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Hello Dwiggies! This is my own reference list, which I've compiled for personal use and thought other people might find useful. Quotations whose source is not given should be from the novels. (Which book should be obvious, and I've tried to include chapter, but not bothered with pagination since that varies so much.) The two secondary sources I've drawn heavily on are Deirdre Le Faye's Jane Austenby Lizzy C. - Tea Room
It's not a bad idea, but yes, I think what I've compiled is a bit too long for that. Now I'll spend the rest of the day mulling it over to see if I could manage it, after all. ;-)by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
I can email it to you directly if you like, but as soon as I'm finished checking it for typos I'll put it here in the tea room. Let me know if you want me to email it as well!by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
I would absolutely love that! You can reach me at tealizzy(at)gmail.by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Amy, thank you for the info! I'll put it in the Tea Room as soon as I get it edited.by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Hello, I haven't been around for awhile (not much since Comfort & Consequence a few years ago, actually) but I've been working on something a little unusual. One of the things I really enjoy about writing JA fan fiction is getting the details right where I can, but I'd been having difficulty with the money. I've compiled a document that lists the values of various things and the incomes of vby Lizzy C. - Tea Room
There are some fantastically creative answers here! I like Chloris Urswick. It sounds uptight and crabby to me, and it's rather dysphonic.by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
That's a good point. I would've gotten on well with the Regency in that respect. I hate sewing sleeves.by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
I did not. I had forgotten about that! Thanks for the reminder!by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Thanks! Personal experience is exactly what I'm looking for here. Was trimming of any kind included in that dress or was it plain?by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Kathy, that makes sense to me. I'm absymal at keeping my sewing projects moving along so it takes me forever, but four hours seems reasonable for a fairly plain dress. I sew pretty slowly by hand but of course I'm not good at it. And naturally that doesn't account for fittings, as all those dresses would have been fitted, or for trim. So maybe a few days for something fairly simple, not paid at "rby Lizzy C. - Tea Room
I had not thought about the possibility of more than one person being employed, but that makes sense in a modiste's shop, at least in London. Would that be the case in small towns? I think I remember some reference to Harriet visiting "a woman" who was making a dress for her in Emma, but that may have been simply a turn of phrase. I would say that I am going to see my doctor, but there are of courby Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Thanks for the info! That makes sense to me. It is amazing how neatly and regularly people used to sewing by hand can do it!by Lizzy C. - Tea Room
Hi guys, I have a question that's been vexing me for years. Does anybody know how long it would take to have a gown made up? I've seen people refer to it as though it could happen overnight, and while that might need to happen for the sake of a story, I can't imagine that being realistic. I think an experienced modern seamstress could make a reasonably simple dress in 24 hours with a sewing machinby Lizzy C. - Tea Room