The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our favorite thing at Austen Variations, share our variations on Jane Austen’s works. It’s Christmas Eve, and I hope, like me, you are all enjoying happy times with your families in this holiday season. I’ve really been hoping it would …
The first heedless scheme had been to go in the morning and return at night, but to this Mr Musgrove, for the sake of his horses, would not consent; and when it came to be rationally considered, a day in the middle of November would not leave much time for seeing a new place, …
Today’s excerpt is a glimpse at some of what happens at the ‘Chawton Ball’ – I hope you enjoy it! Here are links to chapters one, two and three, in case you missed them. They were trotting down the long driveway at last, she saw with some relief, and as the other carriages turned in the …
We are welcoming Sue Wilkes to the blog today – you may know Sue from the lovely articles she writes for Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine, and for the many history books she’s written. To give you a little flavour of her book, Sue’s here to tell us about the reading matter of Jane Austen and her contemporaries in ‘Chit-chat …
I’m so excited to announce the publication of Mr Darcy’s Christmas Calendar! Can you believe it’s November already? I’ve been getting in the Christmas spirit, though I’ve not done very much shopping yet – I love the upcoming festive season, but there is always so much to do, isn’t there? I’ve been wanting to finish …
I’ve had such a lovely time writing this book – to be able to combine all my favourite things into a special Christmas novella has been immense fun. Christmas is always a magical time, and so when a little bit of magic helps to propel my heroine, Lizzy, into the world of Pride and Prejudice, she feels …
Admiral and Mrs Croft have called upon Mr and Mrs Musgrove and mentioned the imminent arrival of Captain Wentworth, a name which rings a bell with Mrs Musgrove who later determines it is the very same Captain under whom their unfortunate son, Richard, served for several months before his death. “The Musgroves, in their warm …
I’m really excited to share an excerpt from my new novella, Mr Darcy’s Christmas Calendar. This is a tale I started working on more than two years ago, and though I managed to write a great part of it during that time, other writing projects meant it always took a back seat. I love writing Christmas …
The party at the Great House was sometimes increased by other company. The neighbourhood was not large, but the Musgroves were visited by every body, and had more dinner parties, and more callers, more visitors by invitation and by chance, than any other family. They were more completely popular. The girls were wild for dancing; …
Anne calls at Uppercross to see the Musgrove family and hear all the news from Henrietta and Louisa, the daughters of the house – from the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6. It was not long before Anne saw some improvement in Mary’s health. Given the chance to talk to a …
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