Translate 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, [...]
Instructions for two paper projects
Translate Notwithstanding a certain reticence and self control which seems to belong to their age, and with all their quaint dresses, and ceremonies, and manners, the ladies and gentlemen in Pride and Prejudice and its companion novels seem like living people out of our own acquaintance transported bodily into a bygone age, represented in the half-dozen [...]
Period instructions and advice from the Governor’s Butler
What actually afflicted Jane Austen’s Monarch
Translate Had she possessed greater leisure for the service of her girls, she would probably have supposed it unnecessary, for they were under the care of a governess, with proper masters, and could want nothing more. Mansfield Park Excerpted from The Jane Austen Handbook: A Sensible yet Elegant Guide to Her World Most young women [...]
What kind of hours went into creating fabulous Regency gowns?
from A Manual of Politeness: Comprising the Principlesof Ettiquette
Christmas Shopping – The Birth of Persuasion
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