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Regency Era

Fordyce’s Sermons and Jane Austen’s Joke By Jane Lark
ByKathryn Kane January 23, 2014March 28, 2018

If you have read Pride and Prejudice, even if you recognized the reference to Fordyce’s Sermons, you may not get the subtle joke Jane Austen intended. It would have been understood by most readers of her era, particularly the ladies, but the majority of modern readers will miss it all together. Today, Regency romance author,…

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New Release Books

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for 06/2021
ByKristen Koster June 3, 2021March 21, 2023

On the 1st of each month, Regency Fiction Writers publishes our FREE online newsletter, The Regency Reader, to anyone interested in Regency Fiction (1780-1840). The publication features author interviews, tidbits about the Regency era, and a listing of new titles from members and non-members (Submit your Regency-set Fiction Release or Regency Author Article by 24th,…

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New Release Books

September New Releases from Beau Monde Author
ByKristen Koster September 2, 2016February 11, 2018

September 2016 Releases Myretta Robens, Madeline Hunter, Caroline Linden and Megan Frampton Dressed to Kiss Anthology with Vine Street 2016 eBookTraditional Sensual (mild) True love never goes out of style… Once renowned for creating the most envied gowns in London, Madame Follette’s dressmaking shop has fallen far out of fashion. The approaching coronation of King…

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Etiquette

How to Learn What Regency Gentlemen Knew By Cheryl Bolen
ByKathryn Kane March 12, 2014February 24, 2014

Would you like to get inside the head of a Regency romance hero? Would you like to better understand his upbringing, education and what society would expect from him as a gentleman? In today’s article, award-winning Regency romance author, Cheryl Bolen, tells us about an instruction manual, written in the form of letters from a…

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Regency Turns 80

Regency Turns 80 — The Convenient Marriage
ByKathryn Kane June 5, 2015June 3, 2015

Romance author Lillian Marek discusses Georgette Heyer’s The Convenient Marriage in today’s article. This Georgian romance was published in 1934, just one year before Regency Buck, the very first Regency novel. The Convenient Marriage is Heyer’s first romance which involves a marriage of convenience, though it would not be her last. Like Lillian, do you…

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Comestibles

After "Dripping Pudding" Went Yorkshire
ByKathryn Kane December 22, 2014September 10, 2016

A cross-post from The Regency Redingote Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding are on the menu for traditional Christmas dinner in many homes in Great Britain and in parts of the former British empire, even today. They were, of course, a regular part of many British Christmas dinners during the Regency. But just what is Yorkshire…

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