Since I was doing Marianne's emails, it seemed only right to do Colonel Brandon's at the same time. The Sense and Sensibility story retold from our dour bachelor's perspective: … [Read more...] about Colonel Brandon’s emails
If only they had email in 1810
They do now.
Marianne Dashwood’s emails
I did Elinor's inbox a while back. This time, I challenged myself to retell the entire Marianne thread within Sense and Sensibility. With a subtle homage to Leonard Cohen thrown in for good measure: … [Read more...] about Marianne Dashwood’s emails
Scrooge’s emails
So the challenge was to retell "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens in the form of an email inbox. This is the result. As always, start at the bottom... Never read much Dickens, and was surprised at the humour. Echoes of Terry Pratchett … [Read more...] about Scrooge’s emails
Mr Darcy’s spam folder
A large fortune is no protection from Regency spam. Fortunately, Mr Darcy has the very best email security installed at Pemberley: … [Read more...] about Mr Darcy’s spam folder
Captain Wentworth’s emails
"Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death". And a glimpse into Wentworth's inbox proves the point. The famous letter is one reason it's my favourite Austen novel. … [Read more...] about Captain Wentworth’s emails
Severus Snape’s emails
These first appeared at an old site of mine ("Famous Inboxes"), but I thought it might be fun to resurrect Snape's emails here. … [Read more...] about Severus Snape’s emails