Jane Austen Podnovel Blog

Here it is as mentioned in last show

Today’s Reading

Chapter 39 of Pride and Prejudice - Last leg of the Journey home to Longbourn

JA news 

JA Regency Awards update - don’t forget to cast your vote before May 10th to have your say

Jane Austen a Flirt?- According to a UK news site the new BBC drama called Miss Austen Regret’s features the author with a hangover among other things. Here is the link for you to see for yourself.

Website from Jen - Bennit Girls is a great site features an online store and great stories written by the Bennit Girls. I loved the Got Jane T-shirt.

New mini-series for JA Podnovel; Jane Austen clothing

– Check out this ebay item, a great regency dress, if only I have somewhere to wear this 

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So I have heard on word about an inscribed First Edition  Jane Austen’ Emma is set to sell at auction at more than $50,000 on June 24th.

It is inscribed by Jane Austen to a dear friend of hers and according to The Press Agency has been sitting in the owners family library for atleast 3 generations.

Can you imagine having a book sitting on your book shelf signed by JA herself.

Hi there

JA Podnovel Esp 38 is now available for you with show notes follow in my next post.

Helen

Hi there

I have just bought my first car and it has only taken the first 24 years of my life for my to do this (ha ha). So the main point I am telling you all this is because I am a few days late with my next show, mainly to do with this car business. One thing I have learnt through this process is that banks are a pain. They lost my paperwork twice.

Anyway back to JA land. So thanks for you patience and look out for the next show where I shall continue with my series about clothing of JA’s time.

I have been reading a book called Jane Austen and Good Manners by Josephine Ross. The book gives me a further insight into the social interactions that happen in her books. For example ” A word with more doubtful applications is the context of manners, is ‘Ease’: while Elizabeth Bennet is delightful for her ‘easy, playful’ approach to life, affected, self-congratulatory Mrs Elton is censured for possessing ‘too much ease’, in her behaviour towards others.”

 As I read P&P now I can see how this applies. Here are a few more rules list in the book:

Do not attempt to bring friends of different ranks together

Always show restraint on meeting and greeting

Do not call too briefly

Be cautious with comments on others’ dress - compliments included

 It is definitely worth checking out for any JA fan

Esp. 36 is now available at www.japodnovel.podshow.com

Show notes for Esp. 36

Reading of Chapter 36 of Pride and Prejudice, where we find Elizabeth have just read the letter from Mr Darcy explaining his actions & under goes some self-discovery.

 JA News

Don’ forget to vote for the Jane Austen Regency Awards and have your say.

New Kidney made woman like Jane Austen

New Series

Since I am in the middle of looking for my new medieval dress for a Medival Festival, it has drawn my attention to the clothing style of Jane Austen time which is refered to as the Regency or Georgian era.  So I shall from the bottom layer up. Check out this site for info about the first layer the chemise

I have been looking around for my next outfit for the Abbey Medieval Fest 08, a thought came to me about the style of clothing of Jane Austen’s time. The time period is referred to as the regency or Georgian era. The undergarments were minimal compared to other fashion is history with light weight fabrics used is dress’.

Look out for further info on my next show and this blog

Here I am, just finished watching Mansfield Park and now starting Northanger Abbey,

 The BBC version of Mansfield Park was much more straight were as the 2007 version is heading towards more of a fairy tale style, not that either is better or worse. I have to note that with each different version I see they each change the story slightly, missing bits and there.

Billie Piper does play a very good Fanny and I have to say that the Crawfords are also portrade very well. Mansfield Park (2007) definetly has my tick. Now all I have to do is figure out where I can buy these new versions as this one was rented.