About: Vic
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- I love reading, writing about, and researching Jane Austen and the Regency world.
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November 7, 2009 Regency Hairstyles and their Accessories
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November 3, 2009 London’s Street Noises: “The Enraged Musician” by William Hogarth
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November 3, 2009 Teacup Patrol! China Used in Pride and Prejudice 2005
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November 1, 2009 The Viscount and the Toll Keeper’s Daughter: How Thomas Thynne Never Became the Marquess of Bath
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October 31, 2009 Place of Execution: PBS Masterpiece Contemporary
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October 31, 2009 The Sale of Hyde Park Corner Tollgate
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October 28, 2009 A Jane Austen’s World Celebration
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October 24, 2009 Emma 2009, Episode 4: What Did You Think of the Film and the Actors?
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October 24, 2009 Endgame: PBS Masterpiece Contemporary
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October 24, 2009 Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen
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October 21, 2009 Pride and Prejudice, the Pachyderm and Feline Versions
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October 18, 2009 Emma 2009: Episode Three
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October 16, 2009 Pride and Prejudice 1940 Featurettes
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October 14, 2009 The English Pleasure Garden 1660-1860 by Sarah Jane Downing, A Review
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October 11, 2009 Emma 2009: The Sets of Highbury and Hartfield
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October 11, 2009 Illustrated Books About Jane Austen and Her Milieu
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October 10, 2009 George Austen: Jane Austen’s almost forgotten, invisible brother
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October 8, 2009 Sir Francis William Austen: Glimpses of Jane’s sailor brother in letters
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October 7, 2009 Edward Austen Knight: A tightwad or a man with heavy responsibilities?
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October 6, 2009 Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters: A Review
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October 4, 2009 Emma 2009 Poll: What did you think of Part One?
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October 4, 2009 Cassandra Austen: Jane’ confidante, supporter and helpmate
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October 1, 2009 Yorkshire Coaching Inns Illustrated by Joseph Appleyard
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September 30, 2009 Royal Lion Inn: A Dorset Public Inn With a Jane Austen Connection
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September 27, 2009 The Labor of Street Orderlies in 19th C. London
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September 26, 2009 Emma, 1996: Bucolic Scenes & the Industrial Revolution
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September 25, 2009 Watch Little Dorrit Online
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September 24, 2009 Saving Georgian Bath
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September 22, 2009 Little Girls’ Regency Dresses
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September 12, 2009 The Postal Service in 18th Century Britain: Post Roads and Post-Boys
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