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Book Synopsis Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen by : Sarah Jane Downing
Download or read book Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen written by Sarah Jane Downing and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-01-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated and engaging look at the social activities, games and hobbies during the Regency period in the time of Jane Austen.
Book Synopsis Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by : Sarah Jane Downing
Download or read book Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen written by Sarah Jane Downing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The broader Regency period 1795 to 1820, stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history, unlike anything that went before it. For the first time England became a fashion influence, especially for menswear, and became the toast of Paris, as court dress became secondary to the season-by-season flux of fashion as we know it today. Sarah Jane Downing explores the fashion revolution and the innovation that inspired a flood of fashions taking influence from far afield. It was an era of contradiction immortalised by Jane Austen, who adeptly used the new-found diversity of fashion to enliven her characters: Wickham's military splendour; Mr Darcy's understated elegance; and Miss Tilney's romantic fixation with white muslin.
Book Synopsis Jane Austen Anthology (Diversion Classics) by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Jane Austen Anthology (Diversion Classics) written by Jane Austen and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. Jane Austen's novels have enchanted readers for centuries. These tales of love, family, and English society abound with unforgettable characters and Austen's trademark satirical wit. Including all of Austen's published novels, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, MANSFIELD PARK, EMMA, NORTHANGER ABBEY, and PERSUASION, this anthology is perfect for Austen aficionados and new readers alike.
Book Synopsis Jane Austen's Regency England by : Marilyn Clay
Download or read book Jane Austen's Regency England written by Marilyn Clay and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND by Marilyn Clay is an in-depth look at the life of the beloved author of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Emma and others, lived alongside the world-changing events that occurred, year-by-year, during the years of the English Regency. When Jane was born, George, the Prince of Wales, firstborn son of King George III, was a boy of thirteen, growing up in London with his parents and a houseful of royal brothers and sisters. JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND follows both of their lives concurrently. Readers get a look at the prince's upbringing and Jane's early education, the names of the books she read, the family pleasures and pastimes whilst also exploring the types of schooling available for children at the time, the presence of Circulating Libraries, toys, books written especially for children and popular novels of the time. With Jane at work on her first novels at home in Steventon, we explore other women writers of the period, Hannah More, Mary Shelley, Fanny Burney, Madame de Staël and more. When Jane's brother Frank joins the Navy and goes to sea, we learn of Frank's orders from Nelson and follow the year-by-year events of England's struggles to subdue the French. We see Napoleon at home through the eyes of his valet and learn the names of both Napoleon and the Prince of Wales' many lovers, and illicit encounters. With Jane and her mother searching for lodging, the Prince is consorting with Mrs. Fitzherbert in Brighton, and against royal wishes, weds her. While Jane and her parents are living in Bath, we explore seaside holiday spa-towns where they summer, Sadler's Wells, Lyme. We follow Jane to Southampton and through her letters, learn about the deaths of Cassandra's fiancé and her brother Edwards' wife. We are taken year-by-year through the war on the continent, the Congress in Vienna, the Duchess of Richmond's ball in Brussels, Waterloo and Napoleon's downfall. Other personalities appearing in the book include Beau Brummell, the artists Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner, popular caricaturists of the day, the seven Almack patronesses, and the stir caused by the arrival of the waltz. When Jane goes to visit her brother Henry in London, we tour its pleasure gardens with her, the Tower of London and theatres. We read about Edmund Keans' downfall. Later, we rejoice with Jane when her novels are published and the Prince praises and contacts her. When Jane dies in 1817 and the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince also dies, we learn of the royal scramble for an heir to the throne, and the birth that follows. Included in the book are snippets from letters and the writings of Wellington, Robert Southey, Ellen Weeton, Horace Walpole, Thomas Creevey, Napoleon, Lord Byron, Charles & Mary Lamb, Sir Walter Scott, and many others. The 400+ pages of JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND, is an in-depth compendium of the life of Jane Austen lived during England's changing and colorful Regency Period. Available in ebook and print from all major online booksellers. Author Marilyn Clay has written over thirty books, including seventeen novels and six non-fiction titles set during the English Regency. For 16 years, she published The Regency Plume, an international newsletter focused on the English Regency. In JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY ENGLAND, Marilyn Clay draws on her extensive research into this colorful, nine-year period in English history.
Book Synopsis The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by : Lindsay Ashford
Download or read book The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen written by Lindsay Ashford and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Where would I begin to explain it all...?" Twenty-six years have passed since the death of Jane Austen. Armed with a lock of Austen's hair as perhaps her best clue, Anne Sharp, former governess to the Austen family and Jane's close friend, has decided at last to tell her story-a story of family intrigues, shocking secrets, forbidden loves, and maybe even murder... Perfect for fans of Death Comes to Pemberley, upon its publication in the UK, Lindsay Ashford's fictional interpretation of the few facts surrounding Jane Austen's mysterious death sparked an international debate and uproar. None of the medical theories offer a satisfactory explanation of Jane Austen's early demise at the age of forty-one. Could it be that what everyone has assumed was a death by natural causes was actually more sinister? Lindsay Ashford's vivid novel delves deep into Austen's world and puts forth a shocking suggestion-was someone out to silence her?
Book Synopsis Jane Austen Made Me Do It by : Adriana Trigiani
Download or read book Jane Austen Made Me Do It written by Adriana Trigiani and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories by: Lauren Willig • Adriana Trigiani • Jo Beverley • Alexandra Potter • Laurie Viera Rigler • Frank Delaney & Diane Meier • Syrie James • Stephanie Barron • Amanda Grange • Pamela Aidan • Elizabeth Aston • Carrie Bebris • Diana Birchall • Monica Fairview • Janet Mullany • Jane Odiwe • Beth Pattillo • Myretta Robens • Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway • Maya Slater • Margaret C. Sullivan • and Brenna Aubrey, the winner of a story contest hosted by the Republic of Pemberley “My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” If you just heaved a contented sigh at Mr. Darcy’s heartfelt words, then you, dear reader, are in good company. Here is a delightful collection of never-before-published stories inspired by Jane Austen—her novels, her life, her wit, her world. In Lauren Willig’s “A Night at Northanger,” a young woman who doesn’t believe in ghosts meets a familiar specter at the infamous abbey; Jane Odiwe’s “Waiting” captures the exquisite uncertainty of Persuasion’s Wentworth and Anne as they await her family’s approval of their betrothal; Adriana Trigiani’s “Love and Best Wishes, Aunt Jane” imagines a modern-day Austen giving her niece advice upon her engagement; in Diana Birchall’s “Jane Austen’s Cat,” our beloved Jane tells her nieces “cat tales” based on her novels; Laurie Viera Rigler’s “Intolerable Stupidity” finds Mr. Darcy bringing charges against all the writers of Pride and Prejudice sequels, spin-offs, and retellings; in Janet Mullany’s “Jane Austen, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!” a teacher at an all-girls school invokes the Beatles to help her students understand Sense and Sensibility; and in Jo Beverley’s “Jane and the Mistletoe Kiss,” a widow doesn’t believe she’ll have a second chance at love . . . until a Miss Austen suggests otherwise. Regency or contemporary, romantic or fantastical, each of these marvelous stories reaffirms the incomparable influence of one of history’s most cherished authors.
Book Synopsis Jane Austen's Guide to Thrift by : Kathleen Anderson
Download or read book Jane Austen's Guide to Thrift written by Kathleen Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embrace your inner Jane and find a new way of life in thrift! Jane Austen knew that wealth and grandeur had little to do with happiness, and that fashionable new dresses and reticules to impress Mr. Darcy simply were not the path to fulfillment—especially when one accrues debt in the process. It’s as true today as it was then . . . Whether you have a fortune or not, you’re well advised to make the most of your income—and save for your future. Now, using the timeless wisdom and example of Jane Austen’s memorable heroines, this book offers everything the modern lady needs to know about: *Clever investing *Keeping up appearances on a budget *Giving and receiving graciously *Finding treasures at flea markets and church rummage sales *Planning a party that only looks extravagant *And more Jane Austen’s Guide to Thrift shows how to make your circumstances significantly less reduced, and how to live a life of elegent economy and joyful generosity—whether you’ve as much as Emma Woodhouse or as little as Miss Bates.
Book Synopsis The Complete Novels of Jane Austen by : Jane Austen
Download or read book The Complete Novels of Jane Austen written by Jane Austen and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the Complete Novels of Jane Austen, this volume contains the classics Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.
Book Synopsis Jane Austen, Game Theorist by : Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Download or read book Jane Austen, Game Theorist written by Michael Suk-Young Chwe and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the works of Jane Austen show that game theory is present in all human behavior Game theory—the study of how people make choices while interacting with others—is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago—over a century before its mathematical development during the Cold War. Jane Austen, Game Theorist shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors. Exploring a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.
Book Synopsis Sense and Sensibility by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Sense and Sensibility written by Jane Austen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Book Synopsis The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations by : Robert Andrews
Download or read book The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations written by Robert Andrews and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 6,000 remarks, witticisms, judgements, and observations.
Book Synopsis The English Pleasure Garden 1660–1860 by : Sarah Jane Downing
Download or read book The English Pleasure Garden 1660–1860 written by Sarah Jane Downing and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During their heyday in the mid-eighteenth century the pleasure gardens were one of the hubs of polite society. Laid out with formal gardens and buildings for dining and amusement, the pleasure gardens were the scene of upper class exercise and entertainment. Most famous were Vauxhall Gardens, Cremorne Gardens and Ranelagh Gardens. In Bath, Sydney Gardens is the only English pleasure garden that has not since been closed and built over. This book tells the story of the pleasure gardens, explaining their beginnings in the seventeenth century, their rising social importance, the variety of entertainment contained within, and their eventual decline into seedy hangouts for gamblers, thieves and prostitutes.
Book Synopsis Love and Friendship and Other Early Works by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Love and Friendship and Other Early Works written by Jane Austen and published by . This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic large print title is printed in 16 point Tiresias font as recommended by the Royal National Institute for the Blind
Book Synopsis Sites Unseen by : Dianne Suzette Harris
Download or read book Sites Unseen written by Dianne Suzette Harris and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2007 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sites Unseen challenges conventions for viewing and interpreting the landscape, using visual theory to move beyond traditional practices of describing and classifying objects to explore notions of audience and context. Treats landscape as a spatial, psychological, and sensory encounter, opening a new dialogue for discussing the landscape outside the boundaries of current art criticism and theory.
Book Synopsis Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility by : Jane Austen
Download or read book Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility written by Jane Austen and published by Word to the Wise. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sense and Sensibility (1811) is Jane Austen's first published novel. It is a book about love and romance that follows the life of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. When their father dies and his property goes to his son and first wife, the Dashwood sisters move with their family to live in a modest cottage in Devonshire where start their romantic adventures and heartbreaks. The cottage belongs to their mother's cousin Sir John Middleton who welcomes them and presents them to his family and friends. One of John's friends, Colonel Brandon, soon falls in love with Marianne, yet the latter finds him unattractive and too old for her age. She later meets the philandering John Willoughby and becomes interested in him to be drowned in grief when he leaves to do business in London. As for Elinor, she develops a relationship with Edward Ferrars before they move to Devonshire. When the two sisters are disappointed by their lovers who go with other women, the novel depicts the different ways they react as well as their wavering between passion and reason. By the end of the novel, Edward comes to mend his relationship with Elinor and marries her while Marianne marries Colonel Brandon.
Book Synopsis Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 by : Sarah Jane Downing
Download or read book Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950 written by Sarah Jane Downing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The source of tremendous power and the focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life and culture. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the early eighteenth century, and the thin lips thought desirable by Victorians. Beauty has ensured good marriages, enabled social mobility and offered fame and notoriety, and has led women – and some men – to remarkable lengths in cultivating it, from the dangerous quantities of lead applied by Elizabeth I, to the women of the 1940s and '50s, who employed face powder, lipstick and mascara to look their best during the privations of war and austerity, creating a chic appearance to which many still aspire.
Book Synopsis The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes by :
Download or read book The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
