My Particular Friend footnotes: The Poison Pen Affair 1
‘And then I saw that I had your card,’ Mrs Ashby said, casting her eyes downwards and dropping her hands to her …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Start of the Affair 5
Beginning with An Explanation: Social obligations consumed the bulk of the morning. We three spent a great deal of time at the …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Start of the Affair 4
Beginning with There is Dancing: The pelisse is a bit heavy, but I thought you might like it, being it’s cool tonight.’
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Start of the Affair 3
Beginning at Visitors: Miss Woodsen, how it grieves me to continue to fail in my duty as hostess, but again Mrs Fitzhugh …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Start of the Affair 2
Beginning at A Singular Woman: I quickly moved my very few belongings to No. 1 Royal Crescent, which Miss House had rented …
Shall I put these on your account?
Credit is hardly a modern invention and in fact most people, except the very poor, bought on credit during Georgian times. There …
My Particular Friend footnotes: The Start of the Affair 1
‘Oh, Miss House, I … of course. You are the arbiter of taste.’ The shopkeeper said, seeming startled. Then a crafty gleam …
The Palace series
I found The Palace on Hulu.com and was hooked, even though I knew the series lasted only one season with only eight …
Jane Austen’s “Library Passage” at risk
A friend from the Jane Austen Society Midlands (a chapter of the UK Jane Austen society) has asked me to pass along …
jointure:
An agreement made before marriage to settle on the wife upon the husband’s death some amount of money or property. In the …