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First Night Design | Jane Austen Gets Drunk #Reblog

18/07/2017 in Books & Writing, Events & Occasions, History, Reblogs | Tags: balls, character assassinations, correspondence, Edward Austen Leigh, humour, Hurstbourne, Jane Austen, On This Day, society, Steventon, wit | 11 comments

A re-post to commemorate the death of the niece of my several times removed grandfather Theophilus Leigh. On this day in 1817, Jane Austen, daughter of Cassandra Leigh and George Austen, died in Winchester from what has at different times been thought to be cancer, tuberculosis and Addison’s Disease. The latest suggestion is arsenic poisoning. Enjoy this showing of her humour.

Forget the shy, retiring Jane Austen — we have her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh’s memoir of his aunt to blame for that idea — here is an extract from a letter she wrote from Steventon to …

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Take care and keep laughing!

Sarah

On this day: the publication of Black Beauty | In Times Gone By…

24/11/2016 in Books & Writing, Events & Occasions, Reblogs | Tags: 1870s, 1877, 19th Century, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, books, British History, On This Day, victorian, Victorian England, VICTORIAN ERA, Women's History | 7 comments

1877 first edition cover.

Black Beauty, a novel by English author Anna Sewell, was first published on the 24th of November, 1877. Considered to be a story about animal rights, the book is about t…

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On this day: the death of Jane Austen | In Times Gone By…

18/07/2016 in Books & Writing, Events & Occasions, Reblogs | Tags: British History, Classic Literature, English History, Jane Austen, On This Day, Women's History | 5 comments

Jane Austen died aged forty-one in Winchester, Hampshire on the 18th of July, 1817. Signature from…

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Happy International Women’s Day | In Times Gone By…

08/03/2016 in Events & Occasions, History, Reblogs | Tags: British History, Feminism, Misogyny, On This Day, Women's History, Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage | 16 comments

‘To ask freedom for women is not a crime. Suffrage prisoners should not be treated as criminals.’

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On this day: the first issue of The New Yorker | In Times Gone By…

21/02/2016 in Art & Design, Classic Art, Reblogs | Tags: 1819, 1920s, art, On This Day, Rea Irvin, The New Yorker, US History, vintage | 10 comments

The first issue of The New Yorker was published on the 21st of February, 1925. The original cover illustration was created by Rea Irvin.

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