January Scavenger Hunt #1 – Quotable Words

As you know, here at Austen Variations we’re doing a month-long scavenger hunt. Today, I’m kicking off the theme with a fun little game. Below are nine Jane Austen quotes, each with one underlined word for you to unscramble. Make a note of those nine words, put them in your pocket, and then hop on over to my website/blog for the second half of the game.



You know the story; Willoughby fortuitously happens upon a lovely lady in distress. Miss Marianne Dashwood has sprained her ankle and needs rescuing!

The gentleman offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty nicleded what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without farther delay and carried her down the hill. (S&S, ch.9)

 

During the rehash of the Meryton assembly, Mrs. Bennet vents her bad opinion of Mr. Darcy:

“I beg you would not put it into Lizzy’s head to be vexed by his ill-treatment, for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a trofisemun to be liked by him.” (P&P, ch.5)

 

Mr. Knightley, uneasy about Emma’s new friendship with Harriet Smith, tries to enlist Mrs. Weston’s support to discourage it. But she’s not worried and claims some lingering authority, leftover from her days as Emma’s governess. She says,

“It has been so many years my province to give cevaid, that you cannot be surprized, Mr. Knightley, at this little remains of office.” (Emma, ch.5)

 

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you whom this quote, describing the Meryton assembly, refers to:

…he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was crodesived to be proud… (P&P, ch.3)

 

Here we have the vane Sir Walter Elliot’s indictment against the “dreadful multitude of ugly women of Bath.” If you think it’s a little harsh, keep in mind that he found the men “infinitely worse”!

…once… he had counted eighty-seven women go by, one after another, without there being a tolerable face among them. It had been a frosty morning, to be sure, a prash frost, which hardly one woman in a thousand could stand the test of. (Persuasion, ch.15)

 

The story of Emma begins as Miss Taylor has just become Mrs. Weston. Even though Emma proudly claims the match is of her own making, she knows she will miss having her friend under the same roof and with her every day.

….she was now in great danger of suffering from lactulintele solitude. She dearly loved her father, but he was no companion for her. (Emma, ch.1)

 

Marianne Dashwood resents Mrs. Jennings insinuations about Col. Brandon, whom she considers much so old that he “must have long outlived any sensation” of an amorous nature. Little does she know…

“It is too ridiculous! When is a man to be safe from such twi, if age and infirmity will not protect him?” (S&S, ch.8)

 

A miserable Fanny languishes in Portsmouth in the home of her birth parents, desperately wishing she could return to Mansfield Park:

William was gone; and the home he had left her in was, Fanny could not clocena it from herself, in almost every respect the very reverse of what she could have wished. (MP, ch.39)

 

I just love the light and clever banter between Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney when they first meet at the ball at the Lower Rooms! Don’t you? Here’s one small portion of it for your last word:

“Everybody allows that the talent of writing agreeable letters is peculiarly leafme. Nature may have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal.” (NA, ch.3)



You’re halfway there! Now click on over to shannonwinslow.com to discover where those words fit!

 

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    • Anji on January 4, 2017 at 1:59 am
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    I love the idea of this Scavenger Hunt. It’s definitely something different for us JAFF fans to get our heads around. Thanks so much for hosting it and for the giveaways. My email to Shannon will be on it’s way very soon.

    1. Glad you enjoyed it, Anji!

    • Glynis on January 4, 2017 at 5:53 am
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    Thanks for this post Shannon. I tried to comment on my tablet nut it sometimes has a problem and won’t post my comments 😞. Anyway I have emailed you with my answers. I really enjoy all the posts, excerpts and giveaways from all the authors and bloggers so thanks again 😊

  1. Ooh, this is going to be a lot of fun!

    • Carole in Canada on January 4, 2017 at 11:25 am
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    What fun you have devised for your readers! Thank you and off to your site now!

    • Deborah on January 4, 2017 at 11:29 am
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    This is so much fun. Thank you for this scavenger hunt.

    • Erika Messer on January 4, 2017 at 11:33 am
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    Sent my answers last night – hope you got them – very much fun thank you!

    1. Got both of them, Erika, and your answers are correct!

  2. The lucky winners are Anji Dale, Sarah Brandon, and Zenaida Cook! I will be contacting you by email about your prizes. 😀

      • Zen on January 14, 2017 at 11:03 am
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      Thank you, thank you so much! You’re game made us think and gave us so much fun!

    • Anji on January 11, 2017 at 5:23 pm
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    Doing my happy dance!

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