Category: Fanon vs. Canon
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Why bother with my ‘Darcy’?
Why bother with my Darcy? Why not just re-read – for surely everyone here will certainly have read it! – Pride and Prejudice, itself? I was asked this question by a sceptical fellow tennis-mad friend. “After all,” she added, “You’ve admitted that the plot is mostly the same.” FIRST ANSWER: Because Austen never married. In…
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Is Captain Wentworth a Jerk? + An Excerpt!
The argument that indicts Captain Wentworth usually goes something like this: When he and Anne Elliot were first engaged and she broke it off, she was very young. He had nothing except a dangerous career in the Navy during a war. It might end in promotion but was more likely to end in death. Anne…
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Buddy the Elf Meets Jane Austen – A Christmas Post
10 Funny Christmas Quotes to Describe Jane Austen’s Characters Only a true Austenite will appreciate them all… (Well, An Austenite and somebody who likes the movie Elf.) Enjoy! 10. “We Elves Stick To The Four Main Food Groups: Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corn, And Syrup.” :: Mr. Woodhouse’s nightmare come to life; it’s even worse…
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Darcy Smiles a Lot Actually (even before Pemberley)
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What do we Really Know about Colonel Fitzwilliam?
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Canon vs. Fanon: Mary Bennet
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