Jane in January and You — Guess Who?

 

Today I have a little game for you, just for fun! I have modernized a few of the secondary characters from Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion, and Emma below. See if you can guess who they are from the descriptions! The letters have nothing to do with their names so don’t let that throw you. Put your answers in the comments below and good luck!

 

 

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A is a wealthy young lady on the south side of 25 whose interests include fashion, gossip and putting people in their place. She could get her own place but chooses to live with her brother, hoping to catch the eye of her brother’s hunky best friend.

B is a 33 year old divorcee (although she’ll only admit to 29). She has her eye on her friend’s wealthy father, thinking that having a sugar daddy might be pretty nice.

C is a wealthy woman who married down because he was just so handsome and doesn’t seem that she intends to wear the pants in the family. She’s fond of music and giving people nicknames they don’t necessarily want.

D is a big-hearted older man who retired early after a store he had was bought out by a larger company. He has kids ranging in age from their teens to their late twenties. He’s the one who always organises the block party and likes to make sure everyone feels welcome and is having a good time. He’s not the smartest guy in town but he is the one who tends to know the gossip.

E is the youngest of three sisters. She stole her older sisters boyfriend and then married him in a triumph of wedding showers and house plans. It was all great fun for a while, setting up house, having her two sons but now she’s bored. Even worse, she realizes she could have married someone better than her husband. She is plagued by all sorts of vague illnesses but is fortunate that her sister is always willing to come help out with the kids so she can relax.

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Please put your answers in comments below — you do NOT need to have the correct answers to be entered into my drawing to win a copy of my soon-to-be-released book! I will choose two winners from the combination of people who comment here and on my January 3rd post. If you comment both places, you’ll be entered twice! You have until January 31 to comment on both posts before I pull the winners.

 

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    • JoEllen on January 8, 2018 at 12:34 am
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    Carolyn Bingley
    Mrs. Clay
    Mrs. Elton
    Sir William Lucas
    Mary Elliot Musgrove

    Fun contest! Thanks

  1. What a great idea!

    A. Caroline Bingley.
    B. Mrs Clay
    C. Louisa Musgrove
    D. Mr Cole
    E. Mary Elliot Musgrove

    • Luisa on January 8, 2018 at 1:07 am
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    A.. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs Clay
    C. Mrs Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Enjoyed the quiz.

    • Callie on January 8, 2018 at 1:23 am
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    A is Caroline Bingley
    B is Mrs. Clay
    C is Mrs. Elton
    D is Sir William Lucas
    E is Mary Musgrove

    • Glynis on January 8, 2018 at 1:37 am
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    I saw the first one and thought this is so easy, but obviously they are not all from P&P which I know best.
    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary from Persuasion (can’t remember the surname)
    I don’t know the Christian names of B & C either I’m afraid.
    Thanks for this fun quiz.

    • Claire Ferguson on January 8, 2018 at 1:57 am
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    That was fun! 😁
    A Is Caroline Bingley
    B is Mrs Clay
    C is Mrs Elton
    D is Sir William Lucas
    E is Mary Musgrove

    • Anji on January 8, 2018 at 2:43 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Penelope Clay
    C. Augusta Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    That was a lot of fun. Thanks for trasing our little grey cells this Monday morning, Amy!

      • Anji on January 8, 2018 at 2:44 am
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      “Teasing”!

    • Mary on January 8, 2018 at 4:09 am
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    Hi Amy-what a great idea!!!

    A-Caroline Bingley.
    B-Mrs Clay.
    C-Mrs Elton.
    D-Sir William Lucas.
    E-Mary Musgrove.

    • Pallavi on January 8, 2018 at 4:20 am
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    This is such a great idea! My answers:

    A = Caroline Bingley (P&P)
    B = Mrs. Clay (Persuasion)
    C = Mrs. Elton (Emma)
    D = Sir William Lucas (P&P)
    E = Mrs Mary Musgrove (Persuasion)

    • Monica Kauffman on January 8, 2018 at 6:02 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs Clay
    C. Mrs Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Thank you for some fun before I head to work.

    • Kathy Fagan on January 8, 2018 at 7:46 am
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    A Caroline Bingley
    B Penelope Clay
    C Augusta Elton
    D Sir William Lucas
    E Mary Musgrove

    That was fun!!

    • Theresa M on January 8, 2018 at 8:19 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs Clay
    C.Fanny Dashwood
    D. William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Thanks!

    • Linda A. on January 8, 2018 at 9:46 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    regards.

    • Miriam Bresticker on January 8, 2018 at 9:50 am
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    Fun quiz!

    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    • Kathy Berlin on January 8, 2018 at 10:12 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton (She irritated me as much as Caroline)
    D. Sir William Lucas but would he be titled on a modern?
    E. Mary Musgrove

      • Kayelem on January 8, 2018 at 2:22 pm
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      He could be,non-herititary titles are still handed out, though usually for better reasons than one good speech. Sir Elton John is the first example that springs to mind. And Dame Judi Dench.

    • Hollis on January 8, 2018 at 10:29 am
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    A Caroline Bingley
    B Mrs. clay
    C Mrs. Elton
    D Sir William Lucas
    E Mary Musgrove

    • Cindy Hinkle on January 8, 2018 at 11:22 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    • Carole in Canada on January 8, 2018 at 11:36 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Now, I’m wondering if this has anything to do with your new book! Thanks again!

    • DarcyBennett on January 8, 2018 at 2:31 pm
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    My guesses are:
    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  2. How fun! I didn’t get Mrs. Elton as I tend to avoid Emma; I really don’t like Emma as a character.

    Thanks, Amy, for such a fun quiz!!

    Warmly,
    Susanne 🙂

    • Lynn char on January 8, 2018 at 5:07 pm
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    A. Caroline
    B. Mrs Clay
    C Mrs Elton
    D Dir William
    E. Mary Musgrove

    These definitely got me thinking!!

    • StephanieL on January 8, 2018 at 5:48 pm
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    A-Caroline Bingley
    B-Penelope Clay
    C-Augusta Elton
    D-Sir William Lucas
    E-Mary Musgrove

    Okay…I had to crack up at a couple of these. Particularly Mrs. Elton and Sir William. Fun!

    • J. W. Garrett on January 8, 2018 at 7:34 pm
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    A: Caroline Bingley
    B: Mrs. clay
    C: Mrs. Elton
    D: Sir William Lucas
    E: Mary Musgrove

    C threw me… I first put Lady Catherine but she doesn’t use nicknames like Mrs. Elton does calling Mr. Knightly… Knightly. This was fun.

    • Eva Edmonds on January 8, 2018 at 7:44 pm
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    E. Mary Musgrove

    Lots of fun

  3. Many many thanks to those of you who jumped in so enthusiastically to my little game! I will announce winners/correct answers at the end of the month but didn’t want to wait to express my thanks to those who have answered so far!

    • Ginna on January 8, 2018 at 9:50 pm
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs. Clay
    C. Mrs. Elton
    D. Sir Lucas
    E. Mary (nee Elliot) Musgrove

    • John Karlsson on January 9, 2018 at 7:13 am
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    I replied directly to my facebook app.

    I still like
    A. Mary Crawford
    and
    D. Mr. Weston
    but I think Ginna’s answers are probably correct.
    B. Mrs. Clay, and
    C. Mrs. Elton are obviously so

    E. I did get Mary Musgrove on my own,
    mistook her for Louisa Musgrove, caught my ownmistake, but had to look up her name.

    LOTS of fun, though!

    P.S. I DO NOT recommend doing this sort of thing on an Amazon Kindle. Friends, please learn from my mistakes!

    • Beatrice on January 10, 2018 at 10:09 pm
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    I can easily get all but C.
    A is Caroline Bingley
    B is Mrs Clay

    D is Sir William Lucas
    E is Mary Musgrove, whose sore throats are always worse than everyone else’s

    Could C be Mrs Grant, sister of Mary and Henry Crawford? Not that Dr Grant was necessarily cute. I don’t think it’s Mrs Elton, although she otherwise meets the criteria, but she only had such thousands as would always be called ten.
    Could it be someone from Lady Susan??

    • Deborah on January 11, 2018 at 5:13 am
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    This was fun.
    A Caroline Bingley
    B Mrs Clay
    C Mrs Elton
    D Sir William Lucas
    E Mary Musgrove

    • Elin Eriksen on January 11, 2018 at 5:24 pm
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    A: Caroline Bingley
    B: Mrs Clay
    C: Lady Catherine
    D: Sir William Lucas
    E: Mary Elliot Musgrove

    • Cheryl Kepler on January 11, 2018 at 10:28 pm
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    A – Miss Caroline Bingley from Pride & Prejudice
    B – Mrs. Clay from Persuasion
    C – Mrs. Elton from Emma
    D – Sir William Lucas from Pride & Prejudice
    E = Mrs. Mary (Elliot) Musgrove from Persuasion

    • Nathalie on January 12, 2018 at 5:18 am
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    A. Caroline Bingley
    B. Mrs Clay
    C. Mrs Elton
    D. Sir William Lucas
    e. Mary Elliot Musgrove

    • Amanda on January 14, 2018 at 1:21 am
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    Okay, it’s late and I will admit that I saw other people’s answers before posting mine and realized I was way off on some of them. Not paying too close attention to small details it would seem.

    My answers:

    A. Good old Caro Bing from P&P. I think “Eliza” just might have called her that if provoked.
    B. Lady Russell from Persuasion (So obviously wrong now that I see Mrs. Clay. Whoops!)
    C. Mrs. Elton—the woman with a penchant for talking while chewing—from Emma….is it strange to admit I want to be her friend?
    D. Huggable Sir William Lucas from P&P.
    E. Missed the whole youngest of THREE sisters and immediately thought of silly Lydia. So clearly Mary Musgrove though.

    Side matter: Amy! I am not a re-reader of books typically, but I just reread The Best Part of Love. It’s definitely one of my favorites and I love that we get to spend so much time with Darcy and Elizabeth navigating their feelings of closeness as opposed to so much angst. Well-written and a pleasure. I may just have to buckle down and buy it since I just canceled my Kindle Unlimited account. Looking forward to your next work!

  4. Congratulations to the winners of my Jane in January posts! I pulled the winners from both posts together (people who replied to both got two entries) Thank you to everyone who participated!

    Cindy Hinkle
    Miriam Bresticker
    John Karlsson

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