Lost Opinions

  • Home
  • Books
  • Literary inboxes
  • Misc. fun
  • Musings
  • Media
  • About

Introducing “A Third Proposal”

25th January 2019 by Mark 2 Comments
 

A Third Proposal cover

Sometimes all it takes is a few pages to tell a story. And so it is with A Third Proposal, a vignette from the life of Mr Bennet as he returns to Meryton from a trip to London.

All is not well at Longbourn and Netherfield. But who’s to blame? And can Mr Bennet save the day with his wit and wisdom?

This quick winter’s tale stars our beloved head of the Bennet family, his daughter, Elizabeth, and his prospective son-in-law, Mr Darcy.

There’s a cameo from another Austen character, too, inspired by a suggestion from one of my readers. But I won’t spoil the surprise.

This is my first foray into the short story format with a (dare I say) rom-com approach.

In the meantime, work is underway on the second book of Mr Bennet’s Memoirs. As a writer, it’s like meeting an old friend again and falling back into conversation as if the intervening months were but a day.

Filed Under: Random musings Tagged With: Elizabeth Bennet, Mr Bennet, Mr Darcy, Pride & Prejudice

Comments

  1. Kirk says

    25th January 2019 at 10:24 am

    Great! Looking forward to the 2nd book. Love the line about meeting an old friend…my old friend “Emma 09” has been saying the same….in a strictly unpublished sort of way. 🙂

    Reply
    • Mark says

      25th January 2019 at 10:35 am

      Thanks, Kirk. It’s funny, there are books I often think of as old friends, too – that I can reread again and again and still enjoy the time spent with them.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Cake and Courtship thumbnail

Discover Mr Bennet's memoirs

Twitter logo@markbrownlow at Twitter
Goodreads logoAuthor page at Goodreads
FB logoAuthor page at Facebook

Enjoy Mark by email!

For book news, Jane Austen humour etc. from Mark (only sporadically)...

SIGN UP HERE

Most recent missives:

  • Spending time in Sanditon
  • Punishing Mr Collins?
  • Back to Bath

Copyright Mark Brownlow 2016 - 2021 | About + Contact | Impressum | Privacy and data protection