Susan Mason-Milks

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Announcing Persuasion 200

If you enjoyed our Pride and Prejudice: The Scenes Jane Austen Never Wrote (or P&P200), you’ll be happy to learn we’re doing it again! This time we’re taking on Persuasion, Austen’s touching story about second chances for love. As a tribute to this amazing story, which began 200 years ago this summer, the authors of …

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Lydia Bennet has Something to Say! by Susan Mason-Milks

May 8, 1812   Lydia Bennet’s moods were as changeable as…well…changeable as the spring weather. In the vast experience of her fifteen years, if she had learned one thing, it was the wisdom of never dwelling too long on anything unpleasant. This time, however, she simply could not shake off the despair that came along …

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The Best of the Archives

Each day, we’ve been adding to Austen Variations some of our favorite old posts previously published on other blogs. These posts carry their original date of publication so they don’t appear on the current “front page” of the blog. So how will you know when one is posted? If you’d like to receive emails alerting …

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Theo Has a Chocolate Factory?

  Theo Chocolate by Susan Mason-Milks I’m thrilled to be one of the Austen Authors working on The Darcy Brothers, and I confess I am just a bit in love with Theo, the character we created as Darcy’s brother. Shortly after we began the project, I was driving past our little neighborhood grocery store and …

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Pride and Prejudice in Music

  Pride and Prejudice in Music Recently, I watched someone’s YouTube creation – a scene from Pride and Prejudice set to contemporary music – and it got me thinking. When I read scenes from the story, do I hear contemporary music in my head? The answer is “yes.” I do! So, just for fun, I …

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Pride and Prejudice Bookshelf

Pride and Prejudice Bookshelf Reading and books have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My parents and grandparents read to me all the time. I clearly recall the day, riding in the car, when I first realized I knew what the street signs said! I even remember which street …

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