Lizzy Bennet’s Diary continues below! I hope you are enjoying these extracts and thank you to everyone who has commented on the story so far. If you’ve missed the other chapters, you can find them here: Chapter One – Chapter Two – Chapter Three There is also a discussion between myself and Janet Taylor on More Agreeably Engaged …
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Lizzy Bennet’s Diary: Chapter Three by Cassandra Grafton
Lizzy Bennet’s Diary continues below! I hope you are enjoying these extracts and thank you to everyone who has commented on the story so far. If you’ve missed the other chapters, you can find them here: Chapter One Chapter Two Lizzy Bennet’s Diary Extracts from the Journals of Miss Elizabeth Bennet ~o0o~ Chapter Three Longbourn, …
Lizzy Bennet’s Diary: Chapter Two by Cassandra Grafton
Thank you to everyone who read, commented and/or shared links to the opening chapter of Lizzy Bennet’s Diary! I really appreciate your support. Today, I am continuing to post another extract from the journals (there are ten in total, not twelve as originally mentioned). This week, Elizabeth has made two new acquaintances. Come and read her thoughts on her …
Lizzy Bennet’s Diary: Chapter One – by Cassandra Grafton
Today, I begin posting a 10-chapter story here on Austen Variations titled Lizzy Bennet’s Diary (that’s not the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, of course). This was originally written way back in 2006 – my first ever attempt at writing with a Regency ‘voice’ – and the title came from Bridget Jones’ Diary which, as you may know, is a …
Elizabeth Reflects on Questionable Marital Advice by Shannon Winslow
November 12, 1812 (In her own words) I know that many brides go to the altar in complete ignorance – and consequently in great trepidation – of what will follow afterward. Neither Jane nor I shall suffer such an unfortunate fate, however. No, with our double wedding only a few days off, I expect we …
Morals of the Story
I can’t remember now who it was that first asked the question, just that I remember being surprised by it. I was at an author event — a book club, where According to Jane was the novel being discussed — when someone there asked me why I liked Pride and Prejudice so much. At first …
On Friendship in the Age of Social Networking
Every once in a while something happens in my day-to-day life – or someone tells me a story about an incident in his or hers – that makes me think about how we develop and maintain friendships. That happened again this past week when I got an email from an old friend. In our modern …
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