I am not sure these examples apply.
The fact that Mrs.Foster is Lydia's particular friend doesn't mean she was neccesarily Lydia's age; as you say yourself, their age difference might have been the same as or even larger than Charlotte...
View ArticleRe: Regency summer and winter
A few years ago there was a reality show where a group of people lived in an estate in the manner they would have then (I believe the time frame was early 1800's), and they almost went out of their...
View ArticleRe: It's how I'd say it!
I was thinking that if the person had been listening to something else A) would have been correct.Say: I like TO LISTEN TO music----would be correct. It's just that idiomatically, we usually refer to...
View ArticleRe: Regency summer and winter
Here's an interesting article that address the question of sleeping patterns in a times before electrical lighting--although that was already on its way out by the Regency.
View ArticleRe: The things you notice when re-watching JA movies
Maybe that's just his go-to phrase for love letters? ;-)"Dear Miss Elliot, following our conversation last night about the benefits of a possible union between us, I offer myself to you again in...
View ArticleWho else is waiting for Emma Approved?
I keep checking, but there's still nothing up on the site apart from a 'Coming Soon' and apart from a few interviews with few hints, there seems to be nothing concrete out there ... who else hates...
View ArticleOf course it is!
Thank you, Janis! In the very first chapter there is the scene I described in my earlier post :)
View ArticleSir Christian by Shemmelle
Whoever is he? Does he have his own story? Is he a mischief-maker? Where can I find him?Sorry for all those questions, but I'm all curiosity :)
View ArticleRe: Sir Christian by Shemmelle
He's a known rake and gambler whose notorious reputation preceeds him ;-) Also, as far as I know he looks like Cary Elwes, when he was still young.I am not sure where he appeared first, but I can only...
View ArticleRe: It's how I'd say it!
English is far more simple than my own native language, trust me! It's a relief to write and speak it...The point, however, is that the test was WRONG :X I shouldn't be so angry, but when a right...
View ArticleRe: Sir Christian by Shemmelle
Thanks!Why is it that good fanfiction suggestions come when one is too busy to read them? And when you've nothing to do and you're bored to tears and you clean up the whole house AGAIN just to kill...
View ArticleRe: Sir Christian by Shemmelle
... well if one day you find yourself completely bored out of your mind, you can always come over to my place and clean here ... ;)
View ArticleMe! And I'm getting antsy for the LBD DVDs too!(nfm)
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View ArticleRe: Me! And I'm getting antsy for the LBD DVDs too!
I've spent the last month or so on a rewatch (am up to ep. 87 now) and I was thinking too of the DVDs!And since I'm having a November birthday, I've already dropt hints to my siblings ... very subtle,...
View ArticleSir Christian also appears in...
A Hit, a Very Palpable Hit (my favourite of Shem's stories), and in the Introducing Puck/The Missing Link - series. I hope I haven't forgotten any - he is one of my favourite OC's in JAFF!
View ArticleI agree, and also...
why would a man choose/prefer a 40 year old mother of grown young women when he could have the daughter? And I would feel it strange if a mother of marriageable girls would put herself forward instead...
View ArticleRe: Sir Christian also appears in...
Well would you know it ... I read Hit just a couple of weeks ago and I would have sworn he was not in there ;-)I have to agree with you, he's awesome!
View ArticleRe: I agree, and also...
Probably someone who had children of his own, especially if the children (either his or hers) weren't grown yet. I think it was a very usual arrangement in America's early colonial era for widows and...
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