Downton Abbey, Episode Two: Twitter Party and Blog Round-Up

The second episode of Downton Abbey will be aired by PBS Masterpiece Classic at 9 PM on Sunday. PBS will be hosting a second Twitter party in honor of the event, and yours truly will be there once again as an unofficial host! @janeaustenworld.

Start of the hunt, Downton Abey

The event will begin from 9 PM EST through 10:30 PM PT. Including Vic, the other bloggers who will be hosting are:

• @pbs; @masterpiecepbs; 
• Evangeline Holland of Edwardian Promenade (@edwardian_era); 
• Laurel Ann Nattress of Austenprose (@Austenprose); 
• Cheryl LeBrun of Enchanted Serenity of Period films (@charleybrown77); 
• Vic Sanborno of Jane Austen’s World (@janeaustenworld) 

If you plan on joining, make sure to tag.your posts with the hashtag #DowntonPBS or use PBS's TweetGrid, which will automatically add the hashtag.

If you want to read our tweets go to Twitter and type: #DowntonPBS

Links to articles about the series:

Jane Austen's World: 

• Everything You Wanted to Know About the Entail in Downton Abbey and More
• Watch Downton Abbey Online
• Entertaining visitors in an English country house, such as Downton Abbey
• Downton Abbey's Recycled Costumes
• Downstairs in Downton Abbey: The Servants
• Upstairs in Downton Abbey: The Three Crawley Sisters
• The Jane Austen Connection to Downton Abbey and Egypt

Edwardian Promenade:

• Addressing Titled Persons
• Downton Abbey, Episode One

Enchanted Serenity of Period Films:

• Downton Abbey: A Milliner's Dream?
• Familiar Faces of Period Drama: Downton Abbey

Austenprose:

• Downton Abbey, Review and Recap of Episode One
• Preview of Downton Abbey

Follow Friday: Edwardian Promenade

The Edwardian Era (1901-1914) was almost as short as the Regency Era (1811-1820). One of my favorite blogs, Edwardian Promenade, covers this fascinating time with excellent posts and sound research and insights. I love reading about events that occurred almost a century after Jane Austen's era and envy the photographs. So many scientific advances were made, yet so many customs remained the same. If you haven't visited this fascinating blog for a while, Evangelineh has changed its design, but not its content.

Follow her on Twitter as well.

Seen on the Blogosphere

• Real Gold: Treasures of Auckland City Libraries: this online exhibition shows the range and depth of the library's collections, beginning with the donation of rare books and manuscripts by Sir George Grey in 1887 and developing over the years with further significant gifts and purchases. In this link find information about Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Click on the back and forth arrows for a peek at other original novels.
  

• Belief Net: A Walk With Jane Austen When Sherry Huang finished reading Lori Smith’s A Walk with Jane Austen, she saw the potential for turning excerpts from her book into a photo gallery. Lori Smith took the photos of her journey.
  

• Girlebooks now offers all of Jane Austen's novels as free, downloadable books. In addition to Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility, find Cecilia and Evelina by Fanny Burney, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, Belinda by Maria Edgeworth, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, and novels written by the Bronte sisters.

• Molland's Circulating Library has added new e-text additions, most notably some of Jane's minor works and juvenilia, James Edward Austen-Leigh’s A Memoir of Jane Austen, and Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh.
  

• A Faithful Narrative is a site devoted to Pride and Prejudice fan fiction. 'Nuff said.
  

• Edwardian Promenade: This blog's author is an enthusiast of the Edwardian era (1880-1920), and shares insights and information about fashion, history, and social customs from this short but fascinating period.
  

• Victorian Web is a mega site that is amazingly detailed and complex. The site is definitely worth exploring, but it takes a few moments to figure out exactly how it works. Click here for information on Jane Austen.

Posted by Vic (Ms. Place)