This post was first published on May 2, 2016 on Austen Variations. Music and Jane Austen go together like…well, a poverty stricken but lovely young lady and a wealthy and handsome young man in ...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/music-in-film-pride-and-prejudice-1995/
I am participating in the Meet My Main Character game sponsored by the English Historical Fiction blog. Thanks to Diana Birchall for tagging me for the game! You can meet Diana’s main chara...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/meet-my-main-character-by-c-allyn-pierson/
1001 English Nights is a group vignette involving Henry Tilney, minister, man of many bot mots and opinions on ladies’ dress, and his young wife, the former Catherine Morland, heroine of Jane A...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/1001-english-nights-part-iii/
Dearest Jane: I just wanted to send my best wishes on your 236th birthday! Now, I know that after the first 200 years of life birthdays no longer seem so important, but as one of your best friend...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/happy-birthday-jane-austen/
Don’t miss Jane Austen’s birthday Friday, December 16, 2011. Maria Grazia of My Jane Austen Bookclub and Katherine Cox of November’s Autumn have planned a surprise party for our dear friend...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/upcoming-event-jane-austens-birthday/
The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in at the Worthington hotel in Fort Worth, Texas from October 13-16. The AGM has guest speakers, break...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/austen-fans-gather-in-fort-worth/
Except in obstetrics, medical care did not change in any fundamental way during the 150 years between 1700 and 1850. There were inventions, such as the stethoscope invented by the French physic...
Austen Authors, that grab bag of Austen fans whose writing is inspired by Jane Austen’s classic works, will be celebrating our first anniversary for six days, September 5 through 10! It all b...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/austen-authors-first-anniversary-bash/
Pain relief has been one of the primary goals of medical care since humankind began and physicians have been debating the best way to accomplish this goal since ancient Egyptian physicians first ...
https://callynpierson.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/history-of-opium-in-medical-practice/
As the 18th Century gave way to the 19th, the list of medications available to treat patients was very limited and many diseases were treated with non-pharmaceutical methods, such as bleeding and...