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Colonel Brandon Lost Her at Seventeen. Her Fortune Was the Reason

Behind the Classics · 20:16 · October 13, 2026

Austen gives Colonel Brandon's first love one speech and no surname. Her life, step by step, set beside the records of three real women of the same decades, in their own words.

Regency and Victorian Love, Myth vs Record · October 10, 2026

The Real Rule of the Victorian Affair: Her Husband Had to Be There

Behind the Classics · October 8, 2026

What Did Lydia Bennet Get for Marrying Wickham?

Regency and Victorian Love, Myth vs Record · October 6, 2026

Victorian Separate Bedrooms Are a Myth. The Second Room Had Another Name

Behind the Classics · October 3, 2026

What Did Charlotte Lucas Get for Marrying Mr Collins?

Regency and Victorian Love, Myth vs Record · October 1, 2026

Victorian Courtship's Famous Codes Were Sold, Not Secret

Regency and Victorian Love, Myth vs Record · September 29, 2026

A Regency Woman Did Not Have Three Seasons to Marry. She Had Something Worse