Mr. Bennet Illustration for Pride and Prejudice (Hugh Thomson)
Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) [Public domain] via Wikimedia Commons
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“Come in, my dears,” Mr. Bennet called from his chair near the small hearth in his study as Elizabeth opened the door. “How many daughters are visiting me today?” He peeked over his shoulder toward the door. “Myfavourites,” he said with a smile.
“No, Papa. I am here, too,” Lydia said.
“And you are not myfavourite youngest daughter? Have you given that position to Kitty? I shall have to write this down, so I do not forget if you have.” He closed his book and tucked it between his leg and the arm of the chair.
[from Loving Lydia, book 3 in the Marrying Elizabeth Series]
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).
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2 thoughts on “Mr. Bennet Illustration for Pride and Prejudice (Hugh Thomson)”
Aahhh! So much was said in such a short clip. I love the sketch. Lydia’s words were so profound. They say so much as to her thinking of her place in her father’s heart and mind. I lay this at M/M Bennet’s feet that the daughters should feel such with their places in their parents affections. I think things will change for the better in this story. This M/M Bennet have had an awakening and will strive to do better with their daughters. It still stung when Lydia said that. She feels it more so than the other girls Especially now that she wants things to change. She has a goal and a purpose in her young life. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to reading the rest of this.
I’m telling you, this young lady has made me teary-eyed more than once when I have been writing her. I’m not entirely certain what it is that has earned her a soft place in my heart. (It’s probably that she is young and so often just written off and condemned. I worked too long with young people to not feel for her. 🙂 )
This conversation is an eye-opener for Lydia for sure just as much as it is for her father. Sometimes as parents we can’t see our relationship with our kids through their eyes, and this conversation gives Mr. Bennet a different perspective. But then I do like to write stories that include shifts in perspective. This series is pretty much all about that – the way Darcy sees himself, the way he sees Mrs. Bennet, and now how he views Lydia. 🙂
Oh, and about tomorrow’s chapter. Sorry. 🙂 I’ll apologize for that cliffhanger now. 🙂
Aahhh! So much was said in such a short clip. I love the sketch. Lydia’s words were so profound. They say so much as to her thinking of her place in her father’s heart and mind. I lay this at M/M Bennet’s feet that the daughters should feel such with their places in their parents affections. I think things will change for the better in this story. This M/M Bennet have had an awakening and will strive to do better with their daughters. It still stung when Lydia said that. She feels it more so than the other girls Especially now that she wants things to change. She has a goal and a purpose in her young life. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to reading the rest of this.
I’m telling you, this young lady has made me teary-eyed more than once when I have been writing her. I’m not entirely certain what it is that has earned her a soft place in my heart. (It’s probably that she is young and so often just written off and condemned. I worked too long with young people to not feel for her. 🙂 )
This conversation is an eye-opener for Lydia for sure just as much as it is for her father. Sometimes as parents we can’t see our relationship with our kids through their eyes, and this conversation gives Mr. Bennet a different perspective. But then I do like to write stories that include shifts in perspective. This series is pretty much all about that – the way Darcy sees himself, the way he sees Mrs. Bennet, and now how he views Lydia. 🙂
Oh, and about tomorrow’s chapter. Sorry. 🙂 I’ll apologize for that cliffhanger now. 🙂