Category: Sense and Sensibility
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A Match For Margaret Dashwood, Part 3
Hello again! I’m back with the next section of my work-in-progress, an epistolary novella with characters from Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey! If you missed the first two parts (or need to refresh your memory on what’s going on), you can read the previous sections here. * * * * * * *…
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A Match for Margaret Dashwood, Part 2
Here’s a link to Part 1 Captain Walter Jennings to Captain Frederick Wentworth: Dear Wentworth, Your letter followed me to London, where I am staying with my sister, Mrs. Lacey. I would not be staying long if I had a choice, but she is a widow and not in the best of health. My presence…
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Military Owes Jane; Janeites Owe Military
Last month, we explored the way the Napoleonic Wars affected Jane Austen’s family and how her novels were viewed by readers during the world wars of the twentieth century. This month, we’ll drill a little deeper and go a little wider. Austen’s novels might be said to have participated directly in World War II. Some…
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Forget Persuasion, Watch Hallmark’s Sense and Sensibility! A Movie Review
In January 2024, Hallmark débuted four Jane Austen-inspired movies, from modern rom-coms to straight-up, Regency adaptations. I finally got to watch Sense and Sensibility, and it was lovely! Now, I adore Emma Thompson, so I cannot say that this surpassed her version, but for me it easily surpassed the most recent Persuasion (2022) or Emma…
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A Match for Margaret Dashwood
Hello again everyone! It’s been a while! Life was crazy there for a while with various family health issues. It’s gotten a bit better, so I’m able to write again. Many thanks to the bloggers who filled in for me in the last few months! I’m writing a new story: a spinoff of Sense and…
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New Sensibilities—Musings, History, and a Short Story
Once again, my time has been taken up in organising, packing, and clearing out my mother-in-law’s apartment after her move to a seniors’ residence. The task, while coming to a necessary end (her lease expires at the end of June) is all-consuming, leaving precious little time for writing or editing. It does, however, leave plenty…
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Modern Magazine Covers Reimagined with Regency Headlines
Modern magazine covers transformed to cover top Regency stories, like: “It’s All in the Wrist: The Right Way to Pour His Tea.”
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Cover Reveal for Austen’s Creative Development
I’m pleased to announce today the cover reveal for my new book on Jane Austen’s creative process and her development as a writer. The nonfiction book, Jane Austen and the Creation of Modern Fiction: Six Novels in a “Style Entirely New,” can also be pre-ordered now from Jane Austen Books. It will be available in…
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How Jane Austen Uses Names
And which names are never given Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and Colonel Fitzwilliam are never named in the entirety of Pride & Prejudice. Fan fiction and adaptations have given them first names, but Austen never revealed names if a person would be addressed by a title instead. Mrs. Bennet is addressed as “mamma,” “sister,” and…