Tag Archives: Pride and Prejudice

A Closer Look at “The Road to Understanding”

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

In my short eight years of writing fiction, I have written a variety of genres/settings: retellings, sequels, Regencies, paranormal, cozy mysteries, vagaries, contemporaries, and inspirational. I will admit many of my 34 novels fall under the big “umbrella” of Regencies, … Continue reading →

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Pies and Prejudice, A Victorian Baking Musical, a Guest Post from Elaine Owen

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Regina Jeffers

Elaine Owen featured this post on Austen Authors in November. I wished to share it with you here. Enjoy!  Could you ever have guessed that a Pride and Prejudice variation could be set in a modern day bakery, that it … 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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Twelfth Night Sale! Reduced Price on 30 of Regina Jeffers’s Titles! First, Fill Up Your eReaders with JAFF!

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

As of Friday, December 22, 2017, thirty (30)of my titles went on sale. The sale will continue through Friday, January 5, 2018.  Fill up your eReaders!!!! These 15 Austen-inspired titles should tempt you.      Darcy’s Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through … Continue reading →

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The Taming of the Shrew’s Connection to “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” Excerpt + Giveaway

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

One of the main themes in my upcoming release of Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary is the use William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as a basis of the interaction between Darcy … Continue reading →

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How Did an American Author of the 1840s Influenced “Pride and Prejudice and a Shakespearean Scholar” + a Giveaway

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, in February of 1811, Delia Saltar Bacon was an American author who was among the first to purport what is known as the Baconian theory, which perpetuates the idea that Sir Francis Bacon and others were … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at “Christmas at Pemberley”

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

 This is one of those books that floats around in the author’s head for some time before it becomes a reality. Although we have a bit about the letters Princess Charlotte wrote to her supposed lover, it deviates from many … 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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Setting and Social Status in Austen’s Novels

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

I am currently writing a JAFF (Jane Austen Fan Fiction) Pride and Prejudice vagary novel that includes LOTS of references to Shakespeare, for in it, Mr. Bennet is a renown Shakespeare scholar. The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth in this … Continue reading →

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How “Intimacy” Exacerbates Elizabeth Bennet’s “Lack” of Judgment

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Regina Jeffers

We have all been in the situation where our judgment is clouded by the “intimacy” we experience with another. How often do we read of the female attempting to tame the bad boy? How often have you had a friend … Continue reading →

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