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If only they had email in 1810

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Colonel Brandon’s emails

3rd August 2018 by Mark Leave a Comment
 

Colonel Brandon's emails

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

Filed Under: If they had email Tagged With: Colonel Brandon, Sense & Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood’s emails

27th July 2018 by Mark Leave a Comment
 

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

Filed Under: If they had email Tagged With: Marianne Dashwood, Sense & Sensibility

Scrooge’s emails

12th December 2017 by Mark Leave a Comment
 

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

Filed Under: If they had email Tagged With: a Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

Mr Darcy’s spam folder

5th October 2017 by Mark 2 Comments
 

Darcy's spam

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

Filed Under: If they had email Tagged With: Mr Darcy, Pride & Prejudice

Captain Wentworth’s emails

12th September 2017 by Mark 4 Comments
 

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

Filed Under: If they had email Tagged With: Captain Wentworth, Persuasion

Severus Snape’s emails

1st September 2017 by Mark 3 Comments
 

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

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