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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 11 (Oct. 09, 2021) | Comments This time marked her first return to Northanger Abbey since being summarily dismissed from it during her courtship, and she felt all the old horror rise in her as she entered the parlour, scene of so much joy and pain mixed in her memory. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireChapter 10 (Oct. 06, 2021) | Comments The sight was a balm for her nerves, sorely taxed by frightful dreams, but she refused to let such ideas run away with her as they had before her marriage. |
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Canals and CotswoldsOct. 04, 2021 | Comments To supplement the drama, let's look at another map and more background on the region that gives my book its title, and how this setting impacted the story's development. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireWhat he saw when they found the trail made his heart sink further: the way back toward Woodston was blocked. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireThe clock chimed four o'clock with no sign of Henry. She hoped at any moment to hear the front door open. But the minutes ticked by without this expected homecoming. |
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The Village of WoodstonSep. 27, 2021 | Comments For today's bonus blog content, I am sharing my map of the fictional village of Woodston online. |
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Gentlemen of GloucestershireIf Henry still did not believe his brother in real distress, neither was he sanguine that other offences had not been attempted after their parting. Thus obligations both domestic and professional spurred him to act. |
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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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