Regency Reader

Carola Dunn: The Actress and the Rake

By Anne | September 30, 2018 - 7:29 am |October 15, 2018 2-3 Flames, Book Review, Carola Dunn

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Sir Barnabas’s Will requires granddaughter Nerissa Wingate and godson Miles Courtenay to live together chastely in his house for six months in order to inherit Continue →

Regency Fashion: Morning and Full Dresses

By Anne | September 28, 2018 - 7:34 am |October 9, 2018 Regency Fashion

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These dress plates and descriptions appeared in the September 1800 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum:

Regency Pastimes: Drawing

By Anne | September 22, 2018 - 7:55 am |October 10, 2018 Regency Pastimes

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In the Young Lady’s Book: A Manual of Elegant Recreations, Exercises and Pursuits (1829), drawing is not listed as a separate pastime but is inferred Continue →

Regency Household: Design of a Library

By Anne | September 20, 2018 - 7:42 am |September 27, 2018 Regency Household

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This plate and the description appeared in a drawing manual of sorts from the 1835 meant to teach about drawing and plating designs. I like Continue →