http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com This Jane Austen blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details related to this topic. Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/ea13c70b4223f6c83af646e23650aeee?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/streaming-jane-austen/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/streaming-jane-austen/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:57 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23366 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/streaming-jane-austen/feed/ 38 Vic Alicia Silverstone as Cher in Clueless, a modern adaptation of Emma The 1995 film adaptation of Persuasion with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds is incomparable. I find the 1940 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice excreble. While the actors are fabulous, this story has been changed and Hollywoodized to the point where the lines are laughable (Every hottentot can dance, instead of every savage can dance) and the ending is downright criminal (Lady CdeB acts as a willing instrument to get Elizabeth and Darcy together. I have a running hate-hate debate with a reader, who is apoplectic with the idea that I don't love this film. She keeps coming back to heap insults. Heap away! You cannot persuade me to like this film. Although I will honor anyone's positive opinion about it. The incomparable Edna Mae Oliver as Lady CdeB, co-conspirator and romantic at heart Billie Piper as Fanny Price as Fanny Hill The gorgeous Frances O'Conner as retiring and shyly pretty FP. Gasping for breath and suffering a headache from that severe, unflattering updo, poor Anne hies after her man. Barefoot Lizzie swinging above the muck P Firth is no Colin. http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/pride-and-prejudice-having-a-ball-at-chawton-house/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/pride-and-prejudice-having-a-ball-at-chawton-house/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:19 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23297 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/pride-and-prejudice-having-a-ball-at-chawton-house/feed/ 42 Vic Amanda Vickery. Image courtesy of Filming at night on Chawton House grounds Jane Austen doodle in a music manuscript ivan day food expert Martha Lloyd's recipe for white soup, a common dish served at supper dances. Ivan Day's recreation of Solomon's Temple, a very difficult flummery to recreate. This fan served to cool the dancer and as a crib sheet, in which the steps of intricate dances were written down. Usually made of paper, few have survived. Punch a la Romaine One can see from this image how crowded the ball room was and how 300 candles and all that exertion might have heated the dancers. Professor Hillary Davidson explains the personal involvement that people had in their clothes, which were hand made. Simple hybrid dress, much as Elizabeth Bennet might have worn. Notice the coral necklace. Historical makeup and rouge pots. Too much, and a lady might be labeled a trollop. Walking to the ball carrying lanterns. dance chawton men's breeches corset Ragout of http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/nothing-as-it-seems-jane-austen-in-bath/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/nothing-as-it-seems-jane-austen-in-bath/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 12:32:50 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23283 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/nothing-as-it-seems-jane-austen-in-bath/feed/ 11 Vic Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath, The Bath. Wikimedia image. Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath, The Pump Room. Wikimedia image. Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath, The Ball. Wikimedia image. Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath, Gouty person fall on steep hill. Wikimedia image. Rowlanson, The Comforts of Bath, The Breakfast. Wikimedia image. Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath, Coaches arriving. Wikimedia image. Company at Play, Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath Rowlandson, The Comforts of Bath. Private practice previous to the ball. Wikimedia image. Paul Emanuelli holds up his novel, Avon Street http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/william-and-mary-college-a-sir-christopher-wren-building-in-williamsburg-virginia/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/william-and-mary-college-a-sir-christopher-wren-building-in-williamsburg-virginia/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:53:11 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23252 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/william-and-mary-college-a-sir-christopher-wren-building-in-williamsburg-virginia/feed/ 9 Vic 1700s view of William & Mary college with Wren building. @All Posters. Click on image to go to the site. Sir Christopher Wren Detail of a Wren window he Royal College of Arms next to St Pauls where the coat of arms for William and Mary College was created. Image @Tony Grant Grinling Gibbons Wren Building. @William & Mary's website. Click on image to see the source. Carving design by Grinling Gibbons Details of wood work by Grinling Gibbons William and Mary Sir Christopher Wren's addition to Hampton Court Baroque interior of the King's apartments, Hampton Court. Click on image for source. http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/the-bathing-dress-fashion-in-the-georgian-era/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/the-bathing-dress-fashion-in-the-georgian-era/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:18:54 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23145 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/the-bathing-dress-fashion-in-the-georgian-era/feed/ 8 Vic Bathing_scene Valmont_stills_21959 Bathing gown. Image @ Mount Vernon TopILNewsBathingMachine 1813-From-The-costume-of-Yorkshire-illustrated-by-a-series-of-forty-engravings-being-fac-similes-of-original-drawings-500x351 bathing suit 1916 Medieval bath, Leeds Castle http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/jane-austen-first-editions-how-much-is-yours-worth/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/jane-austen-first-editions-how-much-is-yours-worth/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:57:48 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/jane-austen-first-editions-how-much-is-yours-worth/ ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/jane-austen-first-editions-how-much-is-yours-worth/feed/ 1 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/sidmouth-where-jane-austen-found-love/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/sidmouth-where-jane-austen-found-love/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:42:53 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23081 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/sidmouth-where-jane-austen-found-love/feed/ 13 Vic Sidmouth: A History. Book available at. Click on link. Morning Dress, 1797, from Nicholas Heideloff’s Gallery of Fashion. “Her sister and Bingley standing together.” Isobel Bishop image @Morgan Library Sidmouth 1803 engraving Sidmouth during Jane Austen's day. Image@Sidmouth Library. Click on image. Sidmouth today. Image @ Google Maps Sidmouth's Esplanade today. Image @Google maps. http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/the-working-class-in-colonial-williamsburg/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/the-working-class-in-colonial-williamsburg/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:24:30 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23186 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/the-working-class-in-colonial-williamsburg/feed/ 12 Vic Workers near the tavern Sign of the furniture maker The furniture maker's workshop Barber and Peruke Maker Untitled 0 00 00-01 (3) Untitled 0 00 00-01 (4) Working gent Untitled 0 00 00-07 Chatting outside the coffee house Outside the milliner's shop Inside the milliner's shop Chatting to tourists about life as a black man in Colonial Virginia A comely maid walks home after a long day. All the staff are friendly and willing to pose street sweeper and machine http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/three-pretty-maids-and-a-gent-in-williamsburg/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/three-pretty-maids-and-a-gent-in-williamsburg/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:34:11 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23177 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/three-pretty-maids-and-a-gent-in-williamsburg/feed/ 5 Vic Guides in front of the Governor's Palace, Williamsburg http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/sounds-of-williamsburg/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/sounds-of-williamsburg/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:25:57 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23171 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/sounds-of-williamsburg/feed/ 15 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/taking-care-of-a-gentlemans-clothes-regency-fashion/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/taking-care-of-a-gentlemans-clothes-regency-fashion/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:58:31 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23164 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/taking-care-of-a-gentlemans-clothes-regency-fashion/feed/ 8 Vic Gore Place, Waltham MA Image @Wikipedia Man's suit, American. 1810-1820. Museum of Fine Art Hat 1820-1830, Snowshill Manor. Image @Nationa Trust/Richard Blakey http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-breeching-ceremony-of-a-young-boy-and-his-rite-of-passage-regency-fashion/ http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-breeching-ceremony-of-a-young-boy-and-his-rite-of-passage-regency-fashion/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:27:22 +0000 Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=23097 ]]> http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-breeching-ceremony-of-a-young-boy-and-his-rite-of-passage-regency-fashion/feed/ 15 Vic Portrait of William Ellis Gosling, 1800 , Sir William Beechey, R.A. Image @Wikipedia John Russel, Boy with spaniel. Image @ Christie's. Fathers rarely stepped inside the nursery, the province of women. The modern eye would regard these two children as girls. Lydia Elizabeth Hoare (1786–1856), Lady Acland, with Her Two Sons, Thomas (1809–1898), Later 11th Bt, and Arthur (1811–1857) by Thomas Lawrence Date painted: 1814–1815. Image @National Trust Collection Thomas Lawrence English (Bristol, England 1769 - 1830 London, England) Sir Walter James, Bt., and Charles Stewart Hardinge, 1829. Image @Harvard Art Museums Portrait of Two Boys in Green and Red Velvet Suits by Ramsay Richard Reinagle THE CHILDREN OF RICHARD CROFT, 6TH Bt.,c.1803, by John James Halls, R.A. In this image one can see the three stages of boyhood - petticoats, skeleton suit, and jacket, shirt, and trousers.