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There are many people who have purported the idea that Austen presenting the Pemberley housekeeper the name of “Reynolds” in Pride and Prejudice is a reference to Joshua Reynolds, the most widely known artist of the late Georgian era. After … Continue reading →
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“Commissions” for an Officer Engineer or Artilleryman in the Regency Era
I recently had another writer send me a message to ask about the process for a man of the gentry or the aristocracy to purchase a commission as an officer engineer or artilleryman. First, permit me to say I am … Continue reading →
Mother’s Day Sale on Austen-Inspired Titles
Today through Sunday, May 8, 2022, all my Austen titles will be on sale for only $0.99. Many of the titles are available to read for free in Kindle Unlimited. Price change occurs Monday, May 9, 2022.  Darcy’s Passions: Pride … Continue reading →
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The Strict Social Structure of Jane Austen’s Novels
Posted on April 27, 2022 by reginajeffers
Overall, the early 19th Century novels were those that expressed society in realistic terms. Austen’s novels, as well as others of her time, immerse the reader in the various levels of society, the social strata, so to speak. Austen does … Continue reading →
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The Obsession with Money and Society in Austen’s Novels
Posted on March 25, 2022 by reginajeffers
Austen’s novels speak loudly with society’s obsession with money and connections. Money and status was obtained through marriage. What we soon come to accept as a reader of Jane Austen’s novels is that her heroines marry for love (and a … Continue reading →
Posted in Austen Authors, British history, estates, family, Georgian Era, historical fiction, Jane Austen, literature, Living in the Regency, marriage, marriage customs, Pride and Prejudice, reading, reading habits, Regency personalities, Regency romance, romance | Tagged Austen's characters, author real-life, characterization, Emma, gentlemen and ladies, gentry, Mansfield Park, marriage, marriage for love, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejduce, Regency Era, Sense and Sensibility, themes | 2 Comments
Lessons on Life, Courtesy of Jane Austen
Posted on March 7, 2022 by reginajeffers
Recently, I looked at the parts of Pride and Prejudice, which spoke to me early on in my life-long love of Jane Austen’s works. Then I began to think of the other Austen phrases, which have been a part of … Continue reading →
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Primogeniture and Inheritance and the Need for a Widow’s Pension in Jane Austen’s Novels
Posted on September 15, 2021 by reginajeffers
By Jane Austen’s time, primogeniture was no longer the law of the land, but it remained a strongly entrenched custom of inheritance proceedings. Breaking apart large landholdings were frowned upon. An impoverished aristocracy, whose wealth rested in the agricultural realm, … Continue reading →
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What did Jane Austen Know of Prize Money Awarded by the British Royal Navy During the Late Georgian Era?
Posted on September 1, 2021 by reginajeffers
Prize money awarded by the British Royal Navy usually came about during naval warfare, but there were other means for a man to earn “his fortune.” The capture of enemy ships or of cargoes belonging to an enemy in time … Continue reading →
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Who Is Persuaded in Jane Austen’s “Persuasion”
Posted on July 30, 2021 by reginajeffers
Jane Austen writes plot-driven masterpieces, and all her God-given skills come together in Persuasion. In Persuasion we find a twist of pathos, not present in her other novels. We can view Austen’s growth as a writer. She provides her reader … Continue reading →
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The Importance of Brothers in Jane Austen’s Novels
Posted on June 28, 2021 by reginajeffers
In James Fordyce’s Sermons to Young Women (1766), Fordyce says, “The world, I know not how, overlooks in our sex a thousand irregularities, which it never forgives in yours; so that the honour and peace of a family are, in … Continue reading →
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Marriage A-la-Mode and the Upcoming Release of “Elizabeth Bennet’s Gallant Suitor” + a Giveaway
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