Jane Austen Variations

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Feeling a little lost? (I know it’s been a while since my last ...

Happy Friday, Janeites!

Here’s a fun little game to brighten your day. Discover your travel adventure based on your birth, what you wear and what you drive. Who could have imagined the future was so predictable?

I am stranded in Scotland with Mr. Tilney and Lady Bertram!

Attribution: Masterpiece Theatre/PBS

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Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impression, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project. We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. 

Lydia Bennet

Brighton
22 July 1812

My dearest Kitty,

I write to you in the gr...

A picnic sounds simple, right? A basket, a blanket, a shady tree, good things to eat, maybe some lemonade.

But in the Regency era, it was more complicated.

The word “picnic” had already appeared in English by the mid-eighteenth century, but by the Regency period it had become associated with genteel outdoor dining, especially among those wealthy (Lee, 2019).

Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impression, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project. We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. 

Caroline Bingley’s Journal

July 15, 1812

Oh, happy day! I am invited to Pemberl...