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Playing Around in Derbyshire - 13 & 14 - 6 years ago
Chapter 13 Wednesday morning dawned to sullen grey skies and weather more typical of an English June than the pleasant summer days they'd enjoyed so far that week. Jess stirred soggy cornflakes around her bowl as she described the delicious menu available at the Green Man. When Sebastian didn't make an appearance for his usual coffee and toast, Caroline slipped into his chair and leaned towardsby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 11 & 12 - 6 years ago
Thank you for reading, Cate. I'm sorry I've been delinquent with my posting. (due to an unexpected change in circumstance at home!) I'll try to post the next two chapters tomorrow morning.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 11 & 12 - 6 years ago
Chapter 11 Jess shied away from his kiss, twisting her head to break the cringing contact with his lips. Before her brain could register the soft thud of footsteps on grass, his confining hands were torn away as suddenly as they'd appeared. She opened her eyes and looked around. The counterfeit Fitzwilliam Darcy—leather patches and all—was now sprawled in the grass, quaking before the terrifyiby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 9 & 10 - 6 years ago
We rarely see the same faults in ourselves as we see in others. It's true, Jess has more in common with the rabid fans than she realises.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 9 & 10 - 6 years ago
Rescue is on its way! I didn't want Jess to be left on her own with the fake Darcy any longer than necessary.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 9 & 10 - 6 years ago
Chapter 9 Her first sight of the serious Austen fans came when they took their places on stage for the opening scene. She spotted a handful of bobbing bonnets, and a few of the ladies wore their hair up, with prominent ringlets and braids. However, most of the attendees looked quite ordinary, like anyone you might meet at the shops. Every chair was taken, and a few officials stood at the back,by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 7 & 8 - 6 years ago
That's so true! There are all different kinds of harassment, including some things we wouldn't normally think of.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 7 & 8 - 6 years ago
Chapter 7 Their first three scenes in front of the public worked out better than Jess expected. The beautiful rooms of Exley Hall provided the perfect backdrop, giving their small, transitory audience the sense that they were seeing conversations from the past unfold before them. While everything ran smoothly on stage, behind the doors, where the remaining cast waited in silence, the atmosphereby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 5 & 6 - 6 years ago
Chapter five Jessica checked her reflection in the large hallway mirror. After spending half an hour with the hairdresser she felt more like Elizabeth Bennet than ever. They'd pinned her hair up properly at the back, and created ringlets that fell on either side of her face. She shook her head, smiling as the curls danced. Dew coated the grass as she left the house, but overhead the sky was bluby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 3 & 4 - 6 years ago
When I was originally writing this story, I didn't aim to make everyone behave like an Austen character. But that's the thing about Jane Austen. She pretty much wrote every basic character type there is, so I don't think there would be any character, in any story, that you couldn't point to and say "he (or she) reminds me a bit of...". I suppose that's what makes her writing so relatable today.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 3 & 4 - 6 years ago
This is not specific to this story, but I've found that some of the misunderstandings Jane Austen wrote were more to do with human nature (being what it is) and therefore, although people can read the books, they can't always learn from them, because human nature can always override knowledge. From a writing perspective, stories without conflict of any sort tend to be rather short.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 1 & 2 - 6 years ago
QuoteLise Looks like they really put some thought into that casting ;-) Though it would have been some shock if Shortly after, a stocky older man with salt-and-pepper hair entered with far more grace than she would have expected from his size. He apologised for being late and introduced himself as Trevor. he had been Darcy ;-) Trevor might have been perfect casting for Darcy if they'd been doinby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 3 & 4 - 6 years ago
Chapter three The clock chimed six as Mandy took up her position at the front of the room. "Thanks for arriving on time, everyone. Welcome to Exley Hall." She collected a handful of loose papers from the table and cleared her throat. "You all know what we'll be doing next week, but maybe not why we're doing it. This beautiful old building is celebrating it's two hundred and fiftieth birthday nexby Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 1 & 2 - 6 years ago
Not so much specific to any one Austen hero, but the general concept of "gentlemanlike behaviour" seems to be less prevalent these days. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story.by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Playing Around in Derbyshire - 1 & 2 - 6 years ago
Thank you for reading the first two chapters. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story!by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Playing Around in Derbyshire - 1 & 2 - 6 years ago
A/N: It may seem, at first glance, that I've posted this story on the wrong board. Despite initial appearances, this is not a Fan Fiction story. It's an original story, with original characters, which just happens to be partially influenced by Jane Austen. Naturally, there are some lines taken directly from Pride and Prejudice, most of which are part of the "script". It becomes much less "Austen-by Heather F - A Novel Idea
Re: Aging-out as a DCI champion! - 7 years ago
Ah, LE! Reading this is making me feel so *old*. I'm sure I can remember when you first talked about Davis practising his trumpet at home all those years ago. Where did that time go? Congrats for him winning his last competition, and I'm sure you'll have some wonderful memories to look back on in the future.by Heather F - Tea Room
Re: A Jane Austen Price List - 7 years ago
A well researched list. Thank you! QuoteLizzy C. The two secondary sources I've drawn heavily on are Deirdre Le Faye's Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels and Daniel Pool's What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. The only caveat I would add about Daniel Pool's book is that it covers such a wide date range, and he didn't always make clear where things only apply to the Regency or Victoriaby Heather F - Tea Room
Re: Regency Seminaries - 7 years ago
Yes, I made a mistake with the newspapers. I started saving the pages to my computer as full page images, so they're not searchable. When I realised how inconvenient it was, I went back and started saving clippings of individual adverts and articles into Evernote, tagged by subject, but it's a big job and sadly other things often get in the way, like writing and housework. I did find one thing aby Heather F - Tea Room
Re: Regency Seminaries - 7 years ago
I'm copy/pasting this from a larger chapter, and hope some of it is useful to you. The target audience is less knowledgeable than the average DWG reader, so apologies if it's a bit basic. Ladies Seminaries were private boarding schools where the daughters of the middle classes and the gentry could be educated, at a price. Jane Austen herself went to two schools like this, between the ages of seby Heather F - Tea Room
Re: Peeresses - 8 years ago
I originally collected this information to add to my reader's guide, before realising that it was getting a bit too complicated, and I was doing the research purely for my own entertainment, rather than tailoring the content to my specific audience. Because most dukedoms, marquessates, earldoms and viscountcies were inherited by "heirs male of the body", very few of these were ever held by womeby Heather F - Tea Room
Re: rules of inheritance for peerages - 8 years ago
I know a bit about this because I've been working on a readers guide to the Regency - not aimed towards the knowledgeable folks at DWG, but for the less enlightened readers elsewhere on the internet. I don't know anything specific about the Dukes of Marlborough, but I did look into the general process of granting a peerage and how it was inherited. There was no single rule for inheriting a peerby Heather F - Tea Room
Re: Waves 'Hello!' to Heather - 8 years ago
Hi to LE and tJean ... and anyone else who remembers me! This place is a lot like Cheers. You can walk through the door after being away for a while - quite a while in my case - and you can still find lots of familiar faces.by Heather F - Tea Room
Re: Question for Sarah Waldock re: Almacks - 8 years ago
Thanks, Sarah. I've also been looking to see whether there was any pattern between the patronesses at Almacks and those at the Argyle/Argyll Street Institution. (later Argyll Rooms) Some of the same names crop up in both groups, so I've been collecting those as well - purely for curiosity's sake! I'll send you what I have via email tomorrow, once I've checked it through to make sure it's underby Heather F - Tea Room
Question for Sarah Waldock re: Almacks - 8 years ago
I was recently doing some research on Almacks, and I found a comment you posted on the Regency History.net blog back in 2015. I couldn't figure out a way to contact you about it, but then I remembered that you also post your stories here. You mentioned you were collecting all the Almacks patronesses from 1770 to 1837. Did you find a gap between 1807 and 1811? Does anyone know why Almacks wasn'tby Heather F - Tea Room