by Diane Morris | Nov 22, 2014 | Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
Lately I have been thinking about laughter and its importance in marriage, friendship and life. My 88-year-old mother-in-law, Doreen, got me started down this path. Her son—my husband, Peter—and I visited her recently in her new home. She had only moved in a few days...
by Diane Morris | Aug 10, 2014 | Life & Times, Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
Fitzwilliam Darcy was the handsome, wealthy gentleman who fell in love with the sparkling Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth’s mother was confounded and amazed to hear that her daughter would marry a man of fortune, especially as she at first thought...
by Diane Morris | Apr 21, 2014 | Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy
Authors find inspiration for character names in interesting places. Charles Dickens sometimes changed a surname’s spelling—Edwin Trood, landowner of the Falstaff Inn, became Edwin Drood—or he drew names from real life. Mr. Pickwick, for example, was a Bath coach...
