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Austenprose “Sanditon” Group Read: Jane Austen and Seaside Resorts.
Laurel at Austenprose is conducting a Group Read of Jane Austen’s last, unfinished composition, Sanditon, this week,and I have been honoured to have been asked to provide a few background pieces to...
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Austenprose Sanditon Group Read: “A Match for Every Disorder”: Sea-Bathing in...
Laurel at Austenprose asked me a couple of days ago to give a little back ground to sea bathing and the medical rewards( or not) of taking the cure-all of sea bathing in the early 19th century ,and...
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Is there time to walk upon the Cobb?
By all their calculations there was just time for this; but as they drew near the Cobb, there was such a general wish to walk along it once more, all were so inclined, and Louisa soon grew so...
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The Assembly Rooms at Lyme
I love visiting old assembly rooms. The large and glamorous sets, like the ones at Bath or Lord Burlington’s magnificent set at York ( now part of the chain of Ask restaurants-they are very kind and...
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A Jane Austen Gazetteer is updated…again
Over the past week the following pages have been added to A Jane Austen Gazetteer, Austenony’s siser site (Do click on the links to visit the different pages): Canterbury Charles Street, London Covent...
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