A Picnic Instead of a Ball – 1940’s Pride and Prejudice (with a giveaway), by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Well, we’ve run through three Pride and Prejudice adaptations—1980, 1995, and 2005. So, it’s time to tackle that strange beast known as P&P0: Robert Z. Leonard’s 1940 film Pride and Prejudice. The screenplay …
The Vicar of Kympton–excerpt #2 Darcy slowly descending the grand stairs, steeling himself for those inevitably awkward moments in the drawing room when everyone was standing about stupidly waiting for something to begin. The situation inevitably begged for some conversation, but not a great deal, just enough to fill the empty space. Even so, he …
Origin of picnics The concept of a picnic has been existence for a very long time. (Of course, one could argue that eating outdoors was the very first way to eat, but let’s not go back quite that far.) Food historians suggest that the modern concept of the picnic evolved from traditional moveable outdoor feasts. …
It’s picnic time! June is a great time for picnics, with or without our Regency glad rags on. I love writing about picnics. In The Second Chance there’ s one at the seaside (but on a pebbly beach and sitting on deck-chairs, so hopefully they didn’t have to worry about sand in their …
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter at all, you know I’ve been travelling this summer. In a fit of insanity, my husband and I planned an entire summer spent in Europe – WITH our three children. It started with 2.5 weeks in Germany. We participate in a home exchange group and a German …
Darcy asks his sister to plan a picnic, but she isn’t sure she is up to the task. The next day, Elizabeth sat at her dressing table, unplaiting her hair. So many things to do this morning, best get to them quickly. She picked up her brush; it had been Mama’s—one of the few …
For those of you who aren’t aware, each month we choose a theme that some of our authors may choose to write about. Our theme for this month is Summer is the time for Picnics, and I knew right away what I wanted to post. This is a scene from “Only Mr. Darcy Will Do,” …
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