Library Writing Desk and Fatherly Advice (Uniacke Estate)

Photo taken by Leenie Brown during a tour of Uniacke Estate Museum Park, July 1, 2019. [Clicking the image will take you to the museum’s website. ]

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Fatherly advice from Richard John Uniacke (1753-1830) to his son James (1799-1858). [Image found on Uniacke Estate Museum Park’s Facebook page. Used with permission. Clicking image will take you to the museum’s Facebook page. ]
I thought these images went well together and with this chapter as we are in a library and it appears Wes is taking his father's advice. While his father's advice was not the same as in the letter above, I did think the subject of that letter was appropriate for this story, don't you? I also wonder if Mr. Richard John Uniacke wrote his advice to his son at that desk or not. :)

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“Please, grant me your friendship so that I can prove to you that I am a better man than Wickham.”

Her left brow once again arched skeptically.

“I have not been to Sally’s since before I arrived in Hertfordshire.”

She had not expected him to share such information with her. It was startling and caused her cheeks to flush.

“I know it is not proper to discuss such things,” he said before she could inform him that he should not be sharing such things with her.

[from Persuading Miss Mary, book 4 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]

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Leenie Brown fell in love with Jane Austen's works when she first read Sense and Sensibility followed immediately by Pride and Prejudice in her early teens. As the second of five daughters and an avid reader, she has always loved to see where her imagination takes her and to play with and write about the characters she meets along the way. In 2013, these two loves collided when she stumbled upon the world of Jane Austen Fan Fiction. A year later, in 2014, she began writing her own Austen-inspired stories and began publishing them in 2015. Leenie lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her two teenage boys and her very own Mr. Brown (a wonderful mix of all the best of Darcy, Bingley and Edmund with healthy dose of the teasing Mr. Tillney and just a dash of the scolding Mr. Knightley).

6 thoughts on “Library Writing Desk and Fatherly Advice (Uniacke Estate)”

  1. Lovely quote from a father to a son. Wes would do well to follow such sage advice. Perhaps he should have such a plaque in his study and library to remind him of his goals to become a better man worthy of a woman of worth ‘s love.

  2. My goodness, Wes was certainly blunt. However, it would take something like that to get through to Mary. She wanted to know… so he told her. He was willing to confess… that should let her know that he took her admonishments seriously. And… is more than willing to change his stripes… so to speak.

    I love the photo of that library desk. Actually, when I saw that comfortable looking chair near the window, I couldn’t help but think of Mr. Bennet enjoying a good book there.

    Enjoy your time off.

  3. Lovely photo, that classic style of room decor really sings to me. Can’t live that way these days, It doesn’t lend it self to all our electronics. Plus we don’t have a dedicated library/study. Unless you count my husband’s office, which has a desk and a chair, overflowing bookcases…..a computer, printer-scanner, 3,ooo wires which I would have trouble figuring out what they belonged to, stacks of papers, multiple pen jars, etc., you know the typical modern home office. Oh, and the dedicated cat table in front of the window. 😀

    Mary should in no way be taken aback by Wes’s bringing up this subject with her. I mean she dished it out in the first place! The quote above probably WAS passed on in some way to Wes and his brother growing up, but whether a young man takes that advice is going to depend on so many factors.

    The fact that the papers and effects of that important family in the area have been preserved and taken care of, now on display for the public too, that’s the awesome thing. Some young person touring the museum may be caught by a spark from the past, and connect it to his present day life. Yes, we’ve changed but good parents still love their children and try to guide them and keep them safe.

    1. A dedicated study would be nice 🙂 I have a corner of the living room which also holds our dining table (not that we use it much for anything but as a standing desk for me — it’s a tall table and just the right height for me to stand and type because I am short. LOL)

      I love the things they have preserved at the museum and all the things they share on their social media accounts that give glimpses into books and diaries and such.

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