Will Lady Russell ever be able to have a conversation with Anne that is not painful and difficult? Lady Russell sipped her tea but Anne merely stared at hers. Something was on Anne’s mind—something more than the family’s impending change in circumstances, something very troubling. Perhaps she should mind her own business. That was an …
“There had been three alternatives, London, Bath or another house in the country.” Persuasion: Chapter Two A decision has been made: the Elliots are to quit Kellynch Hall and seek an establishment elsewhere, and the Hall is to be let to another. Lady Russell and Anne Eliot discuss where the family should go: Anne’s head …
Preview from THE PLAINS OF CHALMETTE Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. As you may have heard, I have BIG plans for 2015. White Soup Press will release FOUR novels, all in my epic CRESCENT CITY series. CRESCENT CITY is my Austen-inspired take on the history of America’s most unique city, New Orleans, and the people who …
Coming soon from Shannon Winslow: For every fan who has wished Jane Austen herself might have enjoyed the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all of her heroines… What if the tale Jane Austen told in her last, most poignant novel was actually inspired by momentous events in her own life? Did …
Lady Russell, after consulting with Anne, has come up with a plan for retrenchment for the Elliots and Mr. Shepherd sees an end to his problems… Mr. Shepherd was in a quandary. His primary employer, Sir Walter Elliot, was in dire financial straits and Mr. Shepherd’s hints about retrenchment had been to no avail. Sir …
If you are a Jane Austen fan and have visited the city of Bath, then it is highly likely you own a photo similar to this one (in fact, if you were there with friends or family, you are probably standing in the photo as well, beside this very well-known door!) Now you can …
The Elliots are in trouble and Lady Russell wants to help. Why was she forever having these difficult discussions with Anne? A god mother should anticipate her duties, enjoy pleasant intimacies with her goddaughter. Recently those moments seemed fewer and farther between, over shadowed by difficult and challenging issues that should have been a mother’s …
It had not been possible for him to spend less: he had done nothing but what Sir Walter Elliot was imperiously called on to do; but blameless as he was, he was not only growing dreadfully in debt, but was hearing of it so often, that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer, even …
It’s time for the final extract from Lizzy’s journal as Lizzy Bennet’s Diary concludes below! I hope you have enjoyed them, and thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout the posting of the story. You are all brilliant! A couple of things of note: firstly, as these extracts only cover Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship as far as …
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage. “Do read it again, Elizabeth,” Sir Walter said to his eldest daughter as she cradled her father’s favorite book in her hands. “John Walter Elliot, born April 6, 1730. Married, June …
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