Austen Locations – Bath – Part 1 – Anne Elliot Meets Captain Wentworth at Molland’s – Mary Simonsen

In Persuasion, Anne visits Bath with her family. One of the most popular sites was Molland’s, a confectionery store, where she would have enjoyed a cup of hot tea and a sweet. Sweets included dried fruits, gingerbread, cakes, sugared almonds, and jellied fruits. Anne was sent back, however, in a moment by the entrance of …

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Hello from Caitlin Williams

‘I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress’ – Jane Austen What a big day for me. How fitting it is that I am writing my first blog post and joining Austen Variations on the same day my first-born goes back …

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How to Tour Bath in 90 Minutes or Less

This month’s theme is Jane Austen locations, particularly Bath, which immediately brought this story to mind. My husband works for Boeing and he occasionally travels with his job, jetting off to exotic vacation destinations like Glasgow Montana, Roswell New Mexico, and Fairbanks Alaska in the dead of winter. Needless to say, I’ve never felt the desire …

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Official Launch of “Pride and Prejudice – Behind the Scenes”

In case you’ve missed all the preliminary chatter, I’ll let you in on the worst-kept secret around. Ta-da! The authors of Austen Variations proudly present a new collaboration titled Pride and Prejudice – Behind the Scenes. Here’s the official book blurb: What did Mr. Darcy think when he first saw Elizabeth Bennet? How did Miss Bingley …

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Launch celebration pt. 2! Courtship and Marriage In Jane Austen’s World

courtship and marraige in jane austen's world

Today I’m continuing the official launch of Courtship and Marriage in Jane Austen’s world! You can find it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble now. It will be available at all the major booksellers and in paperback very soon.   Thank you so much for all the wonderful questions. You guys really outdid yourselves–so many questions that …

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Celebrating the launch of Courtship and Marriage In Jane Austen’s World

courtship and marraige in jane austen's world

Today is it, the official launch of Courtship and Marriage in Jane Austen’s world! You can find it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble now. It will be available at all the major booksellers  and in paperback very soon. Thank you so much for all the wonderful questions. You guys really outdid yourselves–so many questions that …

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Travels in August: Marianne Goes to Northumberland

For my ‘Travels in August’ post this month, I’m sharing the first two chapters from Who Needs Mr Willoughby?, my third Jane Austen Factor book. Marianne Bennet is about to leave her home on the south coast of England to travel alone to Northumberland, where she and her mother and sister Elinor will soon reside. She’s not looking forward to …

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Travels in August: The Darcys in New Orleans

Greetings, gentle readers! I do not post often (certainly not as often as I would like, should time allow) as I am an “Affiliated Member” of the group. As I intend for my latest release – Dearest Bloodiest Elizabeth~Book II: The Confession of Mr Darcy, Vampire – to be my final Austen-inspired novel, I shall most …

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Travels in August: Mr. Darcy’s Parisian Adventure, Finale

Darcy finishes his business with the Prince Regent in the finale of this excerpt from And This Our Life: Chronicles of the Darcy Family… When Darcy returned home he did not have a moment alone with Elizabeth until bedtime. He had decided to tell her the whole…he thought that she should know the background of …

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Travels in August: Mr. Darcy’s Parisian Adventure, Part 2

In part two of this short story, excerpted from And This Our Life: Chronicles of the Darcy Family, Darcy and his valet undertake a secret trip to Paris to rescue the Prince Regent from a blackmailer… Darcy fidgeted restlessly over his café au lait as he sat at the tiny table outside the café near Madame …

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