Category: Regency romance
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The Book Is Entitled “Pride and Prejudice.” So Where Is the “Prejudice” Hiding?
Who do you suspect is the prideful character and who is the prejudiced one? Do Darcy and Elizabeth display an equal amount of prejudice in the book? Let us find out about “prejudice” in a book known as Pride and Prejudice.
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Announcing the Winner of Gianna Thomas’s “In the Scheme of Things” Giveaway
Always Austen is pleased to announce the winner of Gianna Thomas‘s “In the Scheme of Things” Giveaway. Marsha B. will receive an eBook copy of Ms. Thomas‘s The Four Lords’ Saga Collection. Congratulations, Marsha. Please contact Regina Jeffers, Giveaway Coordinator, at reginalm@rjeffers.com to claim your prize. [According to stated giveaway rules on Always Austen, all…
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The Why-ness of Being
Early on in my affair with the Canon, I became rather angry. Well, perhaps angry is incorrect: perhaps dissatisfied is a better fit. I tend to read a book (modifying Mortimer Adler’s approach) three times. The first is to enjoy the story: to sort of glide along the surface, being moved by the plot’s and…
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Auctioning Off Household Goods in the Regency + Wednesday’s Release of “Amending the Shades of Pemberley”
As we can all well imagine, the influx of the nouveau riche (people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste) changed the dynamics of how the aristocracy and the gentry went about their daily lives. Jane Austen was aware of the possibilities, for Mr. Charles Bingley in Pride and…