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Researching Willoughby’s Return: Exeter and the New London Inn

Posted in Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Exeter, Jane Austen, Margaret Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood/Brandon, New London Inn, Sense and Sensibility sequel, Willoughby's Return on March 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Anyone who stops by to read my blog will know how much I enjoy researching for the books that I write. Willoughby’s Return is set in Devon, Dorset and London so I spent a lot of time reading about these places as they were in the 1800′s. Marianne is married to Colonel Brandon and they [...]

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Devonshire Romance in Sense and Sensibility

Posted in Devonshire, Jane Austen, Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby's Return on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This scene from Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility shows Devonshire through Marianne Dashwood’s eyes. Marianne sees romance in every twirling leaf and believes that every day is fair. The fact that every one else can see that the day is less than fine shows how easily ‘blinded’ Marianne can be by her sense of reality. [...]

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