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Nacie

Is From: Waverly, Ia ~ USA
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I am a 47 year old female, married 24 years to a generous, funny man whose character I utilize freely in my writing. I have two grown sons, James and Ian, and a rather spoiled tabby by the name of Katie. I love to write, especially the sequels found on this site. There is something about the A&E/BBC production of P&P2 and its actors (in particular CF as Darcy), which seems to have taken hostage of my mind, heart, and imagination. I don't know when this fever will leave me, but until then, I am enjoying the ride...completely.
I also love music. I sing with two different local choral groups, and I use, as a sort of inspiration, every kind of music as background while I am writing.
My only other real hobby is drawing, although with the writing and singing, I am finding less time for this.
Through all of this my husband understands, and although he does not share my "firth obsession", he has learned to tolerate it as it has increased my creativity in many ways unforeseen.

Naomi

Is From: Adelaide, South Australia
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I am a 24 year old university student, and have nearly finished my law degree. In mid-1999 is was in a second hand shop and picked up a tattered old combined Sense & Sensibility/Pride & Prejudice novel. My life has never been the same. I have now read most of JA's novels, and I watch the 1995 BBC P&P on video at least once a month, sometimes more often!

Nat

Is From: Perth, Western Australia.
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Let's see ... I'm 20 years old and a 4th Year University student doing a double degree in Commerce (Accounting) and Asian Studies (Japanese). My future plans (following graduation in 2001) are to work abroad for a couple of years (Japan and the UK) and travel extensively before settling back in Perth. Contrary to my studies, I have little intention of pursuing a career in accounting, only hope that it will provide me with a solid footing in business.

My passions are various, but Austen is definitely my most favoured. I discovered Jane back in high school when I was 'forced' to read P&P for English Lit, and the romance has continued ever since. My teacher gave me full marks for my memorable portrayal of Mr. Bennet, complete with 'breeches', an offstage aria from Mary, and latexed sideburns that fell off mid-speech!

I also credit myself as (potentially) being one of the first Aussies to see P&P2 (thank you, best friend with British rellies!) and getting all my Lit friends hooked before it came to our screens. Really, I should have been paid for my excellent PR!

My favourite past-time travelling! I've semi-backpacked around Europe twice, and often travel interstate. I've also been to Japan on a high school exchange, L.A., south-east Asia and around Australia.

Other hobbies are singing (10 years of Choir!), arts and foreign films, rollerblading, the gym, letterwriting, watching videos, cooking elaborate desserts and enjoying a good joke with friends. Then, of course, there is the internet ...

I discovered and lurked at the Republic when I started Uni in early '97 and, after I gained my confidence, headed on over to this gem of a site. I still tend to lurk a bit, largely due to my tendency not to finish things I start ;) (it's easier to avoid accusations if one makes themself scarce!). What attracts me to the DWG is the open and hospitable manner with which you all welcome new faces. The board seems to be devoid of all the petty jealousies and cliques that cloud other sites (not pointing any fingers here, thank you). The 'Welcome All Ye Who Love Jane' vibe is loud and clear ... and much appreciated ;) Our little community is to be envied, don't you think?

As a warning to anyone I meet here: I'm a complete and utter dag and quite a lot of what I say is with tongue firmly placed in cheek. I never mean to offend, it's just that Australians (well, myself at least) have a tendency to take very little seriously ;-b. I'm also pretty verbose (well, duh!) and find I speak much the same way Bingley is said to write ... something about his hand being unable to keep up with the progression of his thoughts?! Yeah, well just apply that to my mouth ...

Favourites of mine include 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Strictly Ballroom', 'La Vita e Bella', 'Grease', 'Shakespeare in Love',and numerous B-grade 80's and French/Chinese/Italian films. In the television genre, I adored 'Press Gang' (sentimental favourite), and am a 'Buffy'/'Angel' addict (for the David Boreanaz/James Marsters presence ;-p ... hubba hubba).

Just to finish, thanks to Ann and her trusty administration for a) bringing the board into existence; & b) Making it the wonderful place it is. Your hard work and dedication is always appreciated ;).

Nicole

Is From: San Diego County, CA, USA
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(a.k.a. Nic, NicoleTG, and Nicole as in 'Maddie and Nicole')

As one might have already assessed from my (handle) name, I am entirely modest and I would not dare bore you with details of me.  Of course along with me being modest I am equally sarcastic.  Be prepared for a long bio because I enjoy the event of talking about my likes and passions.  And I warn you... I have many.

*Me!
I was born in August 27, 1983.  You may work out my current age, if you wish.   I have only one sibling, my brother, Phillipe (b. 1980) who I adore for his humor, intelligence and for being such a great brother [aww, yeah, he's great :))].  My mother and father are also wonderful, supportive, and easygoing.  Mom is a branch manager of a library in the San Diego County and my father is self-employed.  My background is French, Greek, and Mexican.  I look more Greek and French than Mexican I suppose since I have hairy arms... I'm learning French unsuccessfully by two bad experiences with French teachers (which is unfortunate).  My favorite subjects are English, art (support the arts-- it's the first thing to go in cutting budgets), and history.   I hope to become a graphic artist and go to college to achieve that career in a place out of San Diego.  But do not get me wrong-- I adore San Diego!  It has the most incredible weather, I'm ready to experience bad weather...

*"Don't judge a book by its movie."
<< Since my mother is an English major, it seems she was the influence that led me to adore grammar, dictionaries, and many books.  I own three dictionaries, two thesauruses, and three grammar books but there are two more dictionaries for my family to use.  I do not profess to be a scholar in spelling nor grammar.  Rather, I enjoy reading it and practicing it.  As one might guess,   I adore Jane Austen's works.  My favorite novels of her are: Emma and Pride and Prejudice.  Other books, plays, etc. that I adore are: "An Ideal Husband", "The Importance of Being Earnest", The House of Mirth, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Mysteries [from earlier youth], I have not read enough Shakespeare [but I like him already!], The Brothers Karamozov, A Tale of Two Cities makes me cry [though Lucie gets on my nerves], "Antigone" [I have not read "Oedipus Rex" yet, maybe this summer]  and so much more.  I am just so fagged that I do not want to elaborate.  And if you think that for a teenager that this list is far more than a scarce list by most teens, I will go into movies... *grins widely*...

*"Fasten you seat-belts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
>> I love films... It can lift my sprits in immeasurable ways such as literature.  It can be exasperating to be the only person in your class who knows who Bette Davis is besides your teacher but I adore old flicks as well as the new.  I'll just list them and some stars that I like as well:   {DRAMA} Laura, Rebeccacolor="#000000">, Strangers on a Train[I adore Hitchcock], The Apartment [Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine], 12 Angry Men [Henry Fonda and a fantastic ensemble cast], All About Evecolor="#804040"> [Bette Davis and she's pissed! :) ], Now, Voyager [another Bette flick with Paul Henrid], Casablanca [Bogart and Bergman], It's a Wonderful Life [makes you want to kiss life full on the lips (with James "Jimmy" Stewart)], Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington [ such and tear jerker and good!], Rear Window, The Best Years of our Lives, Stagecoach [1st western of John Wayne], The Manchurian Candidate [the wheels in your mind turn when you see this!], LA Confidential [Titanic should have sunk at the Oscars, sorry Titanic fans], The Shawshank Redemption, The Wings of the Dove,Usual Suspects, Miracle on 34th Street,  {MUSICALS} (I find solace knowing Marie L is my musical amigo:) My Fair Lady, Oklahoma! [I used to be obsessed with this musical!], State Fair, Funny Face, Brigadoon [ohh, I love that one...another Gene Kelly :))], Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Gigi, Singin' in the Rain [Gene Kelly ah! so handsome], {COMEDY} Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail [thanks to Rachel and my brother's influence], Life of Brian, Waking Ned Divine [when the dentures fly, I laugh so hard!], Swingers [features on of my favorite bands, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy], Shakespeare in Love [I made a site on it, just go to the bttom section of my bio], My Man Godfrey, Emma, and sooo many more...

*"Are You Hep to the Jive?"
<< Now that I have bored you enough on these subjects, I will go into music.  I am a great, great, great fan of neo-swing, big band, and swing music (maybe some ska).  My favorites are: The Brian Setzer Orchestra [site], Big Bad Voodoo Daddy [site], Royal Crown Revue [site], Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Time Operator [local SD band; site], Levay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Indigo Swing [sexy-voice singer :))- site], Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Swingtips, Manhattan Transfer, Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and many more...

* Micellany
>> I am in the progress of three stories: The Proud and the Prejudiced with Maddie, Conquering Churchill, and Caroline.  Most of my effort goes into The Proud and the Prejudiced.  Along with the story I manage the Pothole site and Maddie manages the Proud & Prejudiced homepage.  Lot's of effort and work goes into it so it's a monthly thing (we plan posting monthly...) and with my other stories I have not continued Caroline
for a ling time but I should start posting it in August (1999) and I just started Conquering Churchill which I should make it a weekly story. I think I have already divulged all that I can without picking up a stalker!  Just another thing-- I have a site on Shakespeare in Love and I love color.  It makes so much of a difference! It can make one feel happy, sad, hungry, tired... I am a little tired after writing this...

--Nicole :))

Nicole G

Is From: New Jersey, USA
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I am a romance junkie and everything Jane Austen ever wrote fits the bill.

I am married with a very small son born in 2000 and I work in the internet business as a developper/webmaster/project manager and I love it because I can easily spend two hours a day at the DWG and noone notices.

My dear husband is an angel but is very jealous of the DWG since he thinks I love Mr. Darcy more than I do him...well.....ok, Mr. Darcy is not real, but if he was there may be a danger

Norma

Is From: San Diego CA
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I usually read just bout anything. I also listen to any type of music (that includes rap). And I watch any type of movies.

I go to school full-time, work full-time and have a six year old daughter.

I'm a lurker by habit. Being an only child has made me very quiet and uncmfortable with people I don't know well.

I think that is all.

O Amy Beth

Is From: Northern Indiana in the good ol' USA
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My real name is Naomi Beth-Nimrah, however my little brother called me O Amy a few years ago when I was studying French and my family called me Noami.

I first read Pride and Prejudice when I was 15 (I think) because there was nothing else to read where I was and voracious reader that I am I had to read. A few chapters later you couldn't get me out of it. In fact I distinctly remember staying up 'til the middle of the night to finish it. I have since read that copy so much it has fallen apart.

I love the stories on this board and am glad to find that I am not the only Jane Austen devotee out there. Besides Austen I am a big fan of Shakespeare and anything on Scotland. I love classical music and needlework. I also love period costumes and just about anything "old-fashioned".

I am heading to college next fall and hope I can manage to juggle classes, studying, work, social life, and keeping up to date on this board.

Paula J.

Is From: Provo, UT, USA
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I am 40 this year on April 29th. I have 4 children. My husband is a trade show magician. We have 6 cats and 1 Peking duck named Lunch (although we would never eat her)! I have a Master's in French and spend most of my time either doing office work for my husband or trying to keep my four kids from causing too much entropy in our home! I was born in Ottawa, KS and went to the University of Kansas. I fell in love with Jane Austen after seeing Pride and Prejudice (1995 version) and fell in love with the site once I found it....instant addiction. I love swimming, running distance, weight lifting and am a movie-holic. I do needlepoint, write occasionally(!), am a genealogical researcher and hope to get a PhD in French some day when I finally feel like I could stand to go back into grad school.

Peg

Is From: IL
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And a link: Romance of the Written Word

Hello, Austen Friends!

I'm one of the older (but not the oldest) DWGers in age, which you must have guessed since Leah is my daughter. I also have 2 college daughters and a Tim-the-Tool-Man type husband. I have been a preschool teacher for 13 years, and like having a place to come in order to use words of more than 4 letters. ;)

I am amazed at the other interests that many of us seem to share, so I'll just say 'ditto,' especially to the books & movies. "Sense & Sensibility" and "Pride & Prejudice" were my first Austen books (in high school). I have read the 6 novels & much of the Juvenilia (very interesting, sometimes unexpected).

I enjoy the DWG stories (and their comments) very much & come here often, though I do not get to read/comment as much as I would wish. You people are sooo talented! I also hold dear my friendships that began here at DWG or at Pemberley.

Other interests: baking (Invite me over, Jimmy - I'll bring dessert), travelling, living vicariously through my children, and sometimes I go crazy & do things like paint a clematis vine all over the ceiling. Oh yes, and tending my rose garden.

My website is listed above.

Thank you, Ann, for DWG, and to Kathlyn & Jimmy for being your helper-angels.

Peg

Pei-Ching

Is From: Mississauga, Canada

I'm Chinese Canadian; I live in Mississauga, which is near Toronto, where I work. I first discovered the DWG in 1999 through the RoP, and have been a constant lurker since then. I love JA and hope to post a story that is as creative as the ones I've read here! I decided to post a bio after showing up in the Chatroom & meeting a bunch of friendly folks.

Other information:
Age: 27
Occupation: articling student (Articling is like an internship year for law graduates before they can get called to the bar in Ontario).
Favourite JA novel: 3 way tie between P&P, Emma, and Persuasion.
Other books that I like: crime fiction (I don't like true crime), especially Brit crime (favourites are Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, early Ruth Rendell, P.D. James), the works of Georgette Heyer, Anna Karenina, 1984, I Claudius, biography etc.
Hobbies: reading, listening to music, and playing games (favourites are Bridge & Scrabble).

Pia

Is From: New Zealand
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Well I have only recently found the DWG but I have been a regular on RoP for ages. As I have read through some of the bios its intresting to see most of you are AMERICANS. I have nothing against Americans but your everywhere and for a 18 yr old girl who lives in a country with only 3 million people your ingolfing me. But I love reading through your storys on the Fanatasia Gallery.

So abit about me 18 years old, this is my last year at high school, I haven't decided what to do next year I'll either get a BA in Classical Studies or travel through Europe on a very very small budget. I live at home on our diary farm, we milk 210 cows. I have two dogs a cat and two very obedient parents, my sister is a teacher and my brother is on his big OE (Overseas Experience)he's working behind a bar in London somewhere.

Anyway I love JA among others, Australian author John Marsden is a favourite ( If you can read his Tomorrow When The War Begins series it rocks, any Aussie out there will know what i mean)Favourite movie is Jerry Maguire, I listen to almost everything, at the moment I have a fetsih for LIFEHOUSE, but among my CD collection you can find Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Queen, Ronan Keating, Joshua Kadison, Kiss and of course no teenagers CD collection would be complete without all the Backstrett Boys Cd's.

My mates and I all have our P&P names, of course I wanted to be Lizzy but I have blond hair, then I wanted to be Jane but I'm not sweet, I wasn't going to be Lydia or Kitty because I can't dance and New Zealand military men have awful looking uniforms (No red coats)So I am MARY, but I thank all those lovely authors out there who are making Mary's life bearable (Especially Shemmelle- Marriage is a mistake every man must make). I had better go because its the middle of the night and I want some sleep, but drop me a line I love to hear from other JA fans because no body in my house will listen to anything I say when I start rattling off about this great new story that has just been posted.

See ya (Oh by the way go ALL BLACKS!!!!!!)
A Rugby mad Pia signing off

Pippa

Is From: Derbyshire, England

Well bless my soul! There are not many Brits around here! I had better act fast before the American Dwiggies gain even more of a monopoly!

I discovered a link to this simply ripping site from the Pemberley Republic when researching a tad bit more information about Jane Austen to use in my English Literature A-level coursework in February (2002). ...And I have been using the excuse of 'research' to qualify the amount of time I have spent here reading the archives ever since!

Okay, excusing my half-hearted attempt at what some of you may consider to be traditional English phrases...what else is there to say? I suppose I ought to introduce myself...

I am known in my general circle of acquaintances as Philippa, however, should any of my brothers call me that, I know that I could be in serious trouble - Phil normally suffices! Pippa is my pen-name so to speak while Pia is a shortened version of Piapa.

Now I have the mundane task of stating my various names out of the way, let me tell you all a little about where I live. I am fortunate enough to live on the 'nice' (a typical British way of saying something/someone is...well...nice!) side of Derby...and a couple of minutes' drive from one of the most picturesque areas in all of Merrie England...the Peak District. There truly is little else that "compares with the wild and untamed beauty of the Peaks." As everyone would imagine, I can confirm, to those Pride and Prejudice fanatics who have not been quite so fortunate as to experience it firsthand, that the Peaks actually in Derbyshire, contain the most 'celebrated beauties.' Goodness, I'd better stop before this really sounds like a paragraph from a trashy Tourist Office leaflet!!

I join the fascinating world of adults this summer, an age which you now can have a direct say in politics; have complete legal access to all pubs and alcohol but also have to be completely responsible for all your own actions! Oh, shucks!

Being the oldest of 9 children (no, that was not a typing error!), I often bear the brunt of nosey people's endless questions! Let me answer a couple of them here... No, we are not Catholics...and yes, I do enjoy being part of a big family - because I've never known anything different, it doesn't even feel big...in fact, I find myself thinking that the families who have 3 or 4 kids are massive (!). Oh, and noooo...I don't know if there will be any more - I gave up guessing about four years ago - Dad and Mum don't even know!!

I noticed that many, if not all of you, haven't stated any kind of religious beliefs - is that because you're all agnostics or just simply find it irrelevant?? Just for the record, I'm a committed Christian.

Likes and dislikes...I prefer concentrating on the likes and it's probably best just to summarise! I love reading - histories, travel journals, novels (Jane Austen being a particular favourite), and anything else I can lay my hands on! I also enjoy writing. Other than that...well... I suppose the sporty streak in me is probably inherited from my Dad who played lacrosse for England in the 1970s - although my involvement in that particular sport goes no further than stomping up and down the sidelines yelling "come on the reds" on a few early and misty Saturday mornings in a bid to keep warm!! Running, kayaking and rowing is at the very top of the sport 'like' list with football (and, guys, I mean the real football - not the American cross between rugby and football!) and abseiling following not to far behind. I am not adverse to rock climbing and sailing while actual participation in tennis was sadly stopped recently due to breaking my elbow and injuring my shoulder whilst dribbling a football.

I don't think it is worth boring everyone with a list of favourite movies and an even longer one of those I myself find boring. I hardly need mention that I - along with most of my brothers and my 7yr old sister - have watched the Firth/Ehle P&P and Northam/Paltrow Emma movies so many times that we know most scenes off by heart!

I could go on but should stop here - I hope that you all find this as interesting as I found many of yours to be!

Pyro

Is From: Melbourne, Australia
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I'm 16, in 11th grade, and have no idea what I want to do once I finish school. I'm doing the International Baccalauriate (is that how you spell it??) and I'm really enjoying it. I've lived in Melbourne all my life and have made frequent trips to the USA 'cause my mother's family lives there. When I'm not at school, I rehearse in a symphonic wind band and work at my local library - shelving books. Which is great fun (I'm not joking - it is!!). I play clarinet and double bass and like all kinds of music. I play cricket in the summer but nothing in the winter. I'm a keen AFL follower also. My favourite JA book is Pride and Prejudice followed closely with Persuasion. Ditto with movies/adaptations. Other than that, I love Enid Blyton and Mary Poppins! Just one last thing - my real name's Kirsten, though everyone calls me Pyro (in real life too), so if you call me Kirsten, I will answer!!:)

Rachel

Is From: Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Hmm . . . 'tell us about yourself' is a rather vague phrase for me, especially when I have so many 'selves' that which one is 'your'? My selves are many-named, but none named 'your' . . .

And this is a prime example of my personality. The above paragraph says quite a bit without me telling any further facts, but I'll go ahead and do it anyway.

My full name is Rachel Marie--Rachel means "sheep" or "ewe" or "lamb", or something along those white fuzzy lines, which I find interesting, especially when you look in the Bible and Laban, the Biblical Rachel's father, also had the elder daughter named Leah, and apparently, (according to Leea!) Leah means cow, which I just find very nice, that this guy was not afraid to name his children after farm animals. :) Not that this has much to do with me, anyway, but I just find this interesting.

But in any case, I was born in the University Hospital of Columbia, Missouri, on March 21, 1983. Apparently, I was a late baby, forcing my mom into labor on the very night before labor would be induced, which is probably not surprising to all who know me, as I am a horrible procrastinator. Also, as a young child, I did have books thrown at my head, which is also interesting as one of my chief ambitions in life is to be an 'educated nut,' and I am extremely silly. :)

And as such, my early years can be passed by quickly, especially as I haven't the faintest recollection of them, except that I did learn to read at the tender age of 2, thus beginning a long career in reading, which was another chief ambition of mine in 2nd grade (I told everyone that when I grew up, my job would be to read books. Any books I wanted.)

And after this come a bunch of years that I remember, but have no significance on the story, other than that at the age of 10, I began to show signs of my odd, obsessive personality, best known as manifesting itself in a deep infatuation for the fictional JA character Colonel "Stud Muffin; Fitzie Pie; Lover Boy; No-Name" Fitzwilliam. This particular incident is well-documented; I won't go into further explanation.

However, the only truly relevant event at this point is that in 8th grade, a friend of mine was reading Emma, and I saw the recent movie of Sense and Sensibility, but it was at this point that I saw the Wishbone version of Pride and Prejudice, and thus was induced to try this Jane Austen gal, leading into my introduction into the superior world of Jane and the Regency, and especially the wonderful world of Ann's Derbyshire Writers' Guild. :)

And now, I have my definitive likes/dislikes/quirks for your delection because to truly go in-depth with my life (although what I have is fairly in-depth in comparison) would be pointless and boring.

Favorite Jane Austen Character: A toughie. As mentioned, I am quite enraptured over Jane's Colonel Fitzwilliam (or should I say, the Guild's/Lise's Colonel Fitzie?), but also my next favorite would have to be the interesting Henry Crawford.

Favorite Jane Austen Novel: As you can guess, my opinions change often, but my most long-lasting favorite has been Mansfield Park, although I very much like Persuasion as well.

Favorite JA Silly Character: The Honourable John Yates. Really, everyone should carefully read MP for this character, because he is the most delightful fop! A major reason to see the old MP adaption is the guy picked to do this role--he really makes this odd fop come alive! No other character makes me crack up as much as this adorably silly guy does.

Other Favorite Writers: Georgette Heyer was introduced to me through Pemberley, and I really have to recommend her for a light-hearted all-around good read. Her books are fluffish in nature, but she is a very good writer and has the most wonderful characters with the most hilarious names. Also, Dave Barry--a humor writer with wit and a love of bodily functions, he writes very satirical books about life, love, B.O., and bad songs. C. S. Forester also is good--his Horatio Hornblower books are wonderful, and offer a nice slice of the Napoleonic-era British Navy.

Other Non-JA Loved Books: Les Miserables is, in my opinion, a must read--yes, the unedited version at least once. Victor Hugo was another master-writer, and has a knack with entering into characters and making them interesting and wonderful, even if you can't stand them. Especially with Marius is Victor Hugo great--if you've read the book, you can understand why all these women love this sweet little guy. Also recommended--The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. This story is told from a man's perspective and changes style as also told through a diary, and offers a much differ perspective on males than her sisters--more akin to JA than Charlotte or Emily. Cecilia by Fanny Burney was a book that Jane Austen read, and mentions in Northanger Abbey--also, it really does have characters that possibly inspired Jane Austen for Pride and Prejudice--although, the parallels made in the intro of the copy I had I think were wrong. A little different in style and speech than Jane, but then, believeable, throughly enjoyable, and well worth the time taken to read it (about 900 pages).

Favorite Actor/ess: Once again, this opinion changes. Currently, recovering from a fanaticism with Shakespeare in Love, I would have to say the lovely Joseph Fiennes, but another 'steadier' favorite has been Kenneth Branagh, who has the gift of making excellent films, whether Shakespearian or otherwise. I would reccomend every movie that this man has directed; just fantastic.

Favorite Movies: As mentioned, Shakespeare in Love is a recent favorite. Anything A & E does is excellent, (The recent Horatio Hornblower movies, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Tom Jones, and of course, Pride and Prejudice) and also Kenneth Branagh's various movies (Dead Again, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Peter's Friends, Henry V) are wonderful.

Profession: At the moment, a student, but minorly a writer here of several works of fiction, such as Jane Austen and the Holy Bits of Ivory, Girls' Night Out, Romancing the Crone, with other works with friends such as Admiration Is Such a Drag with Lise, and Mansfield Revised with Marie L. In future, plan to teach English to high school students, or perhaps British Literature to college students.

Odd Quirks: Am nicknamed "Bob Dole" amongst my intimates, and am known to invoke this name and the name of Dan Quayle often as conversation starters. Am excessively silly; often quote such varied things as Monty Python and William "Billy S." Shakespeare. Another career ambition is to become, as mentioned, the first government-subsidized educated nut (perhaps a PhD!), and plan to write at least 3 books (one being an Austenesque novel) solely in order to fulfil all my promises to various people to dedicate books to them. A sign of deep connection/friendship with me: a tenancy to confuse your name with someone else. Am known to have the men in the white coats planning to take me away upon graduation in college, and tell everyone that I have the FBI following me or that I am a Russian spy. Am harmless, but very amusing--at least, so my friends tell me.

Now, thank you very much for reading, and thank you, Ann, for the creation of the Baronetage and for putting up with this long ramble! :)

Rachel Elizabeth

Is From: Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
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I am a 24 year old stay-at-home mother of two charming little boys: Joel (3) and Micah (3 mos). I have a loving and supportive husband, Nick, who endures all my idiosyncracies, including my love of all things Jane , with surprising fortitude.
I have loved Jane Austen's stories ever since I saw P&PO at the age of thirteen. My Mom, who has read nearly every romance novel on the planet, and particularly loves historical romance, showed me the movie; so it's all her fault!
Currently, I am writing two novels. The first, called The Nesmiths; or Husband Wanted, is what I call an "Austenesque": a story written in the style and tone as Miss Austen's original works. It is about three sisters and their attempts to find suitable husbands for themselves. You can read it at A Novel Idea.
The other, called Moira, is a fantasy/fairytale about an orphaned girl, who in her quest to uncover the mystery of The Enchanted Wood, uncovers the mystery of her own identity. I have yet to post it.
My next ambition is to take some extra schooling, and embark on a career as an editor (dependent on my ever becoming a famous writer. He He).
Besides being Mommy and a would-be writer, my other interests include interior design and decorating, drawing, dollhouses, and horseback riding.

Rachelle Paige

Is From: Evansville, Indiana
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I became a devoted Jane Austen fan in 1995 (when i was in the seventh grade), after watching Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite, naturally, and i have read it too many times to count. My video collection of the A&E production is beginning to wear out from 5 years of constant use.
I'm a freshman at Indiana University in Bloomington. I'm an art history major, and hopefully i will pursue a career in historic preservation. I adore reading, although i have no time to do so at school, i love being outside, i love to laugh, and hopefully one day i will finish one of my fuve novels and my countless poetry anthlogies.

Reb

Is From: Calgary , Alberta ,Canada

My name is Rebecca or Becky but since there is a person named Rebecca here. I was given the nick name of Reb with a 2 next to it.. that way folks would not confuse the two Rebecca's ..as I wrote I am from Calgary ,Alberta, Canada.

I am a single parent with a 9 year old son that I am raising on my own.. Like reading when I can, like football, baseball, basketball, and hockey.. I also enjoy cross stitching pictures and cross stitching baby quilts as well.. I have the past few years worked at my son's school , helping in the classroom .. I really enjoy working with children...

I am not sure what else to say so I think I will close .

Thank you.

RebeccaTH

Is From: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
And has the address: Send Mail to

I enjoy my job as a lawyer/librarian, and I have a remarkable relationship with my husband Gordon. In addition to being a voracious reader of both fiction and non-fiction, I enjoy exercising (especially hiking, but I do my best story plotting while jogging - the pain makes me focus!), the theatre and music (and, conversely, musical theatre), and traveling and reading/dreaming about traveling.

I couldn't possibly name a favorite book or movie or piece of music, but, if I were to attempt it, most likely my selections would be old. Mrs. Elton's friends would tell me that I am overloaded with old culture but draw a blank on popular culture. I do try to keep up with sports, and I actually go to see games and watch them on T.V., but besides sports PBS is pretty much the extent of my television viewing habit.

ox Rebecca

Renae

Is From: S FL, but I was born in Detroit.

Okay, there's honestly not much to tell. When I was 4 I moved from MI to FL because my Mom had rheumatoid arthritis, and couldn't stand the cold climate. I'm a very strong Christian, I love chocolate, I like alot of boys, (but not the immature, perverted ones) I have four siblings, three of which are dwiggies, I love listening to Christian music, especially Third Day, & Newsboys.My Dad's a minister, my Mom's a nurse, & that's the story of my uneventful life. I was actually first introduced to Austen, when I saw P&P on Wishbone, my siblings and I thought it was a comedy, and we wanted a good laugh, so we begged our parents to get it from Blockbuster, and then things just went on from there.

Renata

Is From: Porto Alegre, Brazil

My first contact with anything concerning Austen was in 1996, when I was 13 years old and my mom stuck this copy of Sense and Sensibility in my hands after picking it out of a shelf of a Waldenbooks store in El Cerrito, California. S&S (the movie) was nominated for a couple of Oscars that year and if my mom wasn't an Academy Awards enthusiast, I might have never heard of Jane Austen in my life. Not that I'm that ignorant, it's just that people here in Brazil are rarely big on English Literature. I also vaguely remember watching the first episode of P&P2 on Christmas Eve, 1997, at my grandmother's house, and not being able to hear a thing nor reading the subtitles, which would be my next resource for comprehension (too many noisy relatives), and so I understood almost...practically nothing.

Yes, I'm Brazilian (half-Italian on Mom's side, though) and I live in the Southern tip of this humongous country. So when I speak English, people ask me if I'm from Eastern Europe because of my different accent. It gets even weirder because I've never been to Eastern Europe in the first place (but I'd love to go, if anyone will pay me). Anyway, I lived in California between February 96 and February 97 while my parents were visiting professors in Berkeley and I even drove from San Francisco to New York. So for obvious reasons and circumstances, I know the U.S. far better than I know my own country.

I got addicted to DWG a week after I finished Pride and Prejudice and ended up mentally disturbed, just wanting more, more, MORE!... My friends even thought of putting me away in one of those nice places where they have padded rooms and nurses, but then I found you guys and went back to...er...being normal (yeah, right!).

Anyway, among my addictions that do not include Austen are World History, World Politics, CNN, doing my toenails, spending all of my money on CDs, reading and writing maniacally, backing up every comma I write on disk, aspartame (meaning, Diet Coke), and like 99.9% of my country's population, soccer/football - whatever you wanna call it. The only pets I have are six fish that are nameless, but famished half the time, and my little 13-year-old hansonmaniac sister. Her obsession is severe and I sometimes think of putting her in a cage, but who am I to talk?

Let us see...my favorite movies are All the President's Men, Sense and Sensibility, and Another Country (Colin Firth's first movie appearance, I think). I like to listen to the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Janis Joplin, Metallica, and Madonna. I know it's a weird combination, but then, I'm weird. I also enjoy a bit of Bossa Nova, thank you very much. My favorite book is - yes - Pride and Prejudice, but I have a thing for Jack Kerouac, the Brontė sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Isabel Allende, and Leon Tolstoi.

I'm 17 as of April 11th, graduating in a month or so, I hope, and I don't know whether or not I want to take the year off before going to college next year. If I do go to college, it'll be a local one and depending on circumstances I'll be getting my B.A on either History or Journalism. I'll have to get back to you on that one...

- Renata

Rene

Is From: Hawaii, USA

Aloha from Hawaii! How's that for cliche?

I'm a computer programmer/analyst here in beautiful Honolulu where the skies are fair and the clouds fluffy white. And if the temperature ever dips below 75, all local residents pull out their parkas. Cold today! Must have gone down to a frigid 70 degrees! Brrr!

I'm married to a wonderful man who is very understanding of my fascination for all things British. He even jokes to me that his favorite color is blue and his favorite dessert is creme brulee... just like Colin Firth!

I also have two wonderful little boys, ages 3.5 and 7. They, aside from DWG, are my stress relievers. I just wonder if they'll ever read P&P.

P&P has been my favorite book since I first read it when I was in intermediate school. (That's a LOT of years ago!) I had read all of JA's books, but let me say that when I saw the Colin Firth version of P&P, I pulled all the books off the shelf to reread them. And I have to thank my husband for getting me hooked on P&P again. I was home sick from work when he gave me the P&P DVD. I lounged on the couch in the living room for six hours straight watching that show. After six hours, boy, Colin Firth got to looking pretty good!

Other than Jane Austen would you believe my favorite author is Tom Clancy of "Hunt for Red October" fame? Too bad I can't picture Colin Firth playing Jack Ryan... (sigh)

I won't tell you how old I am. Suffice it to say that I'm a year younger than Colin Firth and Helen Fielding (the author of "Bridgit Jones's Diary"). And that, I tell my husband, is why I found BJD so entertaining and CF so charming! It's that common age thing.

Annnnywaaayyy...I just thought I should introduce myself since I've been lurking and reading your wonderful stories for about a year now. Thank you everyone, and especially Ann and her volunteers, for giving me a place to escape to! I hope you're here forever!

Mahalo!

Roni

Is From: New Jersey, USA

Well, let's see...
"My name is Veronica, (I like Roni better for posting purposes) I'm 15 years old, and I love Jane Austen." ("Hi, Roni!")
I've been reading DWG stories for years. I just never got aroung to introducing myself.
(note: this is all IMVVHO)
Best JA Story: Persuasion!

Best JA Hero: Mr. Darcy!

Best JA Heroine: Anne Elliot/Fanny Price/Catherine Morland/dunno who else.

Best JA Movie: P&P2 (1995 Firth/Ehle/Davies Version)

Worst JA Movie: MP2 (2000 Patricia Rozema & Co.)

What else? I've hung out at Pemberley for a while too. Both of you guys are great! Hope to maybe someday post a story on DWG, since I have 2 in Bits of Ivory in Pemberley.

Interests? Reading (no! ), Writing (no! ), Drawing, (Classical & Old-Broadway) Music, Playing Piano and Singing, Movies, History, Old Movies, Tennis, &c...

Roos

Is From: Purmerend, Holland
And has the address: Send Mail to

Hi all,

I'm Roos, born 11th of may in 1979. I was born and raised in Amsterdam, but I'm living in Purmerend now with my husband Bastiaan. We're moving back to Amsterdam soon though.
I'm a student of developmental psychology.
My hobbies are reading, singing and listening to classical music.
I first discovered Jane when they showed P&P2 on dutch television in 1996. I've read all her books since then and P&P is still my favorite novel and adaptation.
I've been here since the start and every day I just have to check if there is new fan fiction to read. I love it!
My husband is complaining already about all the stacks of stories that lay around the house.
Hope to enjoy your stories for a long time and maybe onde day I will try to write one of my own.

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