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Younger Sons in Jane Austen’s England

This guest article is written by Rory Muir - a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide and a renowned expert on British history. You...

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No. 1, Bath Street and Mary Smith

On Thursday 8 August 1799, Jane Austen’s aunt, Jane Leigh Perrot, visited the Haberdashery Warehouse at Number 1 Bath Street, near or opposite the...

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Make Your Own Virtual Georgian Wig

Before the relatively demure fashions of the Regency period came into Vogue, the Georgian ladies (and gentleman to a lesser degree) reveled in crea...

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A Look at Jane Austen And Dawlish

Jane Austen Gives Literary Advice As She Visits Dawlish by Donna Fletcher Crow Young (and experienced) writers are always advised to seek outside...

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Proposing Without Proposing

Proposing Without Proposing The tradition of Bachelor's Day - where women can propose to men on February 29th, comes once every four years, an...

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The 10 Places All Austen Fans Should Visit

The 10 Places All Austen Fans Should Visit Bustle has recently compiled a list of the top ten places that fans of Jane Austen NEED to go to, a...

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Jane Dates in the 21st Century

Jane Dates in the 21st Century Finally this week, at the Jane Austen News we really rather enjoyed this satiri...

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Jane Austen Letter Remnants

Jane Austen Letter Remnants When a private US collector paid £16,000 in September 2017 for a book of historical autographs (incl...

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Having a Spot of Jane Austen Nuncheon

Jane Austen Nuncheon 10 Weird and Wonderful Things you Probably Don’t Know About her World For more than two hundred years, Jane Austen’s books ...

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Historical Knotwork - The Sea Chest Becket

Historical Knotwork - A Naval CV of Sorts This sea chest becket (handle) is exactly the sort which would have been found on the naval chests u...

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Jane Austen and the Oliphant in the Room

by Alice Chandler, author of Aunt Jane and the Missing Cherry Pie I do apologize for the pun in my title. The Olifant I refer to is Marga...

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Aunt Jane's Trial

The Trial of Mrs Jane Leigh Perrot - the Primary Sources by David Pugsley Discussions of Aunt Jane’s trial and the question whether she was...

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In Defence of Jane Austen

by Rhian Helen Fender “Mrs Edwards thinks you are a child still. But we know better than that, don’t we.” So began the 2008 televisi...