The Cajun Cheesehead Analyzes Austen’s Characters #1 – Mr. Bennet, from Pride and Prejudice Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. For the next year, I’m going to do something very different. While I’m working my next novel, I’m going to explore some of Jane Austen’s famous and/or beloved characters. I’ll be going deep into their actions …
I posted last week about my visit to a recreated Georgian townhouse in Bath, UK, that I had the opportunity to visit this past summer. My previous post was all about the “upstairs”–the rooms the gentry would have spent all their time in. Today’s post is about the other half (or more!) of the inhabitants …
Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impression, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project! We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. Mrs. Gardiner Mrs. Gardiner closed the door to her personal sitting room and latched the door …
This summer, I had the absolutely delightful opportunity to visit Bath and walk a little in Jane Austen’s footsteps. I posted a while ago about some of the different places I visited, including Jane’s father’s church and the cottage at Chawton, but I also really enjoyed touring a sample Georgian home while I was in …
Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impression, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project! We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. Bingley and I are safely away from Netherfield to London – away from the presence and …
Hello All and Happy New Year! I have two exciting New Releases to tell you about, plus a ‘Secret Audiobook Giveaway.’ Although, given the way ACX goes about reviewing and approving audiobooks, I really have no way to know if the audiobook will still be ‘secret’ by the time this post goes up. I guess …
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your holidays have been merry and filled with happiness and fun! It’s release day for A Debt to be Paid, so join me for a new release celebration! Some stories begin with a question. For A Debt to be Paid, mine was a quiet what if that would not …
It’s a new year with new beginnings, lovely readers! What goes better with new beginnings than a new writing project? We, the authors of Austen Variations, were so happy with how well our “Pride and Prejudice: The Untold Stories,” and “Prelude to Pemberley” were received, we wished to continue the fun, but with a …
On December 29th in Regency England, Christmas was not over. In fact, they were right in the middle of it. Under the traditional church calendar, the Twelve Days of Christmas run from December 25 to January 5, with Christmas Day itself counted as the First Day. That makes December 29 the Fifth Day of Christmas, …
Welcome to the 2025 Austen Variations Advent Calendar, where our amazing authors will bring you a new gift every day from now until today, December 24th. Lady Catherine’s Christmas Carol Part One. The Ghost of Christmas Past. It was Christmas Eve, and Lady Catherine was in a hurry. A lady, of course, never hurries,” she …
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