Dancing with Mr Darcy!

Last night Monica Fairview (The Other Mr Darcy) and I went to the book launch of Dancing with Mr Darcy. If you haven’t heard about this book before it’s a selection of short stories inspired by Chawton and connections to Jane Austen. What is really worthwhile, I think, is that the proceeds of the book [...]

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Dancing with Mr Darcy!

Last night Monica Fairview (The Other Mr Darcy) and I went to the book launch of Dancing with Mr Darcy. If you haven’t heard about this book before it’s a selection of short stories inspired by Chawton and connections to Jane Austen. What is really worthwhile, I think, is that the proceeds of the book [...]

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A Card for Valentine’s Day

…he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents would most suit her. In chapter fifty of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet is beginning to think that she made a mistake when she turned down Mr Darcy’s proposal. Her feelings towards him have changed and she can only contemplate on the fact [...]

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Sisters and Birthdays!

I’m thinking about my sister today, it’s her birthday. Happy Birthday Gaynor! Although we now live far apart, it’s easy for us to keep in touch by phone and e-mail. When you consider that people in Jane Austen’s day had only the post to maintain communication when they were apart, it’s difficult to appreciate how [...]

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Sisters and Birthdays!

I’m thinking about my sister today, it’s her birthday. Happy Birthday Gaynor! Although we now live far apart, it’s easy for us to keep in touch by phone and e-mail. When you consider that people in Jane Austen’s day had only the post to maintain communication when they were apart, it’s difficult to appreciate how [...]

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Lydia Bennet and Mr Wickham

I hope you have all enjoyed the Pride and Prejudice adaptation that has just finished on TV in the US. I loved this version and I thought Julia Sawalha was a fantastic Lydia, petulant and precocious but still managing to be very funny! Adrian Lukis was perfect for Wickham too, just the right combination of [...]

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Lydia Bennet and Mr Wickham

I hope you have all enjoyed the Pride and Prejudice adaptation that has just finished on TV in the US. I loved this version and I thought Julia Sawalha was a fantastic Lydia, petulant and precocious but still managing to be very funny! Adrian Lukis was perfect for Wickham too, just the right combination of [...]

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