Author Archives: Maria Grace

Public Schools in Jane Austen’s Day

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Most gentlemen were sent to public boarding schools to prepare them for university. These schools bore little resemblance to public schools today. Public schools were public in the sense that boys were taught in groups outside of their private homes, not in the sense that these institutions were funded by public funds. A number of public schools existed, but the landed elite in particular chose to send their sons to a select number of these … Continue reading →

Cupcakes with dinner

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Sometimes dinner doesn’t go exactly according to plan. I believe that sharing a meal with someone is one of the best ways to get to know them. So periodically, we invite folks from church that we don’t know very well over for dinner, just for the chance to get acquainted. A little like a Regency era dinner party. Generally, it has been really fun and we’ve enjoyed getting to know people that we otherwise wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Time for Something Completely Different

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Every now and again it’s time for something completely different. So yeah, I know this won’t surprise you, but every now and again I venture out of the Regency era and wander about in some very different territory.  I’m so excited to be able to share with you some of  the fruits of that process! For your approval, I present:Putting the Science in Fiction This  nonfiction book based on Dan Kobolt’s Science in Sci-fi blog … Continue reading →

A Gentleman’s Education: the early years

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A gentleman’s education set him apart from lesser men, even in his early life. What did that education look like? In all well-regulated states, the two principal points in view in the education of youth, ought to be, first, to make them good men, good members of the universal society of mankind; and in the next place to frame their minds in such a manner, as to make them most useful to that society to … Continue reading →

Dinner at Longbourn

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So, we know that Mrs. Bennet set an excellent table, but what would it have been like having dinner at Longbourn? You are all a’twitter as you have been invited to take dinner with the Bennets at Longborn today. But being a gal of the 21st century, it’s a little difficult to know what to expect, but never fear. I’m here to help! One of the important things to realize about the Regency era is … Continue reading →