An excerpt from Snowbound at Hartfield. What drives Miss Elizabeth Elliot out into the blizzard? And why is Colonel Fitzwilliam compelled to find her? Oh, for a man’s greatcoat! Such a garment would have been far better armor against the weather than her own pretty cloak and muff. The wind tore at the edges, driving …
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Autumn Gone Awry
Part Two: Owing Something If you missed it, the first part of this tale is here https://austenvariations.com/autumn-gone-awry/ November 1814 “So tell me about her.” Darcy jerked his head around to find his cousin, Viscount Saye, studying him carefully, an air of eager anticipation about him. “Who?” “The lady sitting with my Lillian.” Saye gestured …
Autumn Gone Awry
Part One: Owing Nothing He was gathering his thoughts, preparing to speak, when she began. “Mr. Darcy, I am a very selfish creature; and, for the sake of giving relief to my own feelings, care not how much I may be wounding yours. I can no longer help thanking you for your unexampled kindness to …
Ranking Jane Austen’s Heroines
Ranking Jane Austen’s Heroines Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. As you know, I’m a writer. By definition, that makes me insane. Don’t believe me? Ask any writer if they’re sane. If they say they are, they’re lying. Anywho, as I am insane, I occasionally give in to my innate absurdity by engaging in flights of …
Chapter 10 WIP
On this first Friday in the month of October, I am finally announcing the title of my new book, which I have been mainly referring to as WIP (work in progress) when I have posted my stories. I actually had one title I was going to use, but then recently I decided to go with …
Painting a Picture of Autumn
Summer is definitely over. October is here and time to turn our minds to a new season. It’s Austen in Autumn! Yesterday, when I went out for my morning constitutional, I had multicolored maple leaves crunching underfoot and the occasional spider web hitting me in the face. I also took a plastic bag along …
Death & Life – a sequel to P&P and The Three Colonels, by Jack Caldwell
Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, my second published novel, THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men—a grand sequel to two of Jane Austen’s works: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—was originally published on-line. What you may not know is I also wrote a vignette about the characters in that story …
But What Happens Next?
“But don’t you want to know what happens next?” That’s the question I often ask when I meet someone who tells me how much they love Jane Austen’s books, especially Pride and Prejudice. Their answer is usually the same as my own: yes, yes, YES! We’ve fallen in love with the characters, and we’re not ready …
An Excerpt from ROSINGS PARK – Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins
Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As anyone who has read the ground-breaking THE THREE COLONELS (a sequel to both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility), they know I love to write about Jane Austen’s minor characters, imbuing them with more human feelings, talents, and fallacies. I see them in shades of gray. After all, …
A Better Fate For Jane
Have you recovered yet from the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death a week ago? Although it was gratifying to see how many people and groups think enough of her to offer special tributes and commemorations, it was still a dark date on the calendar. Heart-wrenching, really. We were reminded all over again of the …
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