Jane Austen's Christmas
eBook - ePub

Jane Austen's Christmas

The Festive Season in Georgian England

  1. 145 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Jane Austen's Christmas

The Festive Season in Georgian England

About this book

'I wish you a Merry Xmas but no compliments of the season' – Jane Austen

Christmas comes up time and time again in Jane Austen's books, from childish chaos in Persuasion to fraught festivities in Northanger Abbey. Join Christmas historian Maria Hubert on a delightful meander through Georgian Christmases both fact and fiction.

Eavesdrop on Austen family letters, immerse yourself in prose, drama and poetry from Jane and her contemporaries, or use the recipes to cook exemplary vegetables for your own Regency Christmas – Jane Austen's Christmas is essential reading for an Austenite's long winter nights.

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Information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781803995779
Topic
History
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Christmas at Mansfield Park Jane Austen
  7. Cousin Eliza’s Christmas Gaieties Letter from Eliza, Comtesse de Feuillide
  8. A Pianoforte for Christmas Letter from Mrs Austen
  9. Unfashionably Prudish A Mystery for Christmas
  10. A St Nicholas Verse Jane Austen
  11. Britannia’s Housewives Blithe Romaine Joseph Thorne
  12. Charades for Christmas
  13. Lady Susan Spoils Christmas Jane Austen
  14. Some Georgian Christmas Recipes
  15. A Poem For Christmas Day 1795 Robert Southey
  16. Dances and Charities Letter from Jane Austen
  17. Muslin for a New Gown
  18. Thankfulness and Sauce Revd William Holland
  19. The Festive Board
  20. The Turkey Stage Peter Parley
  21. The Invalids’ Christmas Revd William Holland
  22. Georgian Christmas Puddings
  23. A Parlour Theatrical Jane Austen
  24. The Cold in this Country is Intense … Robert Southey
  25. Bullet Pudding and Messy Games Letters from Fanny Austen
  26. The Parson at Work and Play Revd William Holland
  27. Gaieties and Masques at Godmersham Park, 1806 Letter from Fanny Austen
  28. The Religion of Plumcake Robert Southey
  29. A Christmas Baby Letter from Charles Austen
  30. Mistletoe: A Charade in Three Acts
  31. Strong Beer and a Parcel from London Revd William Holland
  32. Christmas at Godmersham Park, 1808–09 Letters from Fanny Austen
  33. from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Washington Irving
  34. Winter Balls and Festive Soups
  35. More Balls and Fashions Letters from Jane Austen
  36. The Mistletoe Bough Thomas Bayly
  37. Christmas at Godmersham Park, 1811–12 Letter from Fanny Austen
  38. Emma’s Christmas Presents
  39. Christmas at Tredegar House
  40. Twelfth Night Festivities
  41. Emma’s Christmas
  42. Parson Holland’s Last Christmas Revd William Holland
  43. Two adapted Georgian recipes
  44. Christmas at Uppercross Jane Austen
  45. The Musgroves’ Christmas Jane Austen
  46. In Olden Times Sir Walter Scott
  47. A Literary Christmas Dinner Benjamin Robert Haydon
  48. Oh Noisesome Bells! Revd Robert Skinner
  49. New Year Wishes from a Good Aunt Letter from Jane Austen
  50. December John Clare
  51. Christmas Goes out in Fine Style James Henry Leigh Hunt
  52. Christmas with Mr Darcy Jane Austen
  53. Acknowledgements
  54. Answers to Charades