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Number 1 is titled An Impossible Treasure (link in message) - 7 years ago
An Impossible Treasure linkby JanetR - Tea Room
Re: A question about grammar - 7 years ago
I like the article at this link that investigates the arguments on each side. (There are two pages, so don't miss the second)by JanetR - Tea Room
Re: Love's Adagio: Chapter 1 and 2 - 7 years ago
Just a hearty YAY for now. I'll save comments for the postings at you-know-where.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Lady Elizabeth - 7 years ago
Legally, in that scenario she is only the presumptive future duchess. In the eyes of the law, as long as the duke is alive there is the possibility of a legitimate male heir (who I assume would then take precedence in line). But, even so, the courtesy style of 'Lady Firstname' didn't work the way that would have her use it as a grand-daughter in the female line. Of course an author of fiction hasby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Lady Elizabeth - 7 years ago
Are Elizabeth and Mrs. Gardiner speaking only generally and not specifically about her being 'Lady Elizabeth'? No one would correctly call her that unless she were the daughter of an earl, marquess, or duke.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Better for Loving You - 7 years ago
I have over a thousand JAFF stories saved on my PC. When I did a search of documents for "the small of my back" this popped up and then when I searched that particular Word document for the phrase, I was able to see which chapter it was in.by JanetR - Tea Room
Better for Loving You - 7 years ago
The story is Better for Loving You. The scene is in chapter 20 of part two.by JanetR - Tea Room
The View From Where I Sit - 8 years ago
The story is 'The View From Where I Sit'. It was at ffnet, but gone now (the link at the jaff index no longer works).by JanetR - Tea Room
Jenny - 8 years ago
When Jane Austen's father wrote to his sister in law with the news of her birth he used the nickname Jenny for Jane. QuoteWe have now another girl, a present plaything for her sister Cassy, and a future companion. She is to be Jenny and seems to me as if she would be as like Harry as Cassy is to Neddy. The quote is from this linkby JanetR - Tea Room
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 18 - 8 years ago
Thank you for writing and sharing this story with us. I enjoyed it all the way. QuoteJanet, who cries all the time. You know me so well! (Although in times like this past week, there IS a lot to cry about.)by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 17 - 8 years ago
Ha. It makes sense that a man who has trouble speaking would want a wife like Lydia. There will be no lack of conversation with her around!by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 16 - 8 years ago
Chapter 16 has wonderful dialogue and so many clever little touches in the narrative too. You said at the beginning that there are 18 chapters to the story, so I hope the next two are equally as satisfying as this one and that the two sisters spending their summers away don't throw anything askew.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Do you mean Gardiners' instead of Gardiner's? - 8 years ago
n/tby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: "to make sure" definition: examples from Austen - 8 years ago
Examples from Austen where ‘made sure’ means to be convinced. (I added the bolding.) In Sense and Sensibility, Mrs. Jennings after Marianne has heard the bad news from Willoughby. QuoteAye, I believe that will be best for her. Let her name her own supper, and go to bed. Lord! no wonder she has been looking so bad and so cast down this last week or two, for this matter I suppose has been hanging oby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
"to make sure" definition - 8 years ago
One of definitions from the OED: to make sure: to feel certain that something is, or will be, the case; to be convincedby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 15 - 8 years ago
Elizabeth was too happy to be embarrassed and I'm almost too happy to comment. I want to somehow work in the phrase "whatever floats your boat", but can't think of a clever way to do it so will just thank you very much for such a satisfying chapter.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Why does Mr. Collins live in Kent instead of his estate? - 8 years ago
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Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 14 - 8 years ago
This is pretty hilarious. It's good of you to have Darcy with the injured ankle. Ninety-nine percent of the time in JAFF it's Elizabeth, so this is a fun twist (Yes. Pun intended). At least she will have something *ahem* to do while waiting this time besides weaving heather wreathes. I don't know how you could top this scene unless it is to have Miss Bingley appear as their rescuer.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapters 12 and 13 - 8 years ago
I've always thought one theme of Pride and Prejudice was how isolated Elizabeth was (physically in some sense, but especially in not having intellectual equals) and now you have placed her in the very meaning of the word: on an island! I'm looking forward to this meeting with Darcy at the pond and what you have in store for us. Something both awkward and thrilling and highly embarrassing, I suspby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 11 - 8 years ago
I am always and forever so much TeamElizabeth that a chapter like this, where she has been so wrong, is tough. I'm confident that, like in Austen's novel, her intelligence and sense of justice and abilities in self-examination and self-improvement will come into play. And there is still the Miss Cornish explanation to look forward to.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 10 - 8 years ago
I want to yell, "just talk, everybody!" I'm glad that, when this is a completed story and I'm re-reading it as a whole, this chapter will be merely one short blip near the middle. Everyone is so frustrating. "separate and yet near" You do have a vivid way with words!by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: cookies - 8 years ago
Hmm. It's not Wickham, though I thought it might be. So Darcy has been around town with Miss Cornish and Miss Jarling and who knows how many others you might throw at us? I'm beginning to suspect he's gone into trade and is running the Darcy Male Escort Service.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 9 - 8 years ago
I agree with Kent's hint. The first thing I thought when reading this was that Wickham has been passing himself off as Fitzwilliam Darcy. Perhaps now Elizabeth's opinion of Darcy has fallen far enough so that she won't care what he thinks and she will simply come at him in disappointment and anger and tell him what she thinks of his behavior. His answer might surprise her and get the truth-tellinby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 8 - 8 years ago
Your writing is truly superior. How well you have shown us Elizabeth's feeling and thoughts and the way they move around! From "It did not necessarily follow that she was in love with him, though. It might be her vanity that was suffering more than her heart, and if so, she ought to hold it in check. She ought not to confuse the two." to "Yet—she might encourage him; she was almost sure she wouldby JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 7 - 8 years ago
I'm very amused at the way Elizabeth is determined to think well of him, whether she realizes it or not or to what extent. Is Miss Cornish going to be of some significance to the story? Some sort of rival?by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way it Ought to Be, chapter 6 - 8 years ago
I'd say Elizabeth is on her way to figuring herself out. Not there yet, but you have written her thoughts (and the way she can laugh at herself) in a most delightful way. Thanks!by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way it Ought to Be, Chapter 5 - 8 years ago
The way you expressed Elizabeth's feelings of happiness in the dance was especially good! Also, this! QuoteMiss Bingley had abandoned her attempts to attract Mr. Darcy with indifference and become fond of him again What a delicious line. Thank you for the laugh.by JanetR - Derbyshire Writers' Guild