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Colonel Brandon in His Own Words Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words
Murder at Northanger Abbey
Prayer & Praise: a Jane Austen Devotional
The Ladies of Rosings Park
Leap of Faith
Leap of Hope
Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley
The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen
The Darcys of Pemberley
For Myself Alone
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Category Archives: fun & games
And the Winner Is…
Mr. Random (otherwise known as my husband, who did the actual drawing) has spoken, and the 3 winners of my Book Launch Give-Away are Julie Freeman, Felicia, and Vicki Tolliver. Congratulations! Please contact me via e-mail (shannon@shannonwinslow.com) to claim your … Continue reading
Anagrams Analogous
A friend forwarded me an e-mail containing some creative anagrams that I’d like to share. I thought the subject fit with the scrambled-word theme of some of my other popular posts. Plus there’s a legitimate Jane Austen connection. By rearranging the letters in the following words, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged alphabets, Emma, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, word games
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Free Sample
It is a truth universally acknowledged that everybody likes to get something for nothing. And it’s equally true that it is more blessed to give than to receive, right? So I figured it would be fun all the way around … Continue reading
Word Search
Here’s a word-search puzzle I designed a few years back for my original website. Not surprisingly, it’s made up of all Jane Austen related words, the clues (with the first letter) for which are below. And if you’re still stumped, you’ll find the answers … Continue reading
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Tagged Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Northanger Abbey, puzzle, word search
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Backwards Words
I came across this “backwards letter” (pictured) when I was looking for a Jane Austen quote about New Years. Since I’ve featured a couple other scrambled language systems before (Playing Mind Games and More Mind Games), which turned out to … Continue reading
And the Winner Is…
The results are in! The two winners of last month’s Door Prizes contest can now be revealed. Having been chosen entirely at random, they are (drum roll please): Lizzy MacGregor John Pelkey Congratulations! Please feel free to expound upon your raptures in comment form below, … Continue reading
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Tagged door prize, Jane Austen, Jane Austen quotes, Pride and Prejudice, winners
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Books Abroad
Today, I mailed out signed copies of The Darcys of Pemberley to the winners of the book give-aways associated with three different guest blogs spots I’ve done recently. The books are now winging their way – no, scratch that (I was … Continue reading
Last Lines
To continue with my recent theme, I decided to put together a quiz about endings for all you Janeites. You might recognize most if not all the first lines, but how well do you know the last lines of Austen’s novels? Let’s find out. … Continue reading
Playing Mind Games
Maybe you’ve seen this circulating on Facebook: AOCDRNDIGCG TO RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DSENO’T MTAETR WAHT OERDR THE LTTERES IN A WROD ARE, THE OLNY IPROAMTNT TIHNG IS TAHT THE FRSIT AND LSAT LTEETR BE IN THE RGHIT PCLAE. TIHS IS BCUSEAE THE HUAMN MNID DEOS NOT RAED ERVEY LTETER BY ISTLEF, BUT THE WROD AS A WLOHE. IF YOU CAN RAED TIHS, PSOT IT TO YUOR WLAL. … Continue reading
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