Getting Away With Murder: All About Regency Duels
Why did Colonel Brandon and Willoughby fire one shot and then walk away? This post explores the ins and outs of Regency duels.
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Getting Away With Murder: All About Regency Duels
Why did Colonel Brandon and Willoughby fire one shot and then walk away? This post explores the ins and outs of Regency duels.
When is it Alright to Write Already?
Many Facebook posts are cyclical. Topics rise and fall as interest does, appearing fresh and current about every three or four years. Social media has been alive and kicking for slightly more than two decades, so themes that were broached in 2005 will appear again in 2010, 2015, and so on. One recent moldy oldie…
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Valentine’s Day in Regency England
Valentine’s Day, associated with love since the late Middle Ages, became popular during the Regency era as a time for expressing romantic interest within societal norms. Common practices included exchanging handwritten Valentine cards with poems, small tokens, and light-hearted customs. It provided a unique opportunity for flirtation amidst strict social codes, despite some skepticism from…
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Jane Austen Adaptations and the Problem with Casting
One of the things that adaptations struggle with when it comes to Jane Austen is the fact that many of her antagonists are supposed to be extremely attractive, while not all her main characters share that trait. Jane Austen has a major theme in her works about people who appear attractive might secretly be bad…
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Homosexuality in the Regency Era
The Regency era (1811–1820) is often celebrated for its glittering assemblies, sharp wit, and romance—at least in fiction. In reality, beneath the polished manners and candlelit ballrooms, there existed a far more dangerous truth for those whose affections strayed from the heterosexual norm. Homosexuality, particularly between men, was not simply frowned upon; it was illegal,…
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Does Chatsworth Make an Exemplary Pemberley for Fitzwilliam Darcy?
When I first decided to do a post on Chatsworth, the home of the Dukes of Devonshire, I didn’t realize that Wikipedia had a very large amount of information concerning the ducal home. As you can see by the picture for this post, Chatsworth and the land surrounding that has belonged for 477 years to…
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How I Spent my Non-Vacation
A snow and sleet storm, coupled with Arctic temperatures, left me a prisoner in my own apartment. After a week of riotous living, I began to write again. It’s going well.
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What a difference we made
It is interesting to see how we look at animals today and what the animals were used for 200 years ago. Animals which we think of as pets today were bred for specific reasons, for specific jobs. Cats were domesticated far longer than many other animals. There is documentation of African wild cat remains being…
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Tidbits from Austen-Land and Alice McVeigh
Hi friends in Austen-land!!!! Have had to learn – at my age! Am over sixty – a brand-new cello concerto written by a London composer, so I’m behind with everything. Luckily for me, Regina’s on the ball!!!! First, a brilliant offer: https://booksweeps.com/giveaway/historical-fiction-book-giveaway-sweepstakes/ Second, another brilliant offer, organised by our own Amanda Kai: https://authoramandakai.wixsite.com/home/post/ilovejaff2026 Third, check out my latest…
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Re-Release of “Darcy’s Passions: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling” from Regina Jeffers and Ulysses Press, Arriving 2/3/2026
For fans of historical romance like the Bridgerton novels to lovers of alternative point-of-view books like E. L. James’ Grey and Stephenie Meyers’s Midnight Sun, Darcy’s Passions invites readers into the heart and mind of Fitzwilliam Darcy, revealing the hidden thoughts and intense emotions that fueled his riveting courtship of Elizabeth Bennet. While the Bennet sisters are discussing the next ball to…
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Literary academics cannot escape discussing the modern novel without presenting Jane Austen credit for the art form.
She is an established literary figure in English literature. Austen’s skillful use of mixing together the narrator’s telling the story with a character’s thoughts and emotions and dialogue was just catching on in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but it is a mainstay in modern fiction. She created literary realism.
People speak of the greatness of Shakespeare, but falter when asked to read or explain his works. Not so, with Jane Austen. Because her works have been so easily consumed for more than 200 years, some forget how groundbreaking the six novels of the daughter of a simple rector in rural Hampshire, England, can be. We on this blog have not forgotten.