For the Sake of Nostalgia — Jane Austen
SNAPSHOTS Mini-challenge: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
For nostalgia’s sake, let’s go back to the Georgian era with Jane Austen.
We all know Jane Austen’s books are literary classics. A few of her most popular works — Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibilities. You’ll find this impressive life-size waxwork (above) at The Jane Austen Centre in the wonderful English city of Bath.
This elegant, stunning, and magnificent figure welcomes you into her exhibition. The moment you step in, you feel like you’ve entered a warm, cozy 18th Century home. The narrow passageway, wooden staircase, plush upholstery, vintage details, and decorative crockery immediately catch your attention and give you a rich experience of that period.
The above and below pictures are a small peek at the Jane Austen Centre from inside. Above, the white door is your entrance; next to it is a room with souvenirs, books, and gifts. Then comes this adorable stairway (my love for stairways is never-ending!) It was Christmas time, hence the decorative holly.
At the end of the stairs, you’ll find a small cafe, The Regency Tea Room, recreating a wonderful atmosphere of old times, the entire staff dressed in Austen-themed period clothing.
So.. something old and something new:
Though Jane Austen was an 18th century English novelist, she isn’t forgotten. Her books and stories are still read by people all over the world including literature students. In the Jane Austen Centre, you can step back in time and even dress-up in period costumes to make your visit totally memorable.
I’ve borrowed a few famous lines, beautifully written in some of her famous novels:
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
and one more..
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Something blue, has to be the regal blue dress on the figure in the first image.
