I posted this on the Austen Authors blog today for my monthly post. I’ve copied it here as it’s important. Given popular depictions of Jane Austen’s Regency, authors and readers often overlook the diversity in Britain during this period. Like in the 21st century, people of color, people with different sexual and gender identities, and people with disabilities all lived in the 19th: eating, drinking, joking, working, and falling in love. As authors, when we…
Published on July 03, 2020 21:58