Re: Names in JA novels
You think so? But for Knightley she surly thought of the character, when choosing that name... so I thought maybe that´s true also for the rest.Well but guess, if I am overthinking it, than thats why...
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You aren't the only one thinking these kind of thoughts.... I came up with the very same ideas you did awhile ago, and posted them as well. Perhaps some might think we are over-thinking the names, but...
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Oh I see. Bennick does sound better...softer, so next time I read the book I will read him like that.Jaimy
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:) Yay!One name I had to laugh about is Fairfax. Fair is clear, a fair person, but for fax the only thing coming to my mind was.. well.. a fax and the thought that she does send many letters and one...
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Ginger Wrote:------------------------------------------------------->> How about I sort of combine them like this:>How about:'Injured in battle, Colonel Fitzwilliam receives enlightenment in...
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I can tell you that Bingley was the name of a town in Yorkshire that was associated with industry and progress. That was probably the mental association she was going for there.
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One thing I do know about names in JA - Jane Austen disliked the name Richard, which is why she called the dead Musgrove boy Richard in Persuasion."He had, in fact, though his sisters were now doing...
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Mrs Long came to the assembly in a rented carriage. As Mrs Bennet noted: "... I dare say he had heard somehow that Mrs Long doesnot keep a carriage, and had come to the ball in a hack chaise."
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1. Introducing Puck. (My first story and consequently awful. Only upside is Ash hijacked the story)2. The Missing Link sequel to the above. Very long and convoluted.3. Marriage is a Mistake Every Man...
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I've always been amused by the description of Catherine Morland's family in the first chapter of Northanger Abbey, in which Austen says that Catherine's father was a respectable clergyman and not at...
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Well, if that woman has once lost her own engagement ring...And then, she could have had still the chance to own it but lend it... once again, she does not seem to have much "know how" :)
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Well, there are certainly several degrees of Jane Austen fans, which may coincide in some points and disagree in others.You seem to agree with Ms. Clarkson that one single person should own it, but...
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Yeah, wondered about that, when reading Persuation. And the name truly was a prevalent in the Fitzwilliam family? Because on Wicki I cannot find it. There the Fitzwilliam mostly have the name William....
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Well, there are certainly several degrees of Jane Austen fans, which may coincide in some points and disagree in others.I'm thrilled to see life imitating art. It's exactly the thing the C.W.A.P....
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Handsome Men Are Habit Formingby Teg[www.dwiggie.com]The scene you're thinking of is in Chapter 18.
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As I explained, unfortunately I'm afraid Ms. Clarkson was ignorant of all the legal issues that might arise. That's one part of the problem, I even suspect that to take part in the auction, any bidder...
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