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.
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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.
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Clever ways to save on Regency Era postage
Mail during the Regency functioned somewhat differently than today’s mail system which made it a priority to to get as much as one could on a single sheet of paper.
Continue reading →The Power of a Well Written Letter
During the Regency era, letters were a major source of news and communication, both personal and in the broader social context. Interestingly, most of this communication flowed through the pens of the women of a household.
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