Jane Austen’s Regency World – July 01, 2019

42 Making the most of a broken

shoelace

41 Shouting when she turns down

the Captain’s umbrella

40 Being rich enough to keep a pack

of foxhounds, and drink a bottle of

wine a day

39

A secret,

cousinly little

interview

33 Taking up the Baronetage

32 Rears and Vices

31 Fordyce’s Sermons

30 The universal flattery of an

Empire-waist gown

29 Knowing we all know a Mr Collins

(below left, played by David Bamber)

28 Late-night Austen movie binges

27 Shedding a tear at

Winchester Cathedral

26 An £800 chimney piece

25 Fainting alternately on a sofa

24 Whist, lottery tickets,

and fish lost & won

23 Room for one more in the Admiral

Croft’s gig

22 Stealing a reverent moment

with Austen’s prayers

21 Ringing the church bell

at Steventon (below)

38 Blackguards and duels

37 Playing an Irish air

36 Touring the library of

the Prince Regent

35 The little bit (two inches wide)

of ivory on which she worked with

so fine a brush

34 Sneaking a Sotherton cream cheese