![]() ![]() I spend seven years, off and on, composing Austenland, trying out different characters, writing and rewriting different endings, before I come to the story of Jane Hayes and her jaunt in an immersive Austen resort. (By the way, no such place actually exists-but it should, shouldn't it?) ![]() Darcy, really be as ideal as it seems? I start to write a book about a character like me and my friends, who goes on vacation to an English resort where tourists can put on the corset and empire-waist gowns, live in a manor house, and interact with actors playing gentlemen who woo them in their own custom storylines. Would living in the Regency era, being loved by Mr. I just wish that there were a way to actually step into Austen's story, try it on and see how it would fit. ![]() We are completely and utterly ridiculous. The words creep into our everyday dialogue-we say things like, "Make haste!" and, "Now that's a fair prospect!" We have daydreams about a fictional character and sigh out loud. It's the late 1990s, and everyone I know is obsessed with the Pride & Prejudice miniseries starring Colin Firth. ![]()
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