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About the Book
About the Author
Praise for Tea with Jane Austen
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Tea with Jane Austen
Kim Wilson
"Tea, a social history, and English author Jane Austen—Kim Wilson's
delicious little book will instruct and amuse fans of any or all three...Highly
recommended." Tea: A Magazine
About
the Book
"You must drink tea with us tonight." Sense & Sensibility
Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a
cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets
of one of her favorite rituals. Tea figures prominently in Jane Austen's
life and work. In fact, the beloved novelist was the keeper and maker
of tea in her family. Tea with Jane Austen begins with tea drinking
in the morning and ends with tea in the evening, at balls and other gatherings.
Each chapter includes a description of how tea was taken at a particular
place or time of day, along with history, recipes, excerpts from Austen's
novels and letters and illustrations from the time. The book also reveals
how to make a perfect cup of tea! This volume is the perfect gift for
tea lovers—and of course, Jane Austen fans.
Among Jane Austen's many attractions for the modern reader are the comfortable
domestic details that furnish her novels, and what could be more comforting
than tea? Tea was not just a beverage in Austen's time, but a key ingredient
in social ritual, and her letters and novels are full of references to
its buying, preparing, serving, and drinking. In this book, readers will
find not only plenty of tea-related Austen quotes, but a well-researched
history of Austen-era tea drinking at different times of day and in different
settings. Recipes taken from contemporary cookbooks for old-fashioned
delicacies such as orange jelly and syllabub are accompanied by modern
adaptations. Austen purists may cringe at the emphasis on cozy charm,
but there's definitely something appealing about settling down with a
nice cup of Earl Grey, a Bath cake, and a copy of Pride and Prejudice.
Perfect for Austen-reading book clubs.
Booklist, Mary Ellen Quinn Copyright © American Library Association.
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 About
the Author
Kim Wilson is a writer and editor living in Waukesha, Wisconsin with
her husband and their two children.
Praise
for Tea with Jane Austen
"I was utterly charmed by the collection of so much information about
tea in
Jane Austen’s day, including extensive quotes from the letters and
novels,
references to other contemporary sources, and acknowledgments to old
friends." —Bobbie Gay, JASNA News Read
the entire article.
"Kim Wilson takes us back to Jane Austen's time and shows us how
the humble
cup of tea formed an intrinsic part not only of Jane Austen's life and
works
but of her society...The historical recitations are anything but dry.
Ms.
Wilson has an engaging sense of humor; a true Janeite enjoyment of the
ridiculous." —Austenblog Read
the entire article.
"Kim Wilson has assembled a collection of anecdotes, quotations,
verses and
recipes, charmingly illustrated with largely contemporary engravings and
line drawings, to provide an exhaustive and uplifting history of England’s
favourite brew." —Jane Austen's Regency World
Tea with Jane Austen
Kim Wilson
ISBN 0-9721217-9-X
6.5 x 8.5, 128 pages
Illustrations, Bibliography, Index
$16.95 Hardcover—Cooking
Foreword by Tom Carpenter, Jane Austen House Curator
October 2004
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