http://austenblog.com/2008/07/24/getting-local-with-jane-holy-smokes-its-pemberley-edition/ Tue, 15 May 2012 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://austenblog.com/2008/07/24/getting-local-with-jane-holy-smokes-its-pemberley-edition/#comment-34256 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/?p=2931#comment-34256 A resident hermit? If anyone attends the event, I want to know if his name is Septimus and if has has a tortoise called Plautus… perhaps the organizers have been reading Stoppard?

]]> http://austenblog.com/2008/07/24/getting-local-with-jane-holy-smokes-its-pemberley-edition/#comment-34255 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:37:20 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/?p=2931#comment-34255 Interesting! I was there a few months ago it’s well worth a visit even without the JA stuff. James Stanier Clarke did actually write to JA inviting her to Petworth for a soiree with Lord Egremont. Since he lived there with his mistress and umpteen illegimate children it’s hardly surprising she declined the offer…

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