Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impressions, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project. We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. Charles Bingley, 23 September 1812 That the Bennet family was made happy by Jane’s engagement, …
Another retrieval from my archive, while I am away cavorting in Edinburgh and latterly London. This, a story published as recently as 2014, is another in my series of homages? tributes? satires? relating to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Here, we behold her reactions to Mr. Collins’s machinations regarding his prospective marriage… Mr. Collins and His …
While away in Scotland for the summer, I am posting a few (hopefully golden) oldies from my archives. This one dates back to 2011, and it concerns one of my favorite characters, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. It is a take on a familiar but important moment in Pride and Prejudice, when the lady of Rosings interviews …
I am planning to spend most of the summer in Edinburgh, which despite its manifold attractions, is not the first place you associate with Jane Austen (although to be sure, the archives of her publisher John Murray, who published Lord Byron as well as Austen, are now held at the National Library of Scotland, in …
Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impressions, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project. We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. Charles Bingley May 6, 1812 Charles Bingley had never known a time in his life …
Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impressions, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project! We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. December 3, 1811 My dear Georgiana, I hope you and your brother are well, and …
I spent most of December in England, celebrating a dowager’s milestone birthday (er, that is, mine!). It was not primarily a Jane Austen-centered trip; throughout my long lifetime I have most satisfyingly visited nearly every Austen-related site that I desired to see. (To confess the truth, I have not climbed Box Hill, but I may …
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until today, December 24th. Lady Catherine’s Christmas Carol Part One. The Ghost of Christmas Past. It was Christmas Eve, and Lady Catherine was in a hurry. A lady, of course, never hurries,” she …
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of Ramsgate, how Mr. Bingley came to lease Netherfield, and much more! Join us on …
As my novel The Darcys in Venice glides slowly as a gondola toward hopeful publication, I share a new scene with you, in which Mr. and Mrs. Darcy prepare for their journey. Mr. Darcy’s Guidebook Now the dark winter evenings at Pemberley became busy ones. The storms moderated, the guests departed, repairs were carried on, …
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