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<\/a><\/div>\nI can wax on about the lovely aspects of the Regency era and the fiction it has spawned, but to reign in my thoughts, I\u2019ll limit my\u00a0reflections\u00a0to four elements, each beginning with a letter of LOVE.<\/p>\n
L<\/strong> \u2026 <\/strong>The Language<\/strong> is delightful. Where else can you read such bits of \u201cslang\u201d as charming as the cant of the Regency? Aren\u2019t there a few celebrities today about whom it could be said \u201cShe has more hair than wit\u201d? Referring to someone as \u201cattics to let\u201d wouldn\u2019t be kind, but it is a rather smile-provoking turn-of-phrase. I\u2019ll leave this topic with one more of my favorites: \u201cStepping into parson\u2019s mousetrap\u201d, which reflects some gentlemen\u2019s views on marriage.<\/p>\n O \u2026 <\/strong>Society had Order<\/strong> and structure which is lacking today. When\u2019s the last time most of us had an \u201cat-home day\u201d upon which your friends knew you\u2019d be at home and expecting visits. Have you gone to a tea, musicale, ball, or garden party of late? The fascinating protocol of hosting, attending, making guest lists, sending invitations, and subtle gradations of how deep one shall bow or curtsey; these bygone rules are distinct and keep our interest.<\/p>\n V \u2026 <\/strong>Feminine Virtue<\/strong> was the order of the day. The unmarried maiden\u2019s virtue was carefully guarded, so as to bring a pure virgin to the marriage altar. This virtue is sadly absent today, and reading about a day in which purity was guarded can be an inspiration. Reading Christian Regency fiction allows one to recapture the thrill of a first kiss, perhaps at the altar, without the seamy pages that follow in secular romances.<\/p>\n E \u2026 <\/strong>If you read for Escape<\/strong>, Regency England<\/strong> is a delightful place to visit. Most of us will never make it over to intriguing Bath, Brighton, or Tunbridge Wells. We won\u2019t tread the ground of Northumberland, Sussex, or the like. But, ahh, flip open the typical Regency, and you\u2019re transported to a lovely place and time, all bound within the pages of the book in your hands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Originally posted 2012-02-22 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p> \u201cL.O.V.E. in the Regency\u201d I can wax on about the lovely aspects of the Regency era and the fiction it has spawned, but to reign in my thoughts, I\u2019ll limit my\u00a0reflections\u00a0to four elements, each beginning with a letter of LOVE. L \u2026 The Language is delightful. Where else can you read such bits of \u201cslang\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Listen](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?fit=1080%2C1350&ssl=1\")
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