illustration by Hugh Thomson (1898)
I have a real soft spot in my heart for Austen's spoof of gothic novels, and her most adorkable couple ever.
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireAll pleasures must have their end, if only temporarily, and Catherine found the morning dawned much earlier than either she or Henry could have preferred. |
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Catherine, WandaVision, and Subverting the TropeSep. 20, 2021 | Comments "No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine." That one sentence prepares us for a story that sets up common genre tropes only to subvert, bend, or outright dismiss them. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireCatherine had nearly protested when Henry ordered his brother out of the room. But her husband never gave her opportunity even to throw a beseeching look. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireIt was certainly good she had some employment, but he could not help resenting the cause: to be forced to continue conversation with his brother without more than a dozen words shared with his wife was not how Henry had anticipated the close of his day. |
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Woodston Parsonage Floor PlansSep. 13, 2021 | Comments Today Chapters 2 & 3 of Gentlemen of Gloucestershire head to my other fan fiction profiles online. For my blog readers, I have the promised bonus material: the floor plans I developed for Woodston Parsonage. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireWith hat in hand he threw the door open, prepared to receive all the reward a young husband must expect upon such an entrance. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireCatherine was startled, perplexed, and not a little anxious by the sudden appearance of this prodigal in her home. |
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Gentlemen of Gloucestershire is Now LiveSep. 06, 2021 | Comments Happy Labor Day! It's a special day for me despite going into the office, since Gentlemen of Gloucestershire is now live here on the blog and my various fan fiction profiles online. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireMrs. Catherine Tilney née Morland began her marriage to the Reverend Henry Tilney with every expectation of happiness. When a crisis emerges and her new family is put in danger, she must become the heroine she has been in training for all her life. |
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Cover Reveal: Gentlemen of GloucestershireSep. 03, 2021 | Comments It's time to reveal the cover of Gentlemen of Gloucestershire. But first, let's see how books were illustrated and promoted in the past. |