Northern California Region: The Love and Lore of the Seaside (VIRTUAL MEETING)
Sep 15
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
The Love and Lore of the Seaside in Jane Austen’s Time
Join the Northern California Region for a free Zoom event on the seaside in the Regency era. Award-winning novelist Julie Klassen will present highlights from her research into English seaside resorts and bathing customs during Jane Austen's time: the popularity of resort towns and their social activities, bathing machines, beliefs about the medicinal value of sea bathing—and even the drinking of sea water!
This research provided the framework for The Sisters of Sea View, book one in the On Devonshire Shores series, set in Sidmouth, Devon. Klassen will also describe the interesting events surrounding the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and their baby daughter (the future Queen Victoria), who appear in book two, A Winter by the Sea. Reading the books would be helpful but is entirely optional. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
