Hi friends! I hope everyone is hanging in there and staying safe and healthy. As you’ve likely noticed, we’re celebrating proposals at Austen Variations this month, so today, I’ll be sharing a scene from my debut novel, To Conquer Pride. Ironically, when I first set out to write a Pride and Prejudice variation, the proposal …
Hi, and I hope you’re safe and well! Since most of us are still stuck at home, how do you feel about a spot of #ArmchairTravel? If #ArmchairTravel sounds tempting, you can find the book previews and Amazon links at the end of this post. But while you’re deciding where you’d like to go, I …
How are you all holding up? It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure. I thought you could do with a bit of laughter, so this is my very first crack at a modern Darcy and Elizabeth. (I said you could laugh, right?) You may even empathize with our dear couple’s struggles! Enjoy ! -NC “Lizzy! You’re …
How are you all holding up in this strange new world of ours? We love hearing from you, and we hope you are all safe and well. We also hope you have been well supplied with reading material, but if you’re looking for a bit more, we hope to help out. This month, our theme …
It’s Halloween tomorrow, so I’m guessing you’ve already carved the pumpkins and stocked up for Trick or Treat. If you’re anything like me, that stash must be awfully tempting, so let me entice you to sneak away with a chocolate bar and think with some compassion of our Regency forebears, who had never tasted such …
In chapter 22 we’re told that, the morning after a dinner at Lucas Lodge, Mr. Collins slyly slips away from Longbourn with the covert aim of proposing marriage to Charlotte Lucas. This is exactly what Charlotte has been hoping for, and, perceiving him from an upper window, she instantly sets out “to meet …
Anne listened to Lady Russell’s counsel three years ago, turning down Captain Wentworth’s offer of marriage. Now a second man has proposed. What will Lady Russell’s advice to her be this time, and will Anne take it? (referenced in chapter 4 of Persuasion) “Charles Musgrove proposed?” asked Lady Russell eagerly, leaning forward now with heightened …
For whatever reason, Jane Austen tells us very little of the initial courtship of Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth. We’re told even less about the actual proposal. She only says in chapter four, “It would be difficult to say which had seen the highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest; …
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