The Other Austen

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theoddmentemporium: Dance Cards Originating in the 18th...

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:11:28 -0400

Dance Cards

Originating in the 18th century, but growing in popularity throughout the 19th century, dance cards were small, decorative notebooks used by women to record the names of the men who had promised them a dance at a ball.

As can be seen in the fan-shaped example above, the names of each dance that will be played at the event are noted already on the blue “Dances” sections, whilst the “Engagements”, or the names of the men with whom the woman intends to dance, are marked in ink beside them. Apparently the men would just have to remember by heart with whom they had promised the dance.

The dance cards came in particularly handy at the massive 19th century balls of Vienna, especially those during Fasching, just before Lent. Most dance cards incorporated a pencil and a cord to attach to the woman’s wrist, however, more elaborate dance cards of the elite were sometimes decorated with precious metals or jewels.

19adg91: The Real Anne ListerDirector: Matthew HillUK | 2010 |...

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:01:35 -0400

19adg91:

The Real Anne Lister
Director: Matthew Hill
UK | 2010 | 60 min

Traveller, socialite, mountaineer, geologist, landowner and lesbian - Anne Lister may have lived in the buttoned-up Victorian era but she was one thoroughly modern lady.
The recent discovery and decoding of a remarkable four million word diary by an upper-class Englishwoman by the name of Anne Lister has turned the presumptions of a genteel world of fan-wielding women on its head.
Anne wrote in detail about her love affairs with other women. Her descriptions of society life, detailing the shortcomings of the local dignitaries, the loaded conversations of tea parties and the remarkable fact that aspirational parents would throw their daughters Anne’s way so they could climb the social ladder.
Television presenter and comedian Sue Perkins is fascinated by Anne’s story. With a passion for history, and as a lesbian herself, she understands the significance of these journals and is uniquely placed to empathise with Anne.
This documentary sees Sue take a very personal journey to bring Anne Lister’s diary to life as she looks at the pros and cons of a lesbian life lived two hundred years ago.

Pride & Prejudice (1995 Mini-Series) YOU’RE A...

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:29:59 -0400

Pride & Prejudice (1995 Mini-Series)

YOU’RE A BASIC BITCH

sassymrknightley: If everyone just read Jane Austen and realised how ridiculous they were the world...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:18:02 -0400

sassymrknightley:

If everyone just read Jane Austen and realised how ridiculous they were the world would be a better place

briperegrine: me

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:08:44 -0400

briperegrine:

me

cactusgram: my jane austen tumblr is blocked at work because of ‘sex’ i’m doing something right

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:35:28 -0400

cactusgram:

my jane austen tumblr is blocked at work

because of ‘sex’

i’m doing something right

Michael Chwe, Author, Sees Jane Austen as Game Theorist

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:37:40 -0400

Michael Chwe, Author, Sees Jane Austen as Game Theorist:

psionotic:

Jane Austen was a seminal thinker in the as-yet-unnamed science of game theory, the author Michael Chwe maintains in his new book.

Jane Austen, game theorist? When I first saw this, I thought it said, ‘Jane Austen, genre terrorist,’ which would also have been good.

kitbuckle: This is what I’m doing tonight before Supernatural....

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:36:57 -0400

kitbuckle:

This is what I’m doing tonight before Supernatural. Love my English peeps.

oh you know you’ve made it when your memes make it onto college flyers

Pride & Prejudice (1995 Mini-Series)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:34:40 -0400

Pride & Prejudice (1995 Mini-Series)

onlyausten: theotherausten: #SURPRISE...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:21:31 -0400

onlyausten:

theotherausten:

#SURPRISE BINGLEY

Jack-in-the-box, Bingley edition.

reblogging because i just need it in my life right now

veronicalitt: This is a thing of me talking about Mansfield...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:14:00 -0400

veronicalitt:

This is a thing of me talking about Mansfield Park! And a pretty accurate representation of me in general.

i’m in lesbians with you

thatwetshirt: Mary vs The World

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:40:21 -0400

thatwetshirt:

Mary vs The World

ravengoodwoman: O.o or do both? both is good.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:55:00 -0400

ravengoodwoman:

O.o

or do both? both is good.

“Miss Morland, no one can think more highly of the...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:26:17 -0400

“Miss Morland, no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much that they never find it necessary to use more than half.” - Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey, Ch 14.

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rosylipsandcheeks: Mr Darcy is having none of your shit

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:46:05 -0400

rosylipsandcheeks:

Mr Darcy is having none of your shit

goddessoftheinternet: my ideal husband is very rich and very dead

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:20:20 -0400

goddessoftheinternet:

my ideal husband is very rich and very dead

why do my personal posts keep getting posted to theotherausten WHY

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:29:53 -0400

why do my personal posts keep getting posted to theotherausten

WHY

Jane Austen’s 10 Most Devastating Character Assessments

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:12:15 -0400

Jane Austen’s 10 Most Devastating Character Assessments:

amandaonwriting:

Few writers equal Austen in her ability to sum up a character in a pithy sentence or two. Below are some of her most devastating assessments.

10. John Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

“He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold-hearted and rather selfish is to be ill-disposed.”

9. Lady Bertram, Mansfield Park

“She was a woman who spent her days in sitting nicely dressed on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children, but very indulgent to the latter when it did not put herself to inconvenience.”

8. Sir John and Lady Middleton, Sense and Sensibility

“However dissimilar in temper and outward behavior, they strongly resembled each other in that total want of talent and taste.”

7. Mr. Bingley’s sisters, Pride and Prejudice

“Not deficient in good humor when they pleased, nor in the power of being agreeable where they chose it; but proud and conceited. They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves and meanly of others.”

6. Lady Catherine DeBourgh, Pride and Prejudice

“She was a most active magistrate in her own parish, the minutest concerns were carried to her … and whenever the cottagers were disposed to be quarrelsome, discontented or too poor, she sallied forth into the village to settle their differences, silence their complaints, and scold them into harmony and plenty.”

5. Margaret Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

“Margaret, the other sister, was a well-disposed girl; but as she had already imbibed a good deal of Marianne’s romance, without having much of her sense, she did not at thirteen bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life.”

4. Mrs. Elton, Emma

“Self-important, presuming, familiar, ignorant and ill-bred. She had a little beauty and a little accomplishment, but so little judgment that she thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighborhood.”

3. Emma Woodhouse, Emma

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence. … The real evils of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself.”

2. Mr. Collins, Pride and Prejudice

“Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society. … The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner, but it was now a good deal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head.”

1. Mrs. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice

“She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.”