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Jane in January 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2017 and to a New Year at Austen Variations! We are kicking off the new year with a special Jane in January event! This year it’s going to be more like a Scavenger Hunt. Some of our authors will be posting here on our blog, but others will be taking you …
Pemberley Celebrations Excerpt
In celebration of Christmas and the holiday season, I offer you this excerpt from Pemberley Celebrations – The First Year, which I originally wrote back in 2001-2002. After a lot of changes and additions, I published it in 2011. It is a compilation of stories following Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy as they celebrate the holidays and special …
Fantastical Austen – Excerpt from Pirates and Prejudice
If you enjoy pirates (as I do!), then this is a banner week for you. Jack posted his pirate excerpt on Wednesday, and I’m posting one today from “Pirates and Prejudice.” To give you a brief background on the story and this scene, Darcy is mistaken for an escaped pirate, Lockerly, and arrested, but when …
Peculiar Engagement Book Launch
Today I am excited to announce the release of my novel, A Peculiar Engagement! And there is a giveaway! Many of you may recall about a year and a half ago I began posting chapters of it as I was writing Mr. Darcy’s Rival. It was the ‘book in a book’ that Miss Anne de Bourgh had …
Travels in August: Isles of Scilly
Summer and fair weather is time for travels, near and far. Jane Austen’s characters see their fair share of travels. Elizabeth travels to Hunsford to see Charlotte. Catherine Morland treks to Bath. Frank Churchill journeys to Highbury. Captain Wentworth sails the seas with His Majesty’s navy. The Dashwoods sojourn to Barton Cottage after the loss of their home, thence to …
Jealousy in July: Excerpt Mr. Darcy’s Rival
Is Caroline Bingley green with envy as she notices Mr. Darcy’s attentions to Elizabeth Bennet? Does Emma Woodhouse wish unspeakable horrors on Harriet Smith because of Harriet’s crush on Mr. Knightley? After Willoughby, does Marianne covet Elinor’s more sensible behaviour? We could go on for ages, but it’s only for this month so don’t miss …
Movies in May – Love and Friendship
Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! I can’t think of a better way to end our Movies in May theme this month than by doing a review of the most …
Movies in May: The ‘M’s of Emma in Clueless
Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! Let’s go back more than 20 years (has it really been that long?) and take a look at the film, Clueless. As we look at …
All Things Austen – Sketching One’s Character
Welcome to All Things Austen in April! Jane Austen had a wonderful way with words, using them instead of pencils or paint to illustrate something. Today we’ll look at a few of her novels in which she uses words synonymous with drawing to convey a thought. We are all familiar with the following passage in “Pride and …
Welcome to All Things Austen in April!
This month we are celebrating Jane Austen with All Things Austen in April! What does this mean? Many of our posts will be about Jane Austen – her life and times, her novels, her letters, and just about anything! We begin All Things Austen with a letter Jane Austen wrote on April 1. It is a …
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