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Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 21 – A Most Respectable Elopement – With bonus Christmas Recipes!

“What say you, Miss Lydia, shan’t we have such decorous items in our own home one day?”

Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 20 – A Christmas Review

For today’s Jane Austen Advent Calendar post, I am going to share with you something I experienced a few weeks ago. I was able to step into Pemberley and share in the Christmas festivities with Darcy and Elizabeth, admire the beautiful drawing room, enjoy watching our favorite couple interact with family, friends, and each other, …

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Jane Austen’s Advent Calendar — Day 19 – Mr Wickham’s Wanderings: Mr Wickham and Mr Lukis

George Wickham Writes: Friends, as you may be aware, my erstwhile editor, Mrs Catherine Curzon, has the opportunity on occasion to gad about with theatricals. Amongst these is a gentleman by the name of Adrian Lukis who has, I am reliably informed, become somewhat associated with my humble self. What a lucky fellow he is! …

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Jane Austen’s Advent Calendar — Day 18

Whatever holiday you are celebrating this month, I hope it’s been pure magic! Some of you might already know this story, its an old one I wrote a long time ago. But I have a soft spot for Emma so I thought it was worth it to dust it off and shine it up for …

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Jane Austen’s Advent Calendar – Day 17 – A Visit to Pemberley!

Greetings!  Yesterday, to celebrate Jane Austen’s birthday, Abigail Reynolds provided a virtual tour of some of the places Miss Austen graced with her presence during her life. Today, I invite you to visit one of the great locations she inspired from her imagination: Pemberley! For the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice, the producers …

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Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 16 – Scenes from Jane’s life

Today we’re celebrating Jane Austen’s birthday by taking you on a virtual tour of some of the special places in her life, and, of course, with a massive giveaway below! We’ve shown you pictures of Jane’s special places many times before, but this time you have the chance to look around, see the surroundings, and walk …

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Jane Austen’s Advent Calendar – Day 15

Only ten days until Christmas now! I hope you are more prepared than I am. (I had to borrow pictures from a previous year, because I haven’t done much in the way of decorating yet.) But I’m glad you’re taking as few minutes out of your busy day to open another window on your Jane …

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Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 14 – A Most Respectable Elopement – Chapter Seventeen

George Wickham and Lydia Bennet are safely billeted in the home of the notorious Mrs Younge – but for how long? Because Lydia and Wickham’s courtship seem be a puzzle in itself, you can click on any of the images in this week’s chapter and enjoy a little L and W picture puzzle too! Catch …

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Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 13: Mansfield Park Meets Holiday Inn, plus a Giveaway!

My first ever published work was a short story found in the Austenesque anthology Then Comes Winter. My story, Becoming Fanny, is about a girl performing in a musical production of Holiday Inn over Christmas. Aside from performing, Blair likes to do quizzes. The story opens with her taking a quiz entitled: “Which Jane Austen …

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Jane Austen’s Advent – Day 12 – Regency Paper Dolls

Today we have Advent fun for all ages – with Regency paper dolls! Here are some free ones for you to try, both online and printable. There are also books for sale of period paper dolls, but I’ve never tried those. Virtual paper dolls – choose their faces and hair, and then dress them for …

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