It's that time of year again: are we doing another round of the Jane Austen Gothic Horror Nonsense challenge? Anyone have a theme to explore?https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130727#msg-130727Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:59:39 +0100 Phorum 5.2.22 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130813#msg-130813 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130813#msg-130813 MichelleRW Tea RoomSat, 05 Nov 2022 01:55:14 +0000 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130751#msg-130751 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130751#msg-130751 NN S Tea RoomMon, 17 Oct 2022 04:36:21 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130738#msg-130738 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130738#msg-130738 Ulrike Tea RoomThu, 06 Oct 2022 16:50:56 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130737#msg-130737 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130737#msg-130737 Harvey Tea RoomThu, 06 Oct 2022 15:56:07 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130736#msg-130736 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130736#msg-130736 MichelleRW Tea RoomThu, 06 Oct 2022 01:58:43 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130733#msg-130733 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130733#msg-130733
“That which walks in Betton Wood
Knows why it walks or why it cries.”

(M. R. James, A Neighbour's Landmark)

So what - or who - is it that walks Betton Wood? And why?

Is this a ghost story with which Mr Crawford chooses to frighten the young ladies at Mansfield Park?
Is Betton Wood the forest adjacent to Lady Catherine De Bourgh's beautifully landscaped gardens - and if so, why are its shades thus polluted?
Has Colonel Brandon taken to roaming Barton - sorry, Betton - Wood in his sleep? Or was it Marianne after all?
Or Sir Walter Elliot, mourning the loss of his fortune and consequence?
Or ... maybe something else entirely?]]> Ulrike Tea RoomWed, 05 Oct 2022 17:32:37 +0100 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130727#msg-130727 https://www.dwiggie.com/phorum/read.php?4,130727,130727#msg-130727 MichelleRW Tea RoomMon, 03 Oct 2022 12:06:11 +0100