Not Colin Firth – Not Matthew Macfayden or any other. Here’s an interesting take on what Mr. Darcy would have really looked like. Read more below.
Mr. Darcy, Jane Austen’s swoon-worthy, 18th-century aristocratic hero, has a sizzle that transcends time. A team of experts on fashion and social culture offer their take on Jane Austen’s brooding hero.
Source: Meet the Historically Accurate Mr. Darcy | Smart News | Smithsonian
“Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand [pounds] a year.”
If you watched PBS’s recent show, The Great American Read, you’re probably aware that Diana Galbaldon came in second with her Outlander series, and To Kill a Mockingbird came in first. Other historicals that made the top ten were Pride & Prejudice, Gone with the Wind, and Jane Eyre. Is the Outlander book series truly a great American read compared to its hefty competition of literary classics? Honestly, ladies, just admit you’ve fallen in love with Jamie Fraser as portrayed in the Starz series. Being his lass is all you really want whether it’s a book or film.
It’s been difficult getting this blog off the ground in spite of advertising, helping other authors for free, writing posts, and updating daily.
In case you’re in a reading slump….
Entertainment’s online magazine today released an article regarding Elizabeth Hoyt’s new book, Not the Duke’s Darling, which is the first in a new series scheduled for release on December 18, 2018. The cover is finally up on Amazon. It’s an interesting article about the storyline. Check it out at the link below!
The #metoo movement is hitting the romance genre. “Put another way, how does a genre commonly dubbed “bodice-rippers” stay relevant in an era when the ripping of bodices sounds more like cause for a lawsuit than a display of passion?” Read more below. Perhaps us ladies should start ripping shirts instead!
My first exposure to the possibility of time travel came through the movie, The Time Machine (1960), about a 19th-century traveler transporting himself by his nifty machine 800,000 years into the future. The story was written by H.G. Wells in 1895.