What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters? Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. I have often wondered what Jane and Mr. Bingley talked about when they were alone. Austen gives us so few clues. Also, …
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Jane Bennet in January: Dear Diary
What better way to start the year than to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters? Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. I dread trying to compete with Leslie Diamond’s tale from yesterday, but here we go…Back to Regency Era London with Miss Jane …
Is Jane Bennet a Saint? by Mary Simonsen
To take the good of everybody’s character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad–belongs to you alone. Elizabeth Bennet to her sister Jane Like the Bennets, I have a lot of sisters—five in fact. My real-life experience has always colored my view of the interactions between Lizzy and Jane because none …
The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles – Jane Bennet Does The Austen Interviews
What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters. Join us as Jane Bennet undergoes THE AUSTEN INTERVIEWS. The Austen Interviews #9: An Interview with Miss Jane Bennet JACK CALDWELL: Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. It is Jane Bennet in January time here at …
The Proposal
What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters? Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. I like to imagine that rather than Mr. Bingley proposing to Jane Bennet in the family drawing room, they instead strolled in …
A Jane Bennet Variation
What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters? Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. In Pride & Prejudice, after Jane Bennet receives the letter from Caroline Bingley informing her Mr. Bingley is not returning to Netherfield, Elizabeth …
Jane Confides How She Fell in Love with Mr. Bingley
What better way to start the year than to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters. Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. When the theme for this month was announced, I thought the perfect piece for me to share would be this scene from …
Darcy Reflects on his Parents’ Marriage by Mary Simonsen
Netherfield Park, Hertfordshire – November 15, 1812 Tomorrow I am to be married, Darcy thought, as he enjoyed a glass of port in his bedchamber. Although delighted by the prospect of sharing his life with the woman he loved, his thoughts turned to another couple—that of his parents, David Darcy and Lady Anne Fitzwilliam. As …
Jane’s Poetic Admirer
What better way to start the year that to focus on one of Jane Austen’s most beloved characters. Join Austen Variations as we spend January looking into the lovely Jane Bennet. “I do not like to boast of my own child, but to be sure, Jane — one does not often see anybody …
P&P: Behind the Scenes – Darcy and the Harlequin
While in London, Darcy attends a Christmastide pantomime with the Bingley sisters. Dec 30, 1811 Darcy laid his newspaper aside. Miss Bingley should not have worried, her little dinner party hardly garnered any notice at all. A few brief words of Sir Andrew’s and Lady Elizabeth’s attendance …
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