How a Letter got from Here to There
For decades British the system was slow, expensive and unreliable. During the Regency era, the postal system experienced dramatic changes.
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The Regency Laptop
Ubiquitous as the laptop computer is today, the writing desk or writing slope, played major role in the creation of novels by Jane Austen, the Brontës, and others, that still enjoy wide readership today.
Continue reading →Giving birth: Confinements, Lying-in and Churching
Unlike women today who often give birth in hospitals or birthing centers, women of Jane Austen’s day almost exclusively gave birth at home. Preparation for confinement fell almost exclusively to the mother.
Continue reading →In Her Own Hand
I had just intended to do a little research about letter writing. Just a smidge I just needed a couple of accurate details for a scene. I swear that’s all I was going to do.
Continue reading →The Sticky Matter of Sealing Wax
In the days before gummed envelopes sealing letters and documents was a tricky business.
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