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Dr Claire Walsh

clairewalshlecturer@gmail.com

tel: 01480 830 760

Jane Austen's Christmas:

The Festive Season in the Georgian Era

Before the Victorians reinvented it, the traditional Christmas was a very different affair. Devoid of Father Christmas, Christmas trees and commercialisation, the emphasis was on gentility, tradition and sociability. Jane Austen set many scenes from her novels during the Christmas period exactly because this was a time for social gatherings. We’ll look at the balls, parties, dinners, games, traditions and celebrations that filled the festive season. Novels, letters, paintings and engravings are used to bring the Georgian Christmas to life. 

 

 

panto
mistletoe
Belton House used in Colin Firth prod as Lady Catherine de Boughs house Rosings
Fairfax house
fairfax-house-york-12th-night-cake
Georgian kitchen
Jane Austen's House Chawton
Jane Austen portrait 1
regency children portraits
dancing 4 copy
JA illustrated copy
christmas-greetings CROP
captain-wade BEST
york
TAble decoration
Snow mail coach CROP
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