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Also aligns with all the author quitting/frustrated posts I have been seeing lately, along with literacy rates. I just saw a great post by @theharlemhistorian on the clock app about the death of long form literacy riffing from a recent Harvard prof comments on a podcast. Worth a look.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · 29d

As I cross over to video content I have been thinking a lot about oral versus written traditions and how we seem to be shifting rapidly to an oral culture in terms US. I find this to be true in my day job, too, and think it also touches on why 1/2

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tis the season where I asked for Autumnal Regency romance recommendations...

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 14

I have heard the move toward large sizes like women's lit land increasing costs (from 8 bucks to fifteen) also be implicated, so I think this is a good take. I bought many a historical at the grocery store over the years.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you! I agree historical romance is an incredible way to engage with history and learn about what has been before.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 13

I posted a short, ham fisted overview of the Corn Laws that has been very popular. I find a lot of solace in history, nothing new under the sun. regrom.com/2025/08/10/r...

Regency Events: Corn Laws (1815)

If you have read a lot of Regency romance, its highly probable you have run into a character mentioning the Corn Laws. But what were they? In 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars, Parliament…

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 13

Coupled with a flood of books available that are not as rigorously edited or maybe be AI slop, and that can easily turn off newer readers.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have been thinking a lot about the idea of reading losing ground. Do you think it's social media's influence? I heard a take the other day about the tropification of publishing that has maybe reduced the quality of writing along with the pressure to meet reader demands for instant gratification.

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 30

Do folks like videos on this platform? I am still trying to familiarize myself with BlueSky.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 30

I think growing pains...but I am always going to read histrom.

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 27

There is some good dialogue about the state of historical romance on some of the other socials. What do you think? Is histrom dead? What killed it?

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 26

I discovered Doctor Syntax in my research for Masquerade Balls in Regency Britain. The Dr. was a popular comedic costume, often called the first cartoon character that spawned a whole industry of Doctor Syntax merchandise. #Regency #19thcenturyhistory #regencymasquerade

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · Jul 23

UPDATED!
Jane Austen 250 – a list of new books scheduled for 2025:
regency-explorer.net/jane250/
#JaneAusten #18thc

Many covers of books about Jane Austen scheduled for publishing in 2025. Find them all in the list in the link

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 18

Sometimes music makes me melancholy, too, but I do relate to the ecstatic and healing properties of music.

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Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (31)

This is the thirty-first post in our Men and Manners, Maxims for life by a Gentleman (Men and Manners ; Or, Concentrated Wisdom. 4th Ed. Much Enlarged, 1809) series. For the first thirty posts: Re…

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 14

I too am tired by so many Dukes. I much prefer the mere Misters of Regencies. I love the Boston test, never heard that before!

Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 14

Throwback to one of my favorite Regency Reader questions where I could do some analysis on Dukes.

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Regency Reader Questions: All About the Dukes…No Barons

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jul 13

For my book, I read hundreds of ads, editorials, and other primary sources to track masquerades through the long Regency. Here is an example: regrom.com/2025/07/12/r...

Regency Advertisements: Argyll Rooms Masquerade Ball

Morning Post – Tuesday 01 July 1806 For my new historical nonfiction book, Regency Masquerades in Regency Britain, I poured over hundreds of advertisements like this, as well as hundreds of e…

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jun 29

Newhailes House in Scotland was inherited during the long Regency by Miss Christian Dalrymple, who enjoyed the estate for over forty years...without a husband. regrom.com/2025/06/28/r...

Regency Estates: Newhailes House

This Palladian mansion tucked alongside a woodland, features rococo interiors, a Chinese sitting room, and fine artwork in East Lothian, Scotland. On the outskirts of Edinburgh, it was once famous…

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Kim Wilson @kimwilsonauthor.bsky.social · Jun 26

“What dreadful Hot weather we have!—it keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.” — Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister, Cassandra, September 18, 1796.
1816 caricature by James Gillray.
#JaneAusten #heatwave

1816 caricature, "The Calm," by James Gillray. It shows a seaside scene with ships, bathing machines, a fisherman, and beachgoers. In the foreground, a woman in a white Regency dress carries a parasol to protect herself from the sun, and a portly man removes his hat and wig to mop his sweating head.

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jun 23

A reader asks about pins and how they were used. Byron makes a surprising appearance. regrom.com/2025/06/22/r... #Regency #19thcentury #pinmoney

Regency Reader Questions: Pin Money and Pins

Moniker/Name: Elizabeth Source of Question: Just curious Your Question: Hello Anne, I’m familiar with the term ‘Pin Money’ both literally and figuratively, but I don’t quite understand exactly how …

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Oct 17

Another mass Twitter exodus! Welcome, followers - old and new.

If you ever wondered what would happen if you needed a leg amputated in 1832, or if you had a toothache in 1765 - look no further.

From the weird to the wonderful, I'm your gal for all things medical history!

A photo of Lindsey with long blonde hair wearing a skull necklace. The background is vaguely medical.

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chertseymuseum.bsky.social @chertseymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 20

#FridayFrocks #SensationalSilks: Evening gown, c.1818–24, made from semi-transparent silk gauze. A replica silk under-dress shimmers through the fabric. See it in our current #Regency fashion exhibition: ‘High Waists to Romantic Tastes’. On until 30.08.25.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jun 20

Male dress during this century also transformed. The flamboyance of the Regency period faded into the somber attire of men who "wanted to appear as grave and serious as the banks and factories they owned." This was the birth of the lounge suit, a progenitor of the business suit.

A photo of British court dress in the early 1800s. The outfit consists of a red coat with brilliant gold detailing, gold colored breeches, gold colored vest, white cravat, white stockings, and black buckled shoes.

A black-and-white photo of a group of men wearing dark suits outside of a building.

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Regency Reader - Anne Glover @regencyreader.bsky.social · Jun 18

A Regency Reader spots a reference to a Miss Booth and writes in to confirm...is she the Aunt of John Wilkes Booth? regrom.com/2025/06/18/r...

Regency Reader Questions: An Ad Starring John Wilkes Booth’s Dad

Moniker/Name: Terry Sue Source of Question: Research Your Question: I just wondered if the advertisement for Zimmermanic Powder which gives the celebrity reference of a “Miss Booth” rel…

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