Please welcome Joana Starnes as our guest to the blog today. In further celebration of our Jane in January month of posts she’s taking us on a tour of some houses and places associated with our beloved author! Thank you very much for joining us, Joana, and over to you. As any Jane Austen devotee, …
We’re in our 4th and final week of ‘Jane in January’ and hope you have enjoyed our special focus on “Pride and Prejudice.” The giveaways are being distributed through rafflecopter, so be sure to sign into it to be entered. We will announce our final winners this Sunday. Remember that old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial from the ’70s & ’80s? The one …
Louisa has finally healed enough to go home to Uppercross… Louisa clutched at Captain Benwick’s hand while the luggage was being loaded onto the chaise, a tear coursing down each cheek. “What if my parents will not approve our marriage? I could not bear it!” The captain stroked her hand gently. “Do not worry my …
We’re in our 4th and final week of ‘Jane in January’ and hope you have enjoyed our special focus on “Pride and Prejudice.” As you know, the 28th January is the anniversary of the publication of Pride & Prejudice, and I have been giving some thought as to how Jane Austen may have felt on that …
Anne has a startling awareness…her own opinions! Anne fastened her spencer and tied her bonnet strings. Strange sensations threatened to overwhelm her and if she did not get outside into the fresh air quickly she might be overcome. The butler opened the door for her, inquiring if she might require a chair. She shook her …
We’re in week 3 of our ‘Jane in January’ event and hope you are enjoying our special focus on “Pride and Prejudice.” 26 January 1812. An hour prior, Colonel Fitzwilliam had appeared in his study, insisting they had to venture out to a shop in Cheapside. Cheapside! Of course, he had refused, if for no other reason, …
January is drawing to a close, and there’s only one thing that’s guaranteed about that: February will be hard on its heels. What’s a Jane Austen fan to do when spring still seems so far away? Why, settle down somewhere warm and cosy with a hot drink, copious amounts of chocolate and a good read, and we …
We’re in week 3 of our ‘Jane in January’ event and hope you are enjoying our special focus on “Pride and Prejudice.” “If one could but go to Brighton!” observes Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, “A little sea-bathing would set me up for ever.” In my novel Mr. Darcy’s Challenge, she has an opportunity …
As I considered today’s post, what is to be my introduction to you, I could only think of how I came to this point—where I am today. I became interested in Jane Austen’s work long ago, but only found Jane Austen fan fiction about five years ago. I went on a reading frenzy, devouring titles …
We’re in week 3 of our ‘Jane in January’ event and hope you are enjoying our special focus on “Pride and Prejudice.” Christmas is over and the Bennet household has shrunk from a large, merry party to a small, subdued family group. The Gardiners have left Longbourn to return to London, taking Jane with them. And now …
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