Tag: Jane Austen

P&P Missing Scenes – Darcy’s Reaction to Finding Elizabeth and the Gardiners at Pemberley

  Darcy has just handed Elizabeth Bennet into the carriage after happening upon her at Pemberley. As the horses begin to move, carrying her away, he begins to reflect on finding Elizabeth at his beloved home…     Darcy’s gaze followed the carriage carrying Elizabeth Bennet as it wound its way around the lake. After …

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P&P Missing Scenes – A Matter of Character

Following the disastrous proposal at Hunsford Darcy must decide what he will do.   Darcy stalked from the parsonage so quickly the housekeeper barely opened the front door in time. The spleen of that woman! The unmitigated impertinence of her! She painted him a villain…a vulgar villain! He mounted his horse and turned away from Rosings. …

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New Short Story – Lost in Love by Mary Simonsen

Note: The story has been out about a week now. My wonderful readers found it before I could launch it. As a result, the short story is #1 on Amazon’s historical short stories with a little red banner, “bestseller,” attached to it. That’s a first for me, and I was thrilled. Thank you. It’s been awhile since …

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P&P Missing Scenes – Charlotte Becomes Suspicious by Monica Fairview

But why Mr. Darcy came so often to the Parsonage it was more difficult to understand. It could not be for society, as he frequently sat there ten minutes together without opening his lips; and when he did speak, it seemed the effect of necessity rather than of choice — a sacrifice to propriety, not …

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P&P Missing Scenes – Darcy Finds Out Elizabeth is at Hunsford

Jane Austen does not tell us when and how Darcy discovered that Elizabeth was at Hunsford. We only know that somehow he found out. Here is how I envision the scene.   As the carriage turned onto the drive that led to Rosings, Darcy looked out the window and let out a gruff laugh. “I do …

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Pride and Prejudice: More Missing Scenes

There’s no question we all love Pride and Prejudice. In January, we had some fun sharing a few new “Scenes Jane Austen Never Wrote.” They were so well-received we decided to create a few more. Over the next six weeks, we’ll be sharing two brand new scenes each week. Here’s what’s coming: April 1 – …

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The Jessica Evans FAQ

Ohmigosh, you guys! I am so excited to be joining the ranks of Austen Variations! It’s an honor to be included amongst such a talented group of writers who I’ve admired for many years. I’ve been in the JAFF community for a long time and published my first book, The Muse, last year. But, to properly introduce …

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The Dance by Marilyn Brant

Do you have a favorite real-life “love story”—your own or that of someone you know? A romance that simply makes you smile whenever you think about it…no matter how long it lasted, be it a few days or multiple decades? We’re all inspired by the heartening love stories of our beloved Jane Austen characters, and …

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Anniversary Celebrations: Revisiting Fanny and Edmund Bertram

It’s our anniversary, and we’re in the mood to celebrate! Throughout February, we’re commemorating the success of Austen Variations‘ first year by dropping in on some of our favorite Austen couples on their anniversaries. We started with the Darcys and the Bingleys on the 2nd. Today, we’re visiting the Fanny and Edmund from Mansfield Park. …

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The Wedding Night of Antony Fitzwilliam and Lady Eleanor

A rerun of the trials and tribulations of Antony, Lord Stepton, Mr. Darcy’s cousin, were so well received that I am doing another: the marriage of Antony to Lady Eleanor Henley. Again, this post appeared somewhere else, but I’m not sure where. Enjoy!  In Pride and Prejudice, we learn that Colonel Fitzwilliam is the younger …

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