This Thursday, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the States and, for a number of reasons, the spirit of this holiday has long made it one of my favorites. The focus is on gratitude, and I know I have a lot of gifts to be thankful for this year. Some of those are known only to me …
When they came to the steps, leading upwards from the beach, a gentleman, at the same moment preparing to come down, politely drew back, and stopped to give them way. They ascended and passed him; and as they passed, Anne’s face caught his eye, and he looked at her with a degree of earnest admiration, …
“As they drew near the Cobb, there was such a general wish to walk along it once more, all were so inclined, and Louisa soon grew so determined, that the difference of a quarter of an hour, it was found, would be no difference at all…” They were to depart for Uppercross at …
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, …
The young people from Uppercross travel to Lyme to visit two of Captain Wentworth’s fellow officers. After a pleasant day, Captains Harville and Benwick send the guests off to their inn and sit down for a talk about their friends, new and old. Captain Harville tamped the tobacco down in his pipe, then lit a …
The young people were all wild to see Lyme. Captain Wentworth talked of going there again himself; it was only seventeen miles from Uppercross: though November, the weather was by no means bad; and, in short, Louisa, who was the most eager of the eager, having formed the resolution to go, and besides the pleasure of doing as she liked, being …
I am so excited to announce that ‘A Jane Austen Christmas’ is now available at Amazon kindle. The paperback should be available very soon as well. Last year I did a lot of research on Regency era Christmas traditions for ‘Twelfth Night at Longbourn’ and posted a series of articles on Regency Life: Christmas Traditions. I …
“…the Admiral and Mrs. Croft were generally out of doors together, interesting themselves in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and dawdling about in a way not endurable to a third person, or driving out in a gig, lately added to their establishment.” Persuasion, Chapter 9 Sophia Croft gazed about her at the bright blue …
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 …
Welcome to the book reveal for Mr. Darcy’s Challenge (Book 2 of Mr. Darcy’s Pledge). I would love to hear what you think of the cover. Please leave a comment below describing what impressions the cover evokes for an additional chance to be entered on the Launch Day Giveaway. Meanwhile, I’d like to let you know that …
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