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Persuasion 200: A Call to the Musgroves at Christmastide

The Musgroves came back to receive their happy boys and girls from school, bringing with them Mrs. Harville’s little children to improve the noise of Uppercross, and lessen that of Lyme. Henrietta remained with Louis but all the rest of the family were again in their usual quarters Lady Russell and Anne paid their compliments …

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A little Jane for the Holidays: Holiday Man

The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our favorite thing at Austen Variations, share our variations on Jane Austen’s works.       I hope you all had some tea & a treat in celebration of Jane Austen’s birthday yesterday!! In my contemporary romance, HOLIDAY MAN, Shannon …

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Sixpence and Christmas Pudding by Leslie Diamond

 First off, I want to give a huge thanks to Austen Variations for asking me to be one of their guest posts! I recently made a big move across the pond, and have spent the last six months adjusting to life as an expat. I realize every day I still have a long way to …

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A Little Jane for the Holidays: Pemberley Celebrations

The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our favorite thing at Austen Variations.     Below is an excerpt from “Pemberley Celebrations – The First Year,” which is a compilation of short stories that follow Mr. and Mrs. Darcy through the different holidays in their first year …

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A little Jane for the Holidays: Twelfth Night at Longbourn

The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our favorite thing at Austen Variations and share our variations on Jane Austen’s works.   Twelfth Night at Longbourn: It’s Kitty’s turn to find a little romance in this conclusion to my Given Good Principles Series. Enjoy Christmas dinner with …

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A little Jane for the Holidays: A Celebration

The holidays are fast approaching and it seems like an ideal time to indulge in our favorite thing at Austen Variations.     When I wrote Twelfth Night at Longbourn, I found myself neck deep in research about Regency era holiday traditions.  Learning but them was such great fun that I couldn’t keep it to …

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Celebrate ‘A Jane Austen Christmas’!

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 …

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