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Nov 25, 2015

A Regency … Thanksgiving? Dinner etiquette from the past

It’s Thanksgiving week and you might be preparing to host dinner or attend one. Here are some Regency-era points of etiquette, according...

Nov 4, 2015

What famous folks have said about Jane Austen

Plenty of historical figures have praised Jane Austen. And lots of others have … not. Here are just a few on both sides of the line. John...

Oct 21, 2015

Kissin’ cousins: 6 couples in history who were related

Centuries ago, cousins marrying one another — like Edmund Bertram and Fanny Price — wasn’t a big deal. Sometimes it was even encouraged....

Oct 14, 2015

How rich were they?

We break down the incomes, dowries and inheritances from a sampling of characters from Jane Austen’s novels. How do they stack up to one...

May 28, 2015

The real deal(er): Meet our ‘Gaming Club’ leader

A new event at this year’s Jane Austen Summer Program is a Regency gaming night. If you don’t know whist from Speculation, you won’t be...

Apr 15, 2015

Game on: An intro to Regency games

If you ever wanted to play whist or speculation or the like, you’ll get your chance at Jane Austen Summer Program, which is scheduled to...

Feb 22, 2015

Preview a chapter of ‘Jane Austen and Modernization’

Our own James Thompson has written a book exploring Jane Austen’s works through the prism of sociology: “Jane Austen and Modernization:...

Feb 18, 2015

She’s got the looks: UNC’s Jade Bettin on Regency fashion

Jane Austen’s books bring to life more than her characters and Regency society. They also evoke images of empire-waist gowns,...