![]() ![]() ![]() During 18, Fanny’s father, John Grove Palmer, arranged a holiday for his whole family at Southend, Essex. Fanny at SouthendĪfter the remoteness and often foul weather conditions suffered during the winter and spring aboard HMS Namur, Fanny Palmer Austen keenly anticipated summer holidays at a seaside resort. In particular, the phenomenon of the seaside resort became the setting for her last, unfinished novel, Sanditon. Fanny had much to tell Jane about her experiences at sea and on shore, and Jane found cause to use her acquired knowledge of the seaside in writing her later novels. As the two sisters-in-law came to know each other better, they found they shared a mutual interest in all manner of activities relating to the sea, including the relaxing life at seaside resorts. ![]() ![]() Fanny Palmer Austen enjoyed similar pleasures of the seaside after she reached England in 1811. Jane Austen enjoyed sea bathing during family holidays at Sidmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth and Lyme Regis between 18. The vogue for sea air and sea bathing were motivating factors as were opportunities for refined entertainments and diversions. In the early nineteenth century seaside resorts became a popular destination for relaxation and sociability among the gentry class. Due to writing deadlines, my next posts will be on 29 October and 30 December 2021. ![]()
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