Wordless Wednesday #142

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Goodreads Monday: Jane Austen’s First Love

Title: Jane Austen's First LoveAuthor: Syrie JamesPublication Date: August 5, 2014Synopsis: Inspired by Actual Events Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen dreams of three things: doing something useful, writing something worthy, and falling madly in love. When she visits her brother in Kent to celebrate his engagement, she meets wealthy, devilishly handsome Edward Taylor—a fascinating young man who is truly worthy of … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Jane Austen’s First Love →

Flashback Friday – Creamy White-Bean and Sage Soup

This post was originally from January18, 2010Creamy White-Bean and Sage SoupMakes 6 to 8 servings4 ounces bacon, finely diced2 cups finely chopped onion1 tablespoon prepared roasted garlic4 cups chicken broth 4 (15-ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained3 sprigs fresh parsley8 sprigs fresh thyme3 bay leaves1 cup heavy whipping cream 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened … Continue reading Flashback Friday – Creamy White-Bean and Sage Soup →

Wordless Wednesday #140

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Regency Man Monday – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth(30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844)Henry Addington, was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804. He is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars. … Continue reading Regency Man Monday – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth →

Fun Friday – Mansfield Park Poll

In doing research for this poll, I kept seeing Mansfield Park rated at the bottom of lists, or people saying how they don't care for the novel. I happen to like the novel and was wondering how everyone else feels about CNJ-JASNA's novel of 2017.

Wordless Wednesday #139

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It’s Monday! What are you reading? – Mansfield Park

Title: Mansfield ParkAuthor: Jane AustenPublication Date: July 1814Synopsis: Taken from the poverty of her parents' home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny's uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive … Continue reading It’s Monday! What are you reading? – Mansfield Park →

First Line Friday – Mansfield Park

About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large … Continue reading First Line Friday – Mansfield Park →

Regency Woman Wednesday – Mary Brunton

Mary Brunton(1 November 1778 – 7 December 1818) Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist. She started to write her first novel, Self-Control in 1809 and it was published in 1811. Jane Austen had reservations, describing it in a letter as an "excellently-meant, elegantly-written work, without anything of Nature or Probability in it." Self-Control was widely … Continue reading Regency Woman Wednesday – Mary Brunton →