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Jane Austen\u2019s\u00a0London<\/strong> takes place at 2.30 pm <\/b>on Sunday, July 4th<\/b>. The meeting point is Green Park underground station, London (north exit, on the corner)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a London Walks Walk. To book click here:<\/a><\/p>\n

The walk takes in the area of the London section of Sense and Sensibility. This is where Jane Austen frequented when visiting her banking brother, Henry. He\u00a0 lived here during his ‘successful’ period, after resigning as a Captain in the Militia and setting up a bank to help soldiers pay for their commissions.\u00a0 He then did what all good bankers do – went bankrupt and ruined himself, family and friends.\u00a0\u00a0 His uncle lost 10,000 pounds; his rich brother, Edward Knight lost \u00a320,000. (that is 2\/5ths of the fortune of Willoughby’s wife, and equal\u00a0 to the income of Darcy,\u00a0 100 times the annual income of Mrs Austen after her husband died)\u00a0 i.e. a heck of a lot of money. \u00a0 Jane lost \u00a313.<\/p>\n

But this area was also the centre of the Ton – the wealthy elite of Regency London. It was here that the French Royal family, in exile, hung out, and the haunt of Beau Brummel and Prinny, the Prince Regent, loungers in chief who were so well satirised in the figure of Sir Walter Elliot. \u00a0 This is where the Dandies lounged, leered and shopped.\u00a0 Here the rich could get their guns, swords, cigars, snuff, hats, shoes, tailored clothes, uniforms, wine, prostitutes, lovers. \u00a0 They came to visit art galleries, see panoramas of European Cities, to ‘see’ the invisible women living in her glass jar, to choose their Wedgwood pottery.<\/p>\n

And what is astonishing is that this is still where the megarich do exactly the same things: hang out and shop.\u00a0 All the top brands are here, and instead of people like John Willoughy are to be found Russian Oligarchs, and the rich of the Emirates, and every other country in the world.\u00a0 And most marvellously many of the shops survive into the present day. The same shops and shop fronts still in use.\u00a0 They catered to the stupidly wealthy of the 18th Century are now catering for the stupidly wealthy of the 21st Century.\u00a0 This is where you can buy luxury yachts.<\/p>\n

So we follow Jane and Henry, and see the ghost traces left by immoral Willoughby,\u00a0 sensible Elinor,\u00a0 overwrought Marianne,\u00a0 dull but nice Edward Ferrars,\u00a0 dull and horrible Robert Ferrars, stolid Colonel Brandon, vulgar but kind\u00a0 Mrs Jennings and her unforgivably vulgar daughter Mrs Palmer with her despairing husband; the Middletons, the Steeles gals ruthlessly working their assets. \u00a0 Plus we have a little look at the relationship between Prinny and Beau Brummel, and the terrible childbed of Princess Ch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jane Austen\u2019s\u00a0London takes place at 2.30 pm on Sunday, July 4th. The meeting point is Green Park underground station, London (north exit, on the corner) This is a London Walks Walk. To book click here: The walk takes in the area of the London section of Sense and Sensibility. This is where Jane Austen frequented … <\/p>\n

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