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A Regency … Thanksgiving? Dinner etiquette from the past
It’s Thanksgiving week and you might be preparing to host dinner or attend one. Here are some Regency-era points of etiquette, according...

Jennifer Abella
Nov 25, 2015


An Austen links roundup
It’s been a busy few weeks so here are some links you might have missed: — Remember the stately home that’s said to be the inspiration...

Jennifer Abella
Nov 18, 2015
How do you update Austen for the 21st century? This creator knows.
“Mansfield Park” may be 201 years old, but its story is timeless. Just ask Kimberley James, the show runner of the Web series “From...

Jennifer Abella
Nov 11, 2015


What famous folks have said about Jane Austen
Plenty of historical figures have praised Jane Austen. And lots of others have … not. Here are just a few on both sides of the line. John...

Jennifer Abella
Nov 4, 2015


Happy Austen-inspired Halloween!
Halloween is a few days away and if you’re going to (or chaperoning) a Halloween party or need to take the kids trick-or-treating — or...

Jennifer Abella
Oct 28, 2015


Kissin’ cousins: 6 couples in history who were related
Centuries ago, cousins marrying one another — like Edmund Bertram and Fanny Price — wasn’t a big deal. Sometimes it was even encouraged....

Jennifer Abella
Oct 21, 2015


How rich were they?
We break down the incomes, dowries and inheritances from a sampling of characters from Jane Austen’s novels. How do they stack up to one...

Jennifer Abella
Oct 14, 2015


The modern ‘Mansfield Park’
You can add “Mansfield Park” to the list of Jane Austen’s novels adapted into web series alongside “Lizzie Bennet Diaries” and“Emma...

Jennifer Abella
Oct 7, 2015


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