricity has been restored to my house and office. Hurricane Irene did not do much damage, except for the downed lines and trees. Stay tuned.
The Fashionable in Hyde Park: 19th C. Satiric Poem
Posted in 19th Century England, Jane Austen's World, tagged British history, Handloom Weaver, Industrial Revolution, Luddites, Punch Magazine on August 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
This poem was printed in Punch Magazine in 1862. In the early 19th century Luddites attacked the factory machines that were about to destroy the cottage industry of handloom weavers. By 1815, these weavers had difficulty finding work. They tried selling their cloth at lower prices than the factories, with the result that their average [...]
Richmond Park: Historic and Still Lovely
Posted in History, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency World, tagged British history, Historic London, London Calling, Pen Ponds, Richmond Park, Royal Parks, The Royal Ballet School, Tony Grant, Virginia Woolf on August 24, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Gentle Readers, It may please you to know that frequent contributer, Tony Grant (London Calling), lives near Richmond Park, a wilderness that has kept its pristine nature for centuries. Enjoy these beautiful photographs. Richmond Park is situated 12 miles south west of St Pauls Cathedral in the city of London. It just happens to be [...]
The Making of Lust in Pride and Prejudice, a Review of Sorts: Mitzi Szereto and Vic Talk Lust and Dust Up
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, tagged Mitzi Szereto, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Pride and Prejudice Hidden Lusts on August 22, 2011 | 26 Comments »
Gentle Readers, You may have noticed my previous rant about Mitzi Szereto’s blog post on Huffington Post. I had struck an attitude of silence and indifference to her sexy parody of Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts) until I read her fighting words. Then I realized, why not debate each other and find [...]
Jane Austen Between the Sheets: The Rant of Mitzi Szereto
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, tagged Mitzi Szereto, Pride and Prejudice Hidden Lusts, Pride and Prejudice sequel on August 18, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Just when the rage for Jane Austen monster mash-ups seems to be over, our favorite author’s fine books have been targeted for a different sort of mangling, one that explores the sexual side of her characters’ lives. Frankly I don’t care for Jane Austen sequels in general and so chose to ignore all the hoopla [...]
A Reflection On Georgette Heyer On Her Birthday
Posted in Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency society, tagged Astley's Amphitheatre, Cotillion, Frederica, Friday's Child, high perch phaeton, Vauxhall Gardens on August 16, 2011 | 14 Comments »
August 16th marks Georgette Heyer’s birthday. In several comments on my book reviews some readers have made it a point to mention that Georgette is no Jane Austen and termed her novels mere romances. Ah, but they are so much more. I love her novels in part because they remind me vividly of the satirical [...]
Fowling for Pheasant: Mansfield Park
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged 19th century hunting, Fowling for pheasant, Pheasant hunting on August 14, 2011 | 13 Comments »
When Sir Thomas Bertram returned from the East Indies, his family had been in the midst of rehearsing for Lovers Vows, the play that Fanny Price knew Sir Thomas would have nixed had he been home. Waiting for the tea tray, Lady Bertram innocently mentions the play. Tom, the heir, quickly deflects the conversation and [...]
Regency Medicine: Dentistry
Posted in 18th Century England, 19th Century England, Georgian Life, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Old English Customs, personal hygiene, Regency Customs, Regency Life, Regency Period, Regency World, tagged 19th century dental hygiene, Cassandra Leigh Austen, History of Dentistry, Regency Medical treatment on August 11, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Jane Austen’s mother, Cassandra’s features were aristocratic; her hair was dark and her eyes an unusual tint of grey. She had an instinctive tendency to depreciate her own appearance; it was her elder sister Jane, she always insisted, who was the beauty of the family. But Cassandra did admit to a certain vanity concerning her [...]
The Many Faces of Georgette Heyer
Posted in Georgette Heyer, tagged Georgette Heyer's Portraits on August 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I have reviewed many Georgette Heyer novels for this blog. Here are some images of the author over the years. She had a strong handsome face. Not pretty, but full of character. Read this review in the Guardian UK of her latest biography by Jennifer Kloester. Also, Happy Birthday, Georgette Heyer! Georgette Heyer
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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.
- 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.
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