My First Impressions of Belinda by Maria Edgeworth #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-22 | My first thoughts about Belinda by Maria Edgeworth, the book we're reading for #febregency on #booktube ...#febregency2024 #regency #mariaedgeworth #booktube Learn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered: @BookishPrincess - read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era @msrichardsreads - read a new-to-you Regency author @tristanandtheclassics6538 - learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book Belinda by Maria Edgeworth is the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set, which you can download or read on the web at Project Gutenberg--always free:gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
Book Review The Captain and Miss Winter #SallyBritton #regencyromance #booktube For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-03-04 | My review of The Captain and Miss Winter by #SallyBritton, a talented modern historical romance author. I found this to be a delightful #RegencyRomance. Excellent characters, unusual location in French countryside.If you're interested in the book—which I highly recommend—you can purchase it at Amazon here (affiliate link): amzn.to/3v79H8i
The Danger of Premature Interment #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-03-01 | As the author of this fascinating book says in the introduction, the idea of being buried alive is frightening and appalling.Having such a terrible fate befall a person was a possibility in the Regency and Victorian eras … and before.When I’m not reading, my regular job is as an RN. As such, I found this a fascinating read. The author details some about funerary rites in other countries as well as cases of people being rescued from being buried alive. They clearly didn’t really understand much about the physical aspects of dying and what separated actual death from shades of illness and unconsciousness.An alarming, “oh, my goodness” read!P. S. Watch the video to hear the story behind the phrase “saved by the bell!”#febregency #febregency2024 #booktube #buriedaliveToday is the last day of FebRegency 2024. Big thanks to the YouTube hosts for such a fun idea! I look forward to it again next year!@BookishPrincess @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace @msrichardsreads @tristanandtheclassics6538 While you won't be able to read it for FebRegency2024, the book chosen for us all to read by the hosts of FebRegency2024 this month is still a worthwhile read ... no matter when you do so!The book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
The Life and Age of a Reader #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-03-01 | If you read a book you love (especially the classics) several times over the course of your life, you will glean different ideas and appreciate different aspects each time. Good literature can have so many takeaways, especially changing over time as we ourselves change, with new life experiences and evolving ways we see the world (and the book).I made a statement in my “Darcy, Elizabeth, and Me” video posted earlier this month that I saw Pride and Prejudice as “sister fiction” when I first read it when I was a tween … but didn’t say how my view of it changed each time I re-read it as I grew older.Here's a link to that video: youtu.be/X5AdVEF-rYAEspecially with the classics, if we approach them well, it is a true meeting of the minds—ours and the author's—when we read a book. As our own minds grow and evolve as we age, so does our understanding and appreciation of a classic evolve and change as we read it at different stages of our lives.I think that is partly why classics have such longevity …. their depth can be appreciated at many levels. They can mean something to a reader first picking up the book when young and to that same reader decades later. They can resonate with different readers … each in their own way.If you’ve re-read a beloved book and appreciated new aspects, noticed other themes, or been drawn to a part of it that didn't mean as much the other time(s), share in the comments!#febregency #febregency2024 #booktubeToday is the last day of FebRegency 2024. Big thanks to the YouTube hosts for such a fun idea! I look forward to it again next year! @BookishPrincess @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace @msrichardsreads @tristanandtheclassics6538 While you won't be able to read it for FebRegency2024, the book chosen for us all to read by the hosts of FebRegency2024 this month is still a worthwhile read ... no matter when you do so!The book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
On the Art of Writing Fiction #febregency #booktube For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-27 | Victorian fun for either fiction writers or fiction readers. The book is meant to instruct would-be (or current) fiction writers on various aspects of writing, from having a vision and a story to tell to writing specific types of stories and novels, including novels of manners (think Jane Austen), ethics, and history to short stories and tales for children. As many writing instruction books do, the authors use examples of what they consider good and bad writing. These feature well-known and more obscure writers of the long Regency and Victorian eras. For readers, this can help us explore writers we haven’t perhaps heard of or the lesser-known books by favorite classic authors. I also find it fascinating how views of people more contemporaneous with these classic authors can be very different from how we view them now. They weren’t quite the literary giants 125 years ago as they are now. The people who wrote these articles would have had parents and grandparents who were contemporary with the authors. I loved how critical some writers in this book are of some we consider untouchable in their literary genius, like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.Fun for readers and writers alike!Read on the web or download the ePub at Project Gutenberg for free:gutenberg.org/cache/epub/72910/pg72910-images.html#febregency #febregency2024 #writingfiction #booktube #victorianNot many days left, but you can learn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered: @BookishPrincess - read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era @msrichardsreads - read a new-to-you Regency author @tristanandtheclassics6538 - learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
Review of An Honorable Man by Gigi Lynn #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-24 | Here's my review of a contemporary Regency book written by a new-to-me author I just happened to read before I even knew that #febregency existed!Well written with a touch of suspense and a nod to Pygmalion/My Fair Lady ... with the gender-flip "student" being a swoon-worthy though rough-around-the-edges wealthy businessman (the horrors!) with more honor than at least one "gentleman" in the story.You can get the book on Amazon here (affiliate link): amzn.to/3Tdlxat#febregency #febregency2024 #gigilynn #booktubeLearn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered: @BookishPrincess read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace (who wrote a kind reply to my first impressions of our FebRegency book!) - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era@msrichardsreads read a new-to-you Regency author @tristanandtheclassics6538 - learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
How Did England Justify Continuing Slavery in the West Indies in the 1800s? #blackhistorymonth For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-19 | Slavery was abolished in England in the early 1800s. Why did it take them so much longer to abolish it in their West Indian colonies?Learn how one English member of Parliament “justified” continuing slavery in the West Indies in a short book written in 1827 … even though England abolished it in the home country a generation earlier.Read the book (or download the eBook) at Project Gutenberg:gutenberg.org/ebooks/72991#blackhistorymonth #febregency #febregency2024 #booktube
My Favorite Jane Austen Fan Fiction #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-17 | Jane Austen fan fiction (JAFF) has probably been around for nearly as long as the original books! A quick review of my 10 favorite JAFF published in the 2010s … and two published in the early 1900s.Amazon links are affiliate links, which means I make a small percentage if you purchase through the link. You pay no more.Pride and Prejudice: A Play (1906)gutenberg.org/ebooks/37431 Old Friends and New Fancies (1913)gutenberg.org/ebooks/43741Thursday’s Child by Pat Santarsiero: amzn.to/3I8CxYN My review at Amazon: amzn.to/42KpIxi The Journey by Jan Hahn: amzn.to/3I0qSve Haunting Mr. Darcy by KaraLynne Mackrory: amzn.to/49u1BWc An Unwavering Trust by L. L. Diamond: amzn.to/3ONWEj0 Fitzwilliam Darcy: An Honorable Man by Brenda J. Webb: amzn.to/3SFSP0gA Remedy Against Sin by Christina Moreland: amzn.to/49j9ZI6 My review at Amazon: amzn.to/48mMbSi Consequences by C. P. Odom: amzn.to/3SFDZXF My review at Amazon: amzn.to/3T0peA3 Duty Demands by Elaine Owen: amzn.to/3SztAMY Hope for Fitzwilliam by Jeanna Ellsworth: amzn.to/4bC8wyf The Abominable Mr. Darcy by J. Dawn King: amzn.to/3I2DiTf ------------------------------------------------------------------------#febregency #febregency2024 #janeausten #prideandprejudice #booktubeLearn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered:@BookishPrincess - read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era@msrichardsreads - read a new-to-you Regency author@tristanandtheclassics6538 - learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455NOTE: The illustration on the thumbnail is a Regency-era rendering of one area of the infamous Vauxhall Gardens.
Darcy, Elizabeth, and Me - Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice #febregency For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-16 | My personal remembrance of first reading (and loving!) Pride and Prejudice when I was a pre-teen … and a glimpse of my favorite and free illustrated version of the Regency classic at Project Gutenberg.Download the eBook or read on the web: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1342/pg1342-images.html... and in case you're wondering ... I'm in the Kitty position. And I have been troubled with a nagging cough since I had COVID the first time!... and yes, I know it's "Little House on the Prairie!"#febregency #febregency2024 #janeausten #prideandprejudice #booktubeLearn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered:@BookishPrincess - read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era@msrichardsreads - read a new-to-you Regency author@tristanandtheclassics6538 - learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free.It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
FebRegency - Emily Larkin - Author Spotlight For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-11 | Best watched at 720p resolution (access in Settings)Even though I've read Regency romance for decades, Emily Larkin has only been on my radar since Summer 2023. But I'm so happy to have found her. She writes fantastic stories with multi-dimensional characters with deep backstories and complex, satisfying plots. One series has a paranormal twist, too!You'll also learn more about #FebRegency2024 and the "long" Regency era at the start of the video!Emily Larkin's website:emilylarkin.comThe Ignaz Pleyel Playlist I mentioned: youtube.com/watch?v=T790L3iNLHw&list=RDEMe7wJ2S1ffJWSSiCuOXq9NA&start_radio=1#febregency #emilylarkin #febregency2024 #booktubeBooks discussed in the video with affiliate links to Amazon:Non-series books:Lieutenant Mayhew's Catastrophes: amzn.to/3OFyffvMy Lady Thief: amzn.to/48fFJwx* * * Midnight Quill series * * *The Countess's Groom: amzn.to/4bBY4H9The Spinster's Secret: amzn.to/3wdZ4ksThe Baronet's Bride: amzn.to/3wjFtPG* * * The Baleful Godmother Series * * ** * * Original Series * * *The Fey Quartet: amzn.to/48aYvoUResisting Miss Merriweather: amzn.to/42xTdTdTrusting Miss Trentham: amzn.to/3SV2ErxRuining Miss Wrotham: amzn.to/3uu8t6VDiscovering Miss Dalrymple: amzn.to/3uEEglw* * * Pryor Cousins Series within the Baleful Godmother series * * *Octavius and the Perfect Governess: amzn.to/3SUuhC0* * * Garland Cousins Series within the Baleful Godmother series * * *Primrose and the Dreadful Duke: amzn.to/49OfuyDViolet and the Bow Street Runner: amzn.to/49bIaBpNOTE: The cartoon in the thumbnail is of an evening at the infamous Almack's, the prime scene for the marriage mart in Regency England—also notorious for watered-down lemonade and bland refreshments!--------------------------------------------------------------------------Learn more about #febregency from its organizers and their challenges offered:@BookishPrincess - read a Regency-era book that involves a naval journey or travel by sea@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace - read a historical fiction book set in the Regency era@msrichardsreads - read a new-to-you Regency author@tristanandtheclassics6538- learn & engage in a Regency pastime or arrange an evening of Regency games with friendsThe FebRegency 2024 book is Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Check it out at Project Gutenberg, where you can read on the web or download the eBook for free. It's the only book in Volume 3 of her Tales and Novels set: gutenberg.org/ebooks/9455
Beautifully Illustrated Pride & Prejudice Book FOR FREE! For the Love of Old Books (and Times!) 2024-02-11 | It's FebRegency 2024, the perfect time to enjoy the most beautiful edition of the beloved Regency classic, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.... and you can download the eBook or read it on the web FOR FREE at Project Gutenberg: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1342/pg1342-images.htmlWant to see inside the book and hear the story of Darcy, Elizabeth, and me? Check out this video: youtu.be/X5AdVEF-rYA#febregency #janeausten #booktube
