Oh, my gosh. Quite hilarious. This is why as historical romance authors we do not get too detailed with the beauty routine of ages past. Hold onto your bonnets, ladies, while reading this article. Priceless.
Don’t forget your false teeth!
Source: My Beauty Routine: Jane Austen Edition | by Kalea Martin | Life is Lit. | Aug, 2020 | Medium
What’s so great about Regency romances anyway? Even with a forthcoming romance novel whose characters could promenade the same ballrooms as Emma Woodhouse and Mr. Knightley, Anna Harrington, author of An Inconvenient Duke, doesn’t lower her voice when she says it: “I hate Jane Austen.”
“Love and sex and relationships, they transcend.”
Source: Why Sanditon’s viewers shouldn’t be shocked by Georgian sex
A long dead 19th century author who wrote about the rather limited lives of women, in a time when success was defined by who you married, might seem a strange crush for the modern millennial, yet on Instagram the hashtag ‘#janeausten’ brings up over half a million hits and counting.
Not Colin Firth – Not Matthew Macfayden or any other. Here’s an interesting take on what Mr. Darcy would have really looked like. Read more below.
Mr. Darcy, Jane Austen’s swoon-worthy, 18th-century aristocratic hero, has a sizzle that transcends time. A team of experts on fashion and social culture offer their take on Jane Austen’s brooding hero.
Source: Meet the Historically Accurate Mr. Darcy | Smart News | Smithsonian
“Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand [pounds] a year.”
UPDATE: These posts were both informative and fun to do. But, alas. Amazon decided to do away with the lists of top authors in various genres in 2019. If it ever comes back, I’ll start posting them again.
It’s a new day; it’s a new year. So who is holding the top ten spot for historical romance authors? Well, here’s the list, and interesting enough, there is a lot of crossover at the moment between true historical romance versus historical fiction.
By Diana Gabaldon’s own admission, her books are not historical romance. Philippa Gregory is in the number two spot, and she’s definitely historical fiction. How do they get there? Well, when books are loaded for sale into Amazon, publishers and authors can choose two categories to list their books. Most who write historical romance also choose historical fiction and sometimes other categories.
A few of the names are regulars in the top ten, such as Kathyrn Le Veque and Christi Caldwell, but an old favorite has made it this time around – Jane Austen. I wonder what she would think about being in the top ten over two hundred years later?
Here are your top ten for January 1, 2019.
Below is a sample of their most popular books.
Interesting article worth the read about Regency romance novels and the earlier authors who blazed the trail for our modern-day romances based off of Jane Austen’s era.
Okay, I confess: I am not attending the Jane Austen Festival purely out of love for one of the greatest novelists in the history of the English language. I’m also driven by a deep and abiding love of the Regency romance.
Source: The Regency Romance: How Jane Austen (Kinda) Created a New Subgenre
Prof. Robert Morrison edited Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” for Harvard University Press. On the classic’s 200th anniversary, he explains how Austen’s rhythmic words on loss, love and hope still resonate.
Source: ‘Persuasion:’ Jane Austen’s greatest novel turns 200
Play our quiz to see if you know Emma as well as you think you do.
Source: Emma, In Our Time – How well do you know Emma? – BBC Radio 4
(I failed miserably. LOL)
