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    Jane Austen's Christmas: The Festive Season in Georgian England
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    Jane Austen's Christmas: The Festive Season in Georgian England

    By Maria Hubert

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    About this ebook

    '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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateOct 12, 2023
    ISBN9781803995779
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    • 3/5
      Collection of JA and contemporary writings pertaining to Christmas. Mildly interesting. Some lack of knowledge of JA is indicated, eg it implies she loved Bath but she didn't. And the illustrations are sometimes in the wrong place, although that is the publisher's fault.