tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331891022024-03-15T21:09:51.675-04:00Jane Austen TodayVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.comBlogger1804125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-54929845948062733802012-09-14T12:14:00.000-04:002012-09-14T12:14:34.911-04:00The Jane Austen Festival in Bath: Step Back in Time!
The Jane Austen Festival in Bath will celebrate 12 years of success this year. Find full information about the activities on the Jane Austen Centre site: Click here. Highlights of the Festival include:
Saturday, Sept 15: the promenade includes red coats this year. Over 500 people dressed in Regency costume officially open the Festival.
Sunday evening, Sept 16: an EveningVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-43525830159452959062012-08-08T06:39:00.004-04:002012-08-17T00:25:40.323-04:00Georgette Heyer Book Giveaway
Gentle Readers,
August 16th marks Georgette Heyer's 110th birthday. If you are a fan of her historical fiction, drop on over to Jane Austen's World and leave a comment about when you first began reading her books and fell in love with them. Sourcebooks will send a book to two lucky winners! Contest ends at midnight, August 16th.
To be eligible, do NOT leave your comments on this post! Contest Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-58750057034456484742012-08-03T20:57:00.000-04:002012-08-03T20:57:06.253-04:00Georgian Fan Advert
Horrible histories shows how the simple fan was an early form of text messaging that 18th century women used to communicate with others.
Funny and LOUD! Only 48 seconds long.Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-91710543941046478132012-06-23T08:13:00.000-04:002012-06-23T08:13:00.380-04:00Huswife - Do You Have One?
Last year when I was making a comparative reading between two translations of Sense and Sensibility - Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese of Portugal. I discovered many words, which I needed to consult in the original English. One of them was huswife. In Brazil, we don't have a unique word to describe huswife, and it is translated approximately as needles case.
Nancy Steel, after Fanny Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-78696689426189222782012-06-22T07:49:00.000-04:002012-06-22T08:13:17.695-04:00Willoughby Knocked Off
Gentle readers: I have been remiss in adding posts to this blog due to a busy schedule. My Jane Austen friend in Brazil, Raquel Sallaberry of Jane Austen em Português, has come to the rescue! She has sent in a picture of her mischievious cat, Mr. Donnie D.
This post is for those of us who abhor Mr. Willoughby. Now we can all feel vindicated!
When cornered by the spotlights (wellVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-77851818653848619622012-06-04T00:00:00.000-04:002012-06-12T03:17:47.690-04:00Book Giveaway of All Roads Lead to Austen: Please Leave a Comment
Update: Contest is closed. Congratulations, Cinthia! Those of us who belong to Jane Austen book clubs and discuss her books regularly have contemplated deeply about Jane Austen's novels and how they impact our lives - both real and imaginary. We are not so much obsessed with our favorite author's books as intrigued by her characters, the world she recreates with her witty insights and plots, andVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-58988446630448723642012-05-28T14:31:00.000-04:002012-05-28T14:31:29.858-04:00Free Jane Austen Book Fair and Author Reading, Bethesda, MD on June 9th
Author Readings and Book Sale to Celebrate Jane Austen
AT BOOK FAIR
BETHESDA, MD –
Seven authors of modern works inspired by Jane Austen’s classic novels will read, discuss, and sign their books at a Book Fair sponsored by the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) - DC Metropolitan Region, on June 9.
Five of the authors are from DC/MD/VA.
Highlighted works of Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-50886663213302806742012-05-15T00:00:00.000-04:002012-05-15T00:00:07.720-04:00All Around the World with Jane Austen Contest
In the June memoir, All Roads Lead to Austen the author Amy Elizabeth Smith took Jane Austen’s works along with her as she traveled to foreign countries. Her goal was to see if the magic of Jane Austen could hold its power across borders, languages and cultures.
Amy took Jane to far off countries – and we need your help to take her even further! We are holding a contest Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-12211864529361615702012-05-12T10:31:00.001-04:002012-05-12T10:31:34.293-04:00Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, July 21 & 22, 2012
The 5th Annual Jane Austen Festival will be held at Historic Locust Grove in Louisville, KY on July 21 and 22, 2012. Open each day from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Bonnie Wise
The Jane Austen Festival will feature:
Regency Style Show,
Regency Emporium and Shoppes of Meryton,
Fencing Exercise,
A Duel between Gentlemen,
Bobbin Lace Making Demonstrations,
Workshops, Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-91433347862855483762012-05-07T23:33:00.000-04:002012-05-16T12:22:28.959-04:00Book Giveaway of The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman, by Lori Smith
Book Contest Closed! Thank you for participating. Winners Chrissie and Tara were chosen randomly with a random number generator and have been contacted. In The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman, author Lori Smith examines Jane Austen’s novels, letters, and life for insights that can help guide today’s woman through life’s passages. There is much Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-65926866592168092472012-05-05T13:30:00.000-04:002012-05-06T22:31:43.306-04:00Sherlock, Season Two, Starts this Sunday on PBS Masterpiece Mystery!
The witty, engaging, and highly entertaining Sherlock will be gracing the airwaves again. Click here to read my review of A Scandal in Belgravia. Scheduled to air May 6, 13, and 20th on PBS Masterpiece Mystery, the viewer is guaranteed a whoppingly good whodunnit for 1 1/2 hours on each night. Set in modern London, this Sherlock is as sharp witted as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective. A true Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-38216293820928057772012-04-30T22:25:00.000-04:002012-04-30T22:35:01.117-04:00Colin Firth comes to the defense of a small Brazilian tribe under siege
Gentle readers, Raquel Sallaberry from Jane Austen em Português has resurfaced to discuss a very important issue in Brazil. She informs us that Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy) is supporting the Awá-Guajá tribe from Amazonia and asking the Brazilian government to take measures to protect "the tribe most threatened of the world".
Click here to see a video of the tribe.
Awá-Guajá tribe
The Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-19263195968977379742012-04-28T16:32:00.000-04:002012-04-28T16:38:05.056-04:00Wall Prints of the Cast of Characters in Jane Austen's Novels
Artist Liz Monahan creates the most fun illustrations of Jane Austen's characters, which she designs and hand draws. Her one-off original works of art are available in her Etsy shop, BlueSkyInking, and at the Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire.
Check out these images!
Cast of Persuasion. Image @Liz Monahan
Detail of Pug and Lady Bertram, Mansfield Park
Pride and Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-68230173320654170462012-04-23T08:01:00.001-04:002012-04-28T08:22:41.216-04:00Book Giveaway for Wentworth Hall, by Abby Grahame
Update!: The winners are: Laurel and Angela. Please contact me and send me your addresses.
Gentle readers: Two lucky readers have the opportunity to win Abby Grahame's debut novel, Wentworth Hall and a vintage diary, courtesy of Simon & Schuster.
Wentworth Hall is a novel aimed at Downton Abbey fans:
The Darlington family of Wentworth Hall, an elite British family, Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-43861947373771863242012-04-21T15:49:00.000-04:002012-04-21T15:49:32.326-04:00Á la Mode, 1795 to 1920 Fashion Plates from the Boston Public Library
Image @Boston Public Library. I photo
shopped the image to appear whiter. From
Ackermann's Repository, 1818.
The Boston Public Library’s collection includes rare fashion plates that represent 125 years of high fashion. An online exhibition begins in 1795 with dresses inspired by classical Greece and Rome. It ends in 1920 with fashions based on modern art principles of cubism and abstraction.Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-35661718721063456582012-04-19T08:53:00.000-04:002012-04-19T08:53:56.266-04:00Sense and Sensibility: Annotated and IllustratedMargaret Sullivan, editrix of Austenblog and author of the Henry Tilney and Catherine Moreland mystery, There Must Be Murder, annotated Sense and Sensibility last year in honor of the novel's Bicentenary anniversary.The Jane Austen Centre's website features the book this month, which is illustrated by Cassandra Chouinard. Click here to read about it and ordering information!
Illustration by Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-88420665959964437422012-04-11T08:12:00.000-04:002012-04-11T08:12:40.512-04:00Everybody's Jane Author to read from her book at Manhattanville CollegeIn celebration of Professor Juliette Wells' new book, Everybody's Jane: Austen in the Popular Imagination, there will be a reading and discussion on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in the Current Periodicals Room in the Library at Manhattanville College at 7 p.m.
The book examines the contemporary significance of Jane Austen and reflects upon why Austen is important to amateur readers, and why they Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-74121862209598794732012-04-06T22:11:00.001-04:002012-04-06T22:12:41.838-04:00Our Food: A New BBC 2 SeriesOur Food is a nw 4-part BBC series celebrating food in Great Britain, and the people responsible for its production. Sadly, while I am wildly interested in this topic, the series is not available in the U.S.
Alex Langlands, one of the presenters of Our Food writes in BBCs blog:
before the Industrial Revolution the overwhelming majority of people in this country worked in a rural setting where Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-40304995085474711822012-04-04T07:47:00.001-04:002012-04-04T08:08:07.972-04:00Chair Reading Jane AustenI just loved this image by Marc Johns, which you can purchase at this site.
Image @Marc Johns
Find other prints of objects reading books on this page. Fabulous stuff.Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-7927487066236723662012-04-03T08:06:00.000-04:002012-04-03T08:06:29.772-04:00Book Handbags, Jane Austen StyleThis Etsy shop, spoonfullofchocolate, will make custom book bags.
You can order this Pride and Prejudice bag, for instance.
This is how it looks on the inside.
Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-42010995741449158092012-04-01T11:07:00.001-04:002012-04-01T11:08:22.172-04:00About Douglas Booth, Who Plays Pip in Great Expectations
Douglas Booth as Pip
Who has ever seen a lovelier Pip than Douglas Booth, who stars in PBS's Great Expectations, starting tonight at 9 PM local time? My main problem with the series was that Pip is more beautiful than Estella, played by Vanessa Kirby. Her quieter features are eclipsed by Booth's more striking ones.
Vanessa Kirby as Estella and Douglas Booth as Pip
The coloring of Booth's faceVichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-5979969367731412472012-03-31T23:49:00.001-04:002012-03-31T23:51:57.562-04:00English Country Dancing in Dover, DelawareThe Dover English Country Dancers have listed their calendar. The fee is quite reasonable!
Schedule of Events
7:00 pm Beginner Introduction; 7:30 pm Dance Commences
April 14 ............. Our Spring Assembly Ball with caller Melissa Running
And musicians Ralph Gordon on cello, and Andrea Hoag on fiddle
Admission is $15.00 and includes a lite repast at mid-evening
Period Costume Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-49535301657390155472012-03-30T08:08:00.002-04:002012-03-30T08:10:23.796-04:00Results of the costume auction for the Jane Austen CentreThe big winner was the Anne Elliot dress and spencer jacket, but the waistcoat worn by Matthew MacFadyen, and featured in a post on this blog, did not sell. Amazing!
Click here to see the results.Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-23783384617730013652012-03-29T20:21:00.000-04:002012-03-29T20:21:41.048-04:00Georgian-Era British Sailors Lived on Ample Meat and BeerA study shows that Georgian-Era British Sailors Lived on Ample Meat and Beer. History.com offers this interesting article:
Records show that 18th- and 19th-century British sailors enjoyed a high-calorie, protein-packed diet superior to that of most working-class landlubbers, who typically tasted meat, beer, cheese and bread just once a week...
The results were consistent with the Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33189102.post-76168502093661360002012-03-28T20:41:00.000-04:002012-03-28T20:41:20.485-04:00Letters to Mr. Knightley: A New Blog
Letters to Mr. Knightley, a new blog, is filled with advice from Mr. Knightley, our hero from Emma, such as the following:
Dear Mr. Knightley,
I am not a lady to throw myself in the path of other men; on the contrary, I am twice as likely to throw myself off of it…especially when the man is one I admire.
I know this is most impractical. Firstly, however, I am terribly shy. Secondly, I Vichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668098318085667188noreply@blogger.com1