Hello everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous start to your summer. I wanted to take a minute to tell you what I’ve been up to, where I’ve been and where I’ll be going in the future. My summer got off to an amazing start! As some of you know, in May I released… Read the full blog post …
Austen Authors is pleased to announce the winners of Elaine Owen‘s “A Cover Reveal Plus” Giveaway. Colleen, Linda A, and Wendy Luther will each receive an eBook copy of Ms. Owen‘s Stories to Make You Smile. Congratulations, Ladies. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules… Read the full blog post …
By the time this post goes live I will be formatting and preparing to publish, Stories to Make You Smile, an anthology of short stories based on Jane Austen. Some of the stories are sweet, some of them funny. All of them are written to make you smile. And we could all use reasons to… Read the full blog post …
Dowries. Settlements. Portions. Modern readers hear these words and cringe. We hate to think of women being treated like commodities, having value and worth assigned to them in monetary terms. We especially hate the idea that a father might “pay” someone to marry his daughter. But is that what was really going on with marriage… Read the full blog post …
Is there anyone in this world who does not like Jane Austen? Jane Austen has always been a polarizing figure. Though it may be hard for some of us hard core “Janeites” to believe, there have been many criticisms of her work over the years. Some have a grain of truth while others, in my… Read the full blog post …
If you’re like me, you absolutely adore reading about Elizabeth Bennet’s famous visit to Pemberley with her aunt and uncle, the visit that utterly changes her perception of Darcy. You probably love reading about Darcy’s generosity to the Gardiners, and you sense how much Darcy wants to win Elizabeth’s good opinion. You also feel Elizabeth’s… Read the full blog post …
What do the counties of Hertfordshire, Derbyshire, Somerset and Kent all have in common? Not long ago I read about a quiz on American states that was given to somebody from England. The quiz asked, simply, “What do you know about this state?” I was pleasantly surprised when this person was able to give accurate… Read the full blog post …
In Jane Austen’s day there was a habit that was carried out routinely by upper class people, but that did not make its way into her stories. Can you guess what it was? In 19th century England smoking and the use of snuff were common practices. Not only did society tolerate the habit, but some… Read the full blog post …
What was your path into the world of Jane Austen? Which of her novels did you fall in love with first? Did you watch a movie first or read a book? Many Austen fans start and end their infatuation with Pride and Prejudice, and who can blame them? It’s a terrific story with memorable characters… Read the full blog post …
In my last blog entry I posed a provocative question: could you ever picture Elizabeth Bennet with someone besides Darcy? How would Elizabeth get along with some of Austen’s other leading men? I described how I thought Elizabeth would relate to each of the men of Austen’s other major novels. Along the… Read the full blog post …
Who is the most beloved Jane Austen couple of all time? Darcy and Elizabeth, of course, are the big crowd favorite. Why wouldn’t they be? Their personalities complement each other beautifully, and as their story develops it’s easy to discover, along with Elizabeth, what a perfect match they make. But I thought that in today’s… Read the full blog post …
Mrs. Bennet is one of Jane Austen’s most memorable characters. Clearly Austen wants us to laugh at her histrionics and her constant, blatant husband hunting, and we feel sorry for her daughters when her antics push away eligible suitors. But we are also frustrated by her lack of manners and wish she would at least… Read the full blog post …
About four years ago my husband and I introduced our children to a favorite movie of ours, The Scarlet Pimpernel, starring Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews. If you have not seen it, I encourage you to do so as soon as possible. Our kids fell in love with the character of Sir Percival Blakeney, an… Read the full blog post …
