After a splendid autumn bringing our show, An Evening with Jane Austen, to audiences at Bath, Stamford and Kenwood House, there is one stop remaining on our mini-tour of the south. With a cast headed by Adrian Lukis, better known to some as the roguish Mr Wickham, An Evening with Jane Austen will call at …
A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Eight
Can there be a tale more outrageous than that told of George Wickham and Lydia Bennet. Our much maligned couple fell in love, or something very like it, and have now fled along the road to Gretna Green. Will they ever reach the anvil? For previous installments in this series, click here: One, Two, Three, …
Chapter 10 WIP
On this first Friday in the month of October, I am finally announcing the title of my new book, which I have been mainly referring to as WIP (work in progress) when I have posted my stories. I actually had one title I was going to use, but then recently I decided to go with …
A Personal Tribute to Benjamin Whitrow
It was with a great deal of sadness that I learned of the passing of Benjamin Whitrow from Adrian last week. Ben is better known to the Jane Austen community as the quintessential Mr Bennet and starred opposite Adrian in the BBC’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. I was very fortunate to work with Ben …
Painting a Picture of Autumn
Summer is definitely over. October is here and time to turn our minds to a new season. It’s Austen in Autumn! Yesterday, when I went out for my morning constitutional, I had multicolored maple leaves crunching underfoot and the occasional spider web hitting me in the face. I also took a plastic bag along …
Searching for an October Janeite
I have been enjoying getting to know some of our regular guests here at Austen Variations! We are gearing up for October and we already have a special hostess lined up. This moth’s guest will be chosen on October 4 from our top Facebook participants. There is still time to like and share, and we …
Chapter 9 WIP
Here is Chapter 9 of my WIP, that I hope to have published by the end of October. I will post 4 more chapters on Fridays in October, with the first 3 posts revealinsomething about the book. Next week I will reveal the title, the following week I will reveal the cover, the week after …
A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Seven
Welcome back to the most scandalous story of the season! George Wickham and Lydia Bennet have fallen head over heels for one another, but a proper marriage is out of the question. What, then, is a young couple to do? Will hearts on fire chart their course, or will cooler heads prevail? Find out the …
Sequels in September: An Excerpt from COLLIDE
In celebration of Sequels in September, I bring you an excerpt from COLLIDE, my second Romance Revisited novel. While COLLIDE is a sequel to SWAY, they can be read as standalones. A minor character from SWAY makes a brief appearance in COLLIDE. (Both books will come together more in the final novel in the series, …
Sequels in September: A Different Persuasion – Part 4
Sir Walter Elliot stood in one of his two fine adjoining drawing-rooms in Bath, minutely examining his elegant figure in a long pier-glass mirror. It was placed between two ornamented windows, so that the daylight might best reveal the morning condition and texture of his complexion. At the moment he was occupied in examining the …
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