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Rude, gloomy and a depressive. Is this the Darcy you know (and love)?
Just been rereading Sebastian Faulks' take on Mr Darcy in his Faulks on Fiction (BBC Books). There's an abridged version below, courtesy...
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Bear essentials for the likes of Mr Darcy
One of the more intriguing things I discovered when researching What Kitty Did Next (published by Red Door Books on 28 June, in just...
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If only Jane Austen had had a laptop!
As I sit tapping away on my keyboard, with the ability to save and delete, cut and paste, move paragraphs back and forth, I cannot...
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Why is it called a wedding breakfast? Jane Austen knew...
With only six sleeps before the upwardly mobile Ms Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry, speculation about all things royal wedding grows...
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If Meghan married Darcy
If Meghan Markle had married a “single man in possession of a good fortune” back in the early 19th century, she might have escaped a lot...
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Get over it, Miss Bingley - Cheapside was great for retail therapy
All kinds of fascinating pieces of information came to my notice when I was researching life in Regency England for What Kitty Did Next....
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