Lady Russell, after consulting with Anne, has come up with a plan for retrenchment for the Elliots and Mr. Shepherd sees an end to his problems… Mr. Shepherd was in a quandary. His primary employer, Sir Walter Elliot, was in dire financial straits and Mr. Shepherd’s hints about retrenchment had been to no avail. Sir …
The Elliots are in trouble and Lady Russell wants to help. Why was she forever having these difficult discussions with Anne? A god mother should anticipate her duties, enjoy pleasant intimacies with her goddaughter. Recently those moments seemed fewer and farther between, over shadowed by difficult and challenging issues that should have been a mother’s …
It had not been possible for him to spend less: he had done nothing but what Sir Walter Elliot was imperiously called on to do; but blameless as he was, he was not only growing dreadfully in debt, but was hearing of it so often, that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer, even …
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage. “Do read it again, Elizabeth,” Sir Walter said to his eldest daughter as she cradled her father’s favorite book in her hands. “John Walter Elliot, born April 6, 1730. Married, June …
SCRUB – An insignificant or contemptible person; (in sports) a player not among the best or most skilled. — Oxford English Dictionary ~*~ The following takes place about four years after Frederick Wentworth captured the Laconia and was promoted. Summer of 1812 – HMS Laconia, in the Mediterranean Sea This is a tale of a …
Anne knows she must give Charles her answer to his proposal of marriage, but has she been persuaded to accept it by her friend and adviser, Lady Russell? Anne went to bed that night with a heavy heart and woke next morning feeling as if the whole world weighed heavily upon her shoulders. However she considered …
Anne listened to Lady Russell’s counsel three years ago, turning down Captain Wentworth’s offer of marriage. Now a second man has proposed. What will Lady Russell’s advice to her be this time, and will Anne take it? (referenced in chapter 4 of Persuasion) “Charles Musgrove proposed?” asked Lady Russell eagerly, leaning forward now with heightened …
Initially, Anne held out hope of a relationship with Commander Wentworth, but reality is setting in. Her availability prompts a proposal from her neighbor. When Anne went into the breakfast room, she found her father and sister discussing the contents of a weeks-old newspaper that a family friend had sent on to Kellynch Hall from …
All the news of Wentworth’s exploits has got Anne thinking… …plus a special cameo from our Jane Austen House Museum fund raiser… Anne lay the newspaper aside and maneuvered in the window bench until the sunbeam caressed her face. Such exploits, such bravery. Though there was not a soul with whom she could share it, …
This is the second part of Captain Wentworth’s adventures with the Asp and Laconia. Enjoy! January, 1808, in Plymouth, Devonshire “Commander Wentworth,” announced the marine guard formally, “you are called.” Wentworth rose smartly to his feet, refusing to show either nervousness or fear, even though his career was at stake. He refused to meet the …
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