Raising a Little Theater
In Austen’s Mansfield Park, Tom talks about ‘raising a little theater’ paralleling it to the idea of raising a little hell.
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Games of Jane Austen’s World: Bilboquet
Family letters and remembrances tell us that Jane Austen played a variety of games with her young nieces an nephews, and was quite good at many of them, including bilboquet.
Continue reading →Jane Austen and Home Theatricals
Jane Austen was not the only author who wrote about home theatricals
Continue reading →Home Theatricals and Preserving the Distinction of Rank
Like so much of Georgian England, home theatricals were about the preservation of rank.
Continue reading →What’s for Breakfast? Bath Buns
Food is one of my favorite set dressings. In Fine Eyes and Pert Opinions, Darcy prefers Bath Buns in the morning. Come and find out why.
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