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Celebrating Twelfth Night–Jane in January and You

Who can resist a holiday party? In Jane Austen’s day, the party of the year would generally be held on Twelfth Night. How do you think Jane Austen’s characters would celebrate? Check out below for some ideas. What might the Bennet’s do? Mr. Darcy? What about Mr. Wickham? Tell me in the comments and enter for …

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The 12 Days of a Jane Austen Christmas

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Jane Austen gave to me…  an excerpt from A Jane Austen Christmas to whet your appetite.         Each year, Regency era British theaters prepared Christmas pantomimes (pantos) that would begin on Boxing Day and run as long as the audiences demanded them. These were not silent productions, but …

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Celebrate ‘A Jane Austen Christmas’!

I am so excited to announce that ‘A Jane Austen Christmas’ is now available at Amazon kindle.  The paperback should be available very soon as well. Last year I did a lot of research on Regency era Christmas traditions for ‘Twelfth Night at Longbourn’ and posted a series of articles on Regency Life: Christmas Traditions. I …

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