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Jane Austen's World
Prostitutes were regarded with mixed feelings in the 18th century. An awareness of the vulnerability of women who had few economic options for making their way in the world owed much to the sentime...
A Regency Gentleman’s Wardrobe: Thomas Coutts, Banker « Jane Austen's World
Food – To Die For: Food Preparation in the Georgian Era from Jane Austen's World
19th Century Learning Academies and Boarding Schools: An Eyewitness Account from Jane Austen's World
Jane Austen and The Republic of Pemberley
We are The Truly Obsessed here and have been known to talk for weeks about Jane Austen's spelling quirks and Mr. Darcy's coat
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters, by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
English Historical Fiction Authors: Nom nom nom ~ Regency style
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London society of the Beau Monde dined at five o'clock, or ev
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Jane Austen's English Bread « Bite From the Past
The bread which appeared on an English family's table was a good barometer of their financial stability. The richer you were, the more you dined on bread made of fine soft flour with a light, fluffy textu
Jane Austen's White Soup « Bite From the Past
Jane Austen makes mention of it several times in describing dinner parties attended by her characters. Soup was usually served in the first course of the meal and white soup is mentioned in particular in Prid
Jane Austen’s Chocolate Biscuits « Bite From the Past
One of the principle meals of Jane’s time was “tea”-which was not held in the afternoon, as you might think. Afternoon tea did not come about in the form we think of today until the Edwardian era, abo