One of my first concerns when watching a movie based on a book I have read is to worry what has been left out. No matter how faithfully adapted there are always some things that fall by the wayside in favor of the cinematic need to fit a grand story into something that can be [...]
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Better Off In Trousers
If we were all being honest, I wonder what the actual percentage of women would be who ever thought even for a moment that it would be better to be a man? I’m sure age, maturity, and situation would be major factors in the outcome. For Alethea Darcy it is more than a passing thought. [...]
To Be Her For a Day
As an avid reader and a writer I tend to think of books as more than just a momentary entertainment. I love to read my favorite books over and over again. I want to memorize the best parts, dissect character motivations, and analyze every minutia of the plot. I want to imagine every little detail so [...]
March Winner
Thank you to all those who read with us, and entered for a chance to win in this month’s giveaway. Special thanks to Ulysses Press and Regina Jeffers for providing an autographed copy of The Disappearance of Georgian Darcy for the giveaway. Our winner is: Erika Congratulations! Winner has been notified by email. We [...]
From Silly to Smart
In Jane Austen’s original work, Mr. Bennet bemoans his sad fate–the father to the silliest girls in Hertfordshire. Well, except for Lizzie. But I am not sure that is entirely fair. Obviously, there is no magic potion cure for Lydia’s stupidity(also, silly and stupid are not the same thing), but Mary and Kitty may not [...]
Interview: Regina Jeffers
When did you begin with your Pride and Prejudice books? Are they related to one another, or isolated works connected solely by their relationship to Jane Austen’s original tale? During the 2008-2009 school year, my Advanced Placement English Language class listened to me complain about a particular retelling of Pride and Prejudice, which had drifted [...]
Where Darkness is Found
It so often happens that many authors of Austen fan fiction take one look at us and think for one reason or another that their book, though Austenesque, just cannot be considered dark enough to pique our interest. It is true that if there is a zombie, vampire, werewolf, sea monster, or any other supernatural [...]
Moor Darkness
Family and friends have gathered at Pemberley for the much anticipated wedding of Kitty Bennet to Mr. Winkler. All the fine wedding particulars of flowers, tasty food and good wine are discussed and supervised by the Mistress of Pemberley, our dear Elizabeth Darcy. So far, a happy and pleasant story. But, things soon [...]
DJABC March Book Giveaway
Thanks to Ulysses Press and Regina Jeffers we are offering a copy of The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy with signed book plate for giveaway! Be sure to read Jeffers guest post The Old Grey Man and check back for what our members have to say on the novel as well as Jeffers’s upcoming interview with us. [...]
The Old Grey Man
Today Regina Jeffers joins us to talk about the Old Grey Man and The Disappearnce of Georgiana Darcy. Shackled in the dungeon of a macabre castle with no recollection of her past, a young woman finds herself falling in love with her captor – the estate’s master. Yet, placing her trust in him before she [...]
To Mr. Darcy, Let’s Come Together
As with every previous Friday, Charlotte waited for Mr. Collins to breakfast, pull on his gardening trousers, and head out in the tangled web of cucumber vines and cabbages. Today’s letter promised to be particularly promising since it was in Lady Catherine’s hand. Who would the old rich hag have had such a need to [...]
