tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4999994248632298550..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Jane Austen's Surprising Aunt PhiladelphiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6940813188901827502018-06-23T01:27:32.065-04:002018-06-23T01:27:32.065-04:00Interesting article... May I share a blog about Mo...Interesting article... May I share a blog about Mount Fuji in http://stenote.blogspot.com/2018/04/mount-fuji-at-5th-station_14.html<br />Watch also the video in youtube https://youtu.be/qOt2CxlZig8stenotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01036496407806809635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86451883021670868962015-03-11T17:01:07.820-04:002015-03-11T17:01:07.820-04:00It does make me wonder why they were awful to fami...It does make me wonder why they were awful to family, but something similar happened in Jane Eyre, so it must not have been unheard of. Of course, there's a big difference between getting sent to school and working as a teacher, and getting sent to work in trade. The gaps between what we know sure do leave a lot of fun to fill in.Donna Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807169149057139718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-57150535713890440052015-03-10T12:31:57.599-04:002015-03-10T12:31:57.599-04:00It is almost unthinkable that the Hamptons would d...It is almost unthinkable that the Hamptons would deliberately have degradaded their relative since such a degredation would have reflected badly on them and their own children. There must have been a serious rupture or misdemeanour for Philadelphia to be deprived of her status as a gentlewoman and reduced to earning her living. A gentlewoman did not work for wages in Jane Austen's world. And since a degraded relative degraded her whole connection, I imagine somebody, on the Austen side of the family, intervened with some sort of allowance to allow her to resume the status that she was born to. Presumably she had some family friend or relative in India to chaperone her there. An young adventuress living unchaperoned would have been excluded from even colonial polite circles. What a story could be built around Philadelphia!soinbhe lallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87806759661093375052015-03-09T21:27:02.215-04:002015-03-09T21:27:02.215-04:00What a great post! I love learning new Austen fact...What a great post! I love learning new Austen facts. Thanks! DanielleThornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993889577292227348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-3911005750346523342015-03-09T09:42:53.294-04:002015-03-09T09:42:53.294-04:00Two thoughts come to mind upon reading this. First...Two thoughts come to mind upon reading this. First, my historical fiction head swims with intrigue, for where scandal and inconsistent stories abide comes the opportunity to insert fiction. Second, if this aunt was in Jane Austen's life, it's surprising that Jane's stories or her own life weren't more influenced by Philadelphia. I can only assume Aunt Phila must have not been one to tell tales.Karen A. Chasehttp://karenachase.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-7230021128378562562015-03-09T05:56:42.396-04:002015-03-09T05:56:42.396-04:00You never know how accurate any 18th century portr...You never know how accurate any 18th century portrait was, full sized or miniature. But this one is beautiful and very delicate. Philadelphia would have been 38 at the time.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-56589809588139491892015-03-09T01:10:07.066-04:002015-03-09T01:10:07.066-04:00Jane, Henry, and Eliza are characters in the lates...Jane, Henry, and Eliza are characters in the latest Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, Who Buries the Dead. It's a little disconcerting, in my opinion.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.com