Eastchester students pay respects to Regency Era manners
Photo credit: Handout | Students in Jennifer Gavin's Advance Placement Literature class at Eastchester High School re-enact Regency Era manners on Gentlemen's Tuesday as part of their study of Jane Austen. (Dec. 21, 2012)
Students at Eastchester High School got an old lesson in respect Dec. 18 during what's called Gentlemen's Tuesday, an annual event in which the stylized manners of the Regency Era are revived for the day.
The event coincides each year with the reading of Jane Austen in senior AP Literature classes.
The students prepared by reading excerpts from Regency etiquette guidebooks, given to...
