Alix James

Alix James/Nicole Clarkston is the author of Pride and Prejudice variations as well as North and South inspired novels. Copyright © Alix James, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 20212 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 All rights reserved. No part of Nicole's blog posts or published content may be reproduced in any form on by an electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

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Words from Experience to Youth, the Long-awaited Part Five

This week we bring you another series of letters between the Wickham and Thornton households. These most recent finds were the source of much mirth to the Wickham biographer, but the Thornton heirs are decrying them as falsified. There is a pending lawsuit on the matter, so we urge the reader to enjoy these missives …

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Interview With a Janeite, With Guest Katherine Schmitt

Welcome to the first edition of a new feature here at Austen Variations! Each month we will spotlight a follower of the blog, getting better acquainted and talking about our favourite topic: Jane Austen! We love so many different things about The Lady, and I always enjoy hearing what she means to someone else. Today …

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New Feature at Austen Variations, Just For You!

In recent years JAFF has become a world-wide phenomenon, thanks in part to Colin Firth’s infamous wet shirt scene and Matthew Macfadyen’s moody walk through the fog. However, the real reason is YOU, the readers who adore Jane’s work and all the twists and variations that have been inspired by The Lady. In recognition your …

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House Guests

Greetings, fair readers! Today we have another instalment in our Wickhams/ Thorntons mashups, and we are hoping you will indulge us as we introduce a new character. After a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom, the George and Lydia Wickham we all remember for their impulsiveness have grown rather respectable. Now doting grandparents, they have broadened their …

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New Vignette from Current Work in Progress

I love this time of year. I particularly adore when all the flowers pop out from hiding and the weather warms enough for us to walk out and enjoy them. Today’s “May Flowers” post is a brand new vignette written to accompany my current work in progress, entitled These Dreams. You will be the first to read hints …

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Darcy and Wickham: The Duties of Friendship Part II

If you have been following the unearthing of Mr Wickham’s journals by his archivist and biographer, Catherine Curzon, you may have noted that in his later years, the self-professed scoundrel seems to have been reconciled to his boyhood companion and brother-in-law, Fitzwilliam Darcy. It seems that the two became somewhat regular correspondants, despite the *ahem* …

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Darcy and Wickham: The Duties of Friendship

The plundering of Mr Wickham’s private correspondance continues this month, with a newly discovered series of letters exchanged with his boyhood companion, Fitzwilliam Darcy. It seems that the gentlemen were at an advanced stage of life when these exchanges are penned, and while much water has flowed under the bridges and old grievances have become …

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Words from Experience to Youth: Part Three

Welcome to the third installment of this March Mashup special series! Once again, we bring you evidence of a remarkable and highly unlikely friendship: that of a wiser George Wickham and a young Margaret Hale. We hope you enjoy his mature reflections and witticisms as he advises and befriends the new wife of a cotton …

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Words from Experience to Youth

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of March Mashups! Today we bring you a series of letters exchanged between the most unlikely of correspondants- a young Margaret Hale, and an older and much wiser George Wickham.  When Catherine was compiling some of Mr Wickham’s later correspondence, she stumbled across a curious set of letters from …

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New Love in February: Mrs Gardiner Gives Advice

Today is my first dance at Austen Variations! I wanted to thank everyone for the warm welcome. Today I offer an exclusive vignette featuring a nervous Jane and Elizabeth just before their marriages. This month we celebrate love, particularly new loves. What can be more “new” than a bride and a groom preparing for their …

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