An Amorous Sequel
to All Jane Austen's Novels
About the Author
Catherine Kelly Hemingway is an author and artist focused on Jane Austen fan fiction novels and pastel portraiture. A retired marketing executive, she’s now enjoying a creative Renaissance period in her life writing and painting. Her first novel, “The Matchmaker of Pemberley” was published in 2023 and she is currently working on a sequel. You’re invited to browse the Gallery to see examples of her paintings in oil and pastel. Visit her Blog to read about the personality dynamics of Jane Austen’s cast of characters and how they reflect her own family experience.
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Reviews
Ms. Hemmingway takes us on a fun and interesting journey following the paths of the characters. She does a fabulous job of portraying the norms of the period without imposing her 21st century mindframe. The read is challenging at times due to the number of characters and their relationships, but that makes it all the more fun. I've read the book twice, and I have been inspired to go back and read the Austen novels I loved and to read the ones I have not. With this project, she is bringing her passion to us all in a very skilled way.
SUSAN Y.
Novel Coronavirus Begets Novel Jane Austen Adaptation
By Catherine Kelly Hemingway
What did you do when the Coronavirus besieged the entire world and left you housebound and restless? Did you start baking sourdough bread? Were you inclined to take up knitting or to embrace the challenges of 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles? Perhaps you binge-watched Jane Austen's films or re-read her novels for the umpteenth time. I did something I had never ever contemplated doing. I wrote a 27-chapter Jane Austen adaptation in two months. As it happens, I’ve never read a Jane Austen fan fiction novel and I wasn’t even aware the genre existed. I just lived in my own private world of fandom, reading and rereading her books and information about her life. What possessed me to undertake such a project? I felt a bit like Alice in Wonderland looking down the rabbit hole. I had conjured an idea that caused me to peek over the edge, much like Alice.