Category Archives: George Wickham

A Closer Look at “Elizabeth Bennet’s Deception: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary”

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Although I have written nearly two dozen Austen-inspired retellings, sequels, and mysteries, Elizabeth Bennet’s Deception was my first attempt at what is known as a “variation” in the JAFF (Jane Austen Fan Fiction) community. In a variation, the author changes one of … Continue reading →

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The Great Valley Road, Setting for My Novel, “The Road to Understanding”

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

When I began writing The Road to Understanding, I needed a perfect route to take my characters across the mountains between Virginia and Tennessee in the late 1780s. Who Traveled Across The Great Valley Road? The majority of the settlers in … Continue reading →

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In Quest of the Officers, a Guest Post from Diana J. Oaks

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Below you will find another of the fabulous posts one might find on any given day on Austen Authors. Diana J. Oaks explores the “appeal” of a man (or woman) in uniform.  Lydia Bennet. She’s naughty, she’s loud, she’s determined … Continue reading →

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Militia Officers in Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” + a Giveaway of my Latest P&P Vagary

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

What was the difference between the militia officers found in Regency-based novels such as Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice and the Regulars, such as Colonel Fitzwilliam, in the same book? At the time of the war with Napoleon, Great … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Courtin’ Regency Style

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

One of my MOST favorite movies is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I always dearly loved Howard Keel, and Jane Powell was the perfect foil for his Alpha male persona in the film. There is one song sequence in which Jane … Continue reading →

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Zombies: Monsters of the People and of Politics

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

Have we not all at one time or another felt like a zombie? We work ourselves into a mindless blob of humanity. This month I have had several articles on vampires for I rereleased my Pride and Prejudice paranormal vagary, Vampire … Continue reading →

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The Source of Elizabeth Bennet’s Myopic View of Mr. Darcy

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

 Fitzwilliam Darcy is a major, but minor, character in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Although he plays a major role in the story’s outcome, after all, Mr. Darcy is the romantic hero of the piece, he is not in every … Continue reading →

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The Significance of Books and of Reading in Jane Austen’s Novels, Guest Post from Lauren Gilbert

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

  The Significance of Books and Reading in Jane Austen’s Novels By Lauren Gilbert  Jane Austen was a reader.  She read widely.  We know she enjoyed novels; she was a subscriber to Fanny Burney’s third novel, Cecilia or Memoirs of … Continue reading →

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The Franklin Syndicate, a Scam That Serves as the Basis of “Mr. Darcy’s Bargain”

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Regina Jeffers

When I came upon the idea of a “bargain” between Darcy and Elizabeth, I required an impetus to bring them together in my latest vagary, Mr. Darcy’s Bargain. That impetus was a scam perpetrated on the citizens of Meryton by … Continue reading →

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William “520 Percent” Miller, Inspiration for “Mr. Darcy’s Bargain”

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Regina Jeffers

In my latest release, Mr. Darcy’s Bargain, Elizabeth pleads with Darcy to save the citizens of Meryton from a scam being perpetrated upon them by Mr. Wickham. But how did I come up with the idea of this scam as … Continue reading →

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