Jane in January Happy New Year

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone, and yet – here we are at 2019. Is anyone else as astonished as I am that it has been 19 years since we entered this century? We are ringing in the New Year with our annual Jane in January 2019! This …

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The Cajun Cheesehead Strikes Again!

The Cajun Cheesehead Critic loves 1980’s Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Here’s why. By Jack Caldwell   Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I’m just gonna lay it on the line: 1980’s “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice” is the best adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ever filmed to date. Period. Oh, wait? You want proof? I …

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Advent Calendar – Day 21 – 1812: The Darcys’ First Christmas and the Grinch

Thanks for stopping by to read my second post in the Advent Calendar. If you missed the first, you can find it here. I thought it would be nice if my two posts were about ‘before and after’: Mr Darcy’s Christmastide in the years before and after his marriage. My take on his 1811 Advent …

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Advent Calendar – Day 20 – The Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice, Part 7

The two signore di notte were busily occupied placing shackles on Wickham’s ankles and wrists. He did not struggle, but arrogantly remonstrated with them. “Surely you see this is unnecessary. Take your hands off me, you need not bind me like some common thief, I am a gentleman…Darcy, you will not permit this treatment, surely?” …

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Advent Calendar – Day 19 – 1811: Mr Darcy’s Advent Season

Good morning! Hope you’re having a wonderful Advent Season so far. I thought this might be a good time to think of Mr Darcy (isn’t it always? 😉 ) and imagine how he might have fared in the run-up to Christmas, once he had left temptation behind and had been oh-so-successful in persuading both his …

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Advent Calendar Day 18: Yankee Swap Part Two

Welcome back 🙂 The first part of this story is here! …………………………………………………….. Darcy slid into the car after Elizabeth and the driver, the soul of discretion, said nothing, proceeding as if nothing had happened. The silence was awkward between them for a few minutes until she said, “So Bingley didn’t tell me anything about our …

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Happy Birthday to Jane Austen

On this day in 1775 our esteemed authoress was born. What better way to celebrate than to share some of our favorite quotes from her?   In one of Austen’s letters, she wrote: I can just imagine her face, and maybe even the kind of day she was having when she wrote this. These words …

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Advent Calendar – Day 15 – Wrapping Up Charlotte

Happy Holidays! I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far! I’ve had a few requests for a love story for Charlotte from Unwrapping Mr. Darcy, so I took a break from what I’ve been working on and whipped this little bit up for you. I only have the one post this year, …

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Advent Day 14~A Chance Meeting finis

As a special treat for Austen Variation readers at Advent, I present the final part of what is now published as “A Most Affectionate Mother.” Part 15 The next morning proved clear and bright and all things such a wonderful morning ought to be. Mary sat beside him on the seat of his modest gig. …

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Advent Calendar Day 13: The Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice, Part Six

Last Christmas I began writing my series “The Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice,” in which Darcy and Elizabeth visit La Serenissima, and find that Lord Byron is their neighbor in the palazzo next door.  After five episodes, I was interrupted by my husband’s illness (now thankfully recovered from!), and so now I am happy  …

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