Joseph Caraud [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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“Fanny Gardiner had more ability to run an estate than the young ladies of my circle. She was not the most intellectual of the lot of ladies, but she knew how to manage things and,” he smiled at some imaginary object far in the distance, “she was prettier than any lady I had ever seen before or indeed have ever seen since. Save for my daughters, but then they all resemble their mother.”
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 “Wordless Wednesday: The Love Birds, Joseph Caraud”
On, that was so touching. This was a delightful scene with Bennet reflecting on his early experiences with Fanny Gardiner. Many times authors take the stance that Fanny and her sister worked to trap a naive and unsuspecting Mr. Bennet. I like this take instead. You can hear in his voice that there was affection in his choice. Well done.
Thanks. Their story becomes pretty important in this story. We don’t get the full narration of the tale, but we get enough bits and pieces of it here and there to give us a good glimpse into the fact that this was (and still is) a love match.
On, that was so touching. This was a delightful scene with Bennet reflecting on his early experiences with Fanny Gardiner. Many times authors take the stance that Fanny and her sister worked to trap a naive and unsuspecting Mr. Bennet. I like this take instead. You can hear in his voice that there was affection in his choice. Well done.
Thanks. Their story becomes pretty important in this story. We don’t get the full narration of the tale, but we get enough bits and pieces of it here and there to give us a good glimpse into the fact that this was (and still is) a love match.