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Kissing games and Forfeits
Kissing games, which could also be used as forfeits, were definitely popular in Jane Austen’s day.
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Parlor games often involved forfeits for the losers. But what did those look like?
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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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