The description of this table and chair immediately bring to mind Austen’s own dealings with the Prince of Wales and her Dedication of Emma. Sycophancy was the word of the day.
Tag Archives: Emma
Fashionable Furniture: The Library Table
Perhaps Jane wrote parts of her upcoming novel, Emma (1815) at a desk like this one…
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Cookery for the Poor
Hints to the Regency Housewife on becoming a “Lady Patroness”.
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Philip Astley: Father of the modern circus
Jane Austen mention’s Astley’s Amphitheatre in both her letters and in Emma…
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Real Reads: Jane Austen’s Novels
Children’s versions of Austen’s greatest works
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The Regency Red Cloak
Cutting a dash during a Regency Winter
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The Regency Era spanned from 1795-1830. It began with King George III being declared unfit to rule because of fits.
Hannah More and Jane Austen: Mary Crawford and Jane Fairfax
Arnie Perlstein examines “the sale—not quite of human flesh—but of human intellect”
Jane Austen’s Women and Their Creative Skills
She was a plain, motherly kind of woman, who had worked hard in her youth, and now thought herself entitled to the occasional holiday of a tea-visit; and having formerly owed much to Mr Woodhouse’s kindness, felt his particular claim on her to leave her neat parlour, hung round with fancy-work, whenever she could, and [...]
Mr. Knightley’s Diary by Amanda Grange
Our affection for the Rev. Mr. Henry Tilney is well-documented, but we must confess to an occasional fling with Mr. Knightley of Donwell Abbey (and have been known to sit adoringly at Captain Wentworth’s knee whilst he tells sea-stories, but that is neither here nor there). Conceive our delight, then, when we were informed that [...]
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