Maria Grace

I love Pride and Prejudice, Regency era history and dragons. Generally that's not considered a problem unless one tries to write it all at the same time. :)

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  1. At last! Mistaking Her Character by Maria Grace — 108 comments
  2. Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Ch 5 — 66 comments
  3. The 12 Days of a Jane Austen Christmas – To Forget — 58 comments
  4. 27 Corsets:On Writing a Jane Austen Rom Com~Guest Post from Katie Oliver — 56 comments
  5. Jane in January: Inspiration, pt 1 — 54 comments

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Snowbound at Hartfield

Have you ever wanted to read how a conversation would go between Darcy and Captain Wentworth? Have you ever wished Caroline Bingley might make the acquaintance of Sir Walter Elliot? Have you ever thought Mrs. Norris and Lady Catherine could be best buds? Then you’ll love March Madness where we combine characters from Jane Austen’s …

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Preparing for Courtship: The task of finding a suitor

With all the changes over the last two centuries, it is easy to forget that during Jane Austen’s day marriage was an essential social structure. Marriage provided the key to a strong, stable society. Society identified individuals by their connections, the ones they were born with and the ones acquired through marriage. Marriage and inheritance laws …

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27 Corsets:On Writing a Jane Austen Rom Com~Guest Post from Katie Oliver

Jane Austen’s shoes are impossible to fill.  Let me just state that up front. As a published author of six romantic comedies, I’m no stranger to the writing game – or to the debt that authors and readers alike owe Miss Austen for the literary and romantic trail she blazed. Just today I studied the …

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New Free Books!

 We love our readers and we want you to know it! So, this month we have for you, not one, but two new free books! Click the covers to see and download them. You can also find them on our ‘Free Books’ page. Enjoy and spread the word! We love our readers!    If you’d …

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Anniversary February: An anniversary request

To commemorate our second anniversary, we invite you, our loyal readers and friends, to join us this month at Austen Variations. We have grand plans! For February, we intend to share the endearing moments of Jane Austen’s beloved characters as they celebrate their own anniversaries.     Mrs. Bennet persuades August 19, 1812 Mrs. Bennet’s …

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Get me to the church on time: Marrying for all the Right Reasons

Throughout her works, Austen presents us with characters who marry for a wide variety or reasons. Those who marry for love, like Elizabeth and Darcy or Jane and Bingley, are arguably the ones who most appeal to modern readers. But characters who marry (or attempt to marry) for less noble reasons abound: Wickham’s marriage to …

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Jane and Colonel Fitzwilliam?

  What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters. Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet.     In ‘Remember the Past’, Jane found love, not with Bingley, but with Col. Fitzwilliam. A few scenes got cut from the …

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The Finale of the Christmastide Season

  Though the holiday season is ending, I’d love to send it of with one final hurrah. So, Jan 5-6, A spot of Sweet Tea is FREE on amazon. Who can resist a holiday party? In the Regency era, the party of the year would generally be held on Twelfth Night, the culmination to the …

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P&P: Behind the Scenes – Darcy and the Harlequin

              While in London, Darcy attends a Christmastide pantomime with the Bingley sisters.   Dec 30, 1811 Darcy laid his newspaper aside. Miss Bingley should not have worried, her little dinner party hardly garnered any notice at all. A few brief words of Sir Andrew’s and Lady Elizabeth’s attendance …

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P&P: Behind the Scenes – Christmas Dinner at Longbourn

    Christmas Dinner at Longbourn with the officers and the Gardiners proves interesting. December 25, 1811 Later that night, Elizabeth paced the very clean drawing room, waiting for their guests to arrive. Fresh evergreen and holly filled the room with the season’s fragrances, tied with cheery red bows. It should have been a very …

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