Tag: Darcy and Elizabeth

Presenting: “It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Darcy”

I’m thrilled to present to you It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Darcy! As some of you know, I actually wrote it quite a while ago but have holding it back until we were a little closer to Christmas, since this new P&P story is told in a Christmas framework. Now it’s finally time to share …

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Before the Opera – The Darcys in Venice Chapter 26

Lord Byron sent over a note to say that he had ordered tickets for the opera at Teatro la Fenice for the whole party. Contessa Guiccioli had already arrived and was in residence, and they would travel in the two gondolas, Byron’s own and Mr. Darcy’s. “I long to see her,” enthused Lydia as they …

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Unmasked: The Darcys in Venice. Chapter 25, Mr. Collins Meets Lord Byron

Nobody spoke for a moment. At the sight of Mr. Collins standing in the doorway of Lord Byron’s apartments at the Palazzo Mocenigo, the persons assembled wore expressions ranging from surprise, horror, and pained disdain; but no one looked at all happy. Mr. Collins, who seemed the least distressed, was the first to speak. “Lady …

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Preview #2 of The Courtship of Elizabeth Darcy

Preview #2 of My Latest WIP, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I’m still busy running Granddaddy Day Care for my baby granddaughter—Princess Sugar Pie—but I have hammered out Chapter 2. Again, it’s rough. Enjoy. Link to Chapter 1 is HERE. THE COURTSHIP OF ELIZABETH DARCY   Chapter 2 ELIZABETH DASHED THE TEARS …

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Unmasked: The Darcys in Venice. Mocenigo Mayhem.

“Papa! Papa!” shrieked Allegra. The pretty little three year old girl, her father’s dimple in her chin and with sparkling eyes, propelled herself into Lord Byron’s arms. “Gently, gently, mia cara. What? You are pleased to see Papa again? But you know I said you should.” “Will you stay with me this time, Papa?” “We …

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Under May’s Changing Skies

Some years ago, I went down the rabbit hole looking for wedding-day superstitions, and came across this: ‘Marry under May’s changing skies – a chequered path before you lies.’ It was a line from a traditional English rhyme, and it tickled me, because it was a great fit for the plot and the timeline of …

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P&P The Untold Stories: Lady Catherine’s Easter by Diana Birchall

It’s Easter, and Mr. Darcy has still not proposed to Anne de Bourgh… March 29, 1812 The wished-for proposal did not come. The green sarsanet, the primrose silk, the floral printed gown with the fichu, were all cunningly constructed so to give Miss de Bourgh’s figure consequence, and accordingly worn with her best French ringlets …

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Preview of The Courtship of Elizabeth Darcy

Preview of My Latest WIP, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Between the holidays, having audiobooks made for my backstock (look for PEMBERLEY RANCH soon),  and running Granddaddy Day Care for my baby granddaughter—Princess Sugar Pie—I have been trying to write a …

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Snippet from my WIP: An Intriguing Connection

Now that Mr Darcy and the Enchanted Library has been polished and published, I realized that I haven’t given you any updates for some time on my writing progress. Just to reassure you, the FOURTH and FINAL book in Mr. Darcy’s Magic is in progress. It is chugging along very well indeed [to use a …

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Jane Austen Unmasked: A Visit to Shelley by Diana Birchall

Note to readers:  I have been using a working title of The Darcys in Venice for this continuing story, but now so much of it has accumulated that we are only a few  installments away from The End, and I plan to publish it in book form.  I wanted a better title, and thought Jane …

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