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Book Give Away: Tea With Jane Austen by Kim Wilson

June 30, 2011 by Vic

Gentle Readers: To celebrate the 3 millionth visitor to this blog, I will be giving away Tea With Jane Austen, a delightful and informative book by Kim Wilson. Deadline: The contest will end the moment my blog meter records 3 million or July 4th, whichever comes first! Contest Closed! Congratulations, Sherry, and thank you ALL for participating and leaving such excellent questions!

All you need to do is leave a comment and a way for me to reach you. Please address this question: If Jane Austen came over for tea, which burning question would you want to ask her?

Thank you all for visiting my blog and for making it such a joy to meet you online.

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on June 30, 2011 at 13:10 nita jones

I’ve always been curious – did you base Darcy on anyone you knew or perhaps dreamed of?
Thank you.
on June 30, 2011 at 13:21 Malinda

malinda b
I would ask JA – had she lived up to old age, would she have liked to be famous and meet other authors? which other authors?
on June 30, 2011 at 13:23 Sherry

Nita beat me to that question. I would love to know if Darcy was based on someone she knew or if any of her characters were based on someone she knew.
on June 30, 2011 at 13:26 Karylee Feldman

I absolutely ADORE your blog! As I think our beloved Jane might do, too…. Thank you so much!

I’d be THRILLED to get her thoughts on all the JANESTUFF out in our world today… “Ms. Austen, what do you make of all our movies, books, blogs and fan-fiction?”

What a TRIP it is to consider her possible answers…. :-)
on June 30, 2011 at 13:28 Lillian Kezerian

What would Jane Austen think about the fame and high regard in which she is held more than 200 years after she wrote her novels?
on June 30, 2011 at 13:30 vvb

congrats! on your visitor count. impressive indeed.
question for jane: if you could travel anywhere out of the UK, where would you go?
on June 30, 2011 at 13:35 Blaire Hiebsch

Dear Ms. Austen- I would love to know how you feel about our present society? It has changed so much since your days do we believe it is better or worse and if so how?

please contact me via email bwbh263@gmail.com
on June 30, 2011 at 13:46 Susan

Question for Jane: Did you have any other novels in mind and if so what would it be about?
on June 30, 2011 at 13:47 Birdsong

Hmm… challenging since there are so many things that would interest me. I would want to know most how she felt about the economic freedom from marriage that women now have; does she feel it would have been better to live today?
on June 30, 2011 at 13:56 Chris Stewart

I would ask her which of her writing peers (or influences) she would invite to tea and what would she want to be the topic(s) of discussion. Oh to be a fly buzzing around the cakes during that intellectually and humorously charged afternoon!
on June 30, 2011 at 13:56 Gail

Ms. Austen,
It is such an honor to meet you! Could you please share with me your thoughts on future novels you may have planned to write? Are you enjoying the green tea with antioxidants along with the coffee cake I baked?
on June 30, 2011 at 14:02 Joan Doyle

Dear Jane,
When I am stressed I drink tea & read your books. What do you do to help relieve your stress?
Fondly,
Joan Doyle
on June 30, 2011 at 14:09 yummychunklet

Ever imagined how Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett would raise their children, had they had any?
on June 30, 2011 at 14:09 Vidya

Dear Jane,

Lovely to have Tea with you! Did you really find love like all of your heroines in your novels? Sorry for a very private question, but I would love to know…

your truly,
Vidya
on June 30, 2011 at 14:10 Eileen Landau

Dear Jane,

Do you feel that your writing compensated you for never marrying or having children? Did you feel like an outsider looking into your society?
on June 30, 2011 at 14:14 Lynnae

I would so much want to ask her if there really ever was a secret seaside man, and if she had known love and romance herself. But I wouldn’t dare ask that. But even so, I would just love to hear her voice and listen to her wit, and ask her how Sanditon was going to end.
on June 30, 2011 at 14:26 Elizabeth Young

I would ask Jane who was the inspiration for her characters. I would also ask her about plot development. So many things! I would make the most delightful English afternoon tea I’ve ever made and hang on her every word!
on June 30, 2011 at 14:50 Kristen Sherman

If Jane Austen came over for tea, which burning question would you want to ask her? I would ask her why she never married Tom Lefroy and never married in her lifetime. For such a romantic writer it seems sort of sad that she never seemed to find the right “one.”
on June 30, 2011 at 15:03 Kirk

Ah, Kristen asked the question I was thinking about. I certainly would ask her to pose for multiple photos. I might ask about the multiple films. Show clips, ask her reaction. Also, what was in the letters that we don’t have?
on June 30, 2011 at 15:10 Krystall

If Jane came for tea my question would be, which one of her leading ladies in her novels does she relate to the most? Each heroine is a strong personality but they each have their distinct differences. In which novel did she pour her own personality into and maybe chose to live vicariously through?
on June 30, 2011 at 15:12 thehemyngton100

If Jane Austen came over for tea, I would ask her if she knew some of the acquaintances of Mrs. Mary Anne Welby DeButts. She had several friends who lived in and around Bath. I would hope then we would spend a merry time enjoying our tea and talking about my favorite thing to do and that is to just sit and observe people of which Jane was a master.
on June 30, 2011 at 15:13 Courtney F.

I would ask her for an idea of what happened to her characters after her novels ended. Did she envision them having children and growing old together, the way we fans seem enjoy doing? :)
on June 30, 2011 at 15:45 duckysadventures

If Jane Austen came for tea I would ask her … if she would like all of the sequals to P&P that are out there.
on June 30, 2011 at 16:07 Q

A burning question for Jane? “Jane, were there any godly, strong men in your life?”
on June 30, 2011 at 16:08 Lorraine

Jane, who was the person you based the character of Mr. Darcy on?
You can reach me at lgutheim@fccfm.org
on June 30, 2011 at 16:23 Lindsay

I would love to ask Jane what she thinks of her success now and how it would have changed her life if the success she has now would have happened to her when she was alive.
on June 30, 2011 at 16:25 Harry Birkenhead

This is the greatest of blogs… thank you.

I would ask Jane if she ever imagined in her wildest dreams the impact her writing has had on all of us. And then I would thank her by politly asking for a kiss… ok maybe just a peck
on June 30, 2011 at 16:28 Sasha Chaudron Orr

I would ask her if Mr. Darcy was based on a true person. ;)
Thanks, Sasha Orr
on June 30, 2011 at 16:30 tashazwick

Could we be friends?
on June 30, 2011 at 16:31 Jane Elizabeth Vendetti Brakhage

I would like to ask Jane if she had ever been in love. :-)
on June 30, 2011 at 16:46 Brenda

I would ask, “Do your characters live on with you after you have completed a novel?”
on June 30, 2011 at 17:01 Kristin H

I would love to ask her how she feels about the amount of fame she has gained over the years and if she ever hoped or expected to be this well known.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:07 here be dragons

I’d definitely ask which book she most enjoyed reading. And which she enjoyed writing.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:23 Patty

I’d ask her if Cassandra destroyed her letters because she wrote about being in love with someone she couldn’t marry.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:27 Eliza

I think I would ask her what she thought of all the fan fiction, movies, etc that have been inspired by her books. I wonder if she could even imagine that all these years later we are still talking about her and reading her novels.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:50 Dianne Lipson

I would ask Jane Austen to describe the deleted part of Persuasion where Anne expresses her anger at Lady Russell for having persuaded her not to marry Captain Wentworth.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:51 Elisabeth Bischof

I’d ask how rigit the rules of fashion where. Would young women be free or daring to set their own style.
on June 30, 2011 at 17:54 Elisabeth Bischof

I am a big fan of this side and love Jane Austen. Own many of her books. Hope to one day visit all the places she wrote of.
on June 30, 2011 at 18:00 Chris

I’d ask what was her inspiration for writing Mr. Darcy.
on June 30, 2011 at 18:17 Margay

Oh, there are so many burning questions I would want to ask! But I think I’d really want to give her a chance to set the records straight on Tom Lefroy. Was he really her secret love?

Margay1122ATaolDOTcom
on June 30, 2011 at 18:32 Felicia

I would ask Jane if we could have an in-depth discussion on all her characters, starting with her favorite. That way I’m not limited to just one question and the discusson would gone on for days. :)
on June 30, 2011 at 18:53 bethanytalks

I would sit down and ask her what character she was most like. If she was more like Emma or Elizabeth and why she created those characters. They are my favorite and I would also ask her also about Mr. Knightley.
on June 30, 2011 at 18:54 Ayeza

I’d ask her if she ever wished to be male, that way she’d be more independent and would be able to do more things.
Ayeza – ayeza.cobarde at gmail.com
on June 30, 2011 at 19:01 Gayle Mills

“When you reached the end of your life, what were you most proud of and what did you most regret?”
on June 30, 2011 at 19:43 Matt Di Clemente

If Jane Austen came to tea, I would have to ask her who among her leading men and heroines she considered her most compatible, least compatible, and most humourous couple. In my mind – most compatible would be Colonel Brandon and Marianne. I like Captain Wentworth best – the most dashing, handsome and pragmatic of the men, and I somehow suspect so did Jane.
I like Anne, best of the heroines, of course, who could not love her and her thin graceful frame and elegant mind, and then Fanny Price – I would love to meet her in 10 years, come out of her shell a bit, still sweet and gentle. But Marianne and Col. Brandon seem the best match. The have come through a similar experience of loss and suffering and found eachother on the other side. The both have strong feelings – yes Col. Brandon does too. He loves Marianne from the moment he sees her and never stops loving her against all odds. While 19th cent. literary theory would have us believe that Marianne has to make some sort of attonment for her passions (the way Maria Bertram does) Jane Austen shows us here the being of a romantic sensibility, experiencing life and its motions and emotions fully, as Marianne can bring us pain, but also great joy. She “never loves by halves” and in the end loves Col. Brandon as much as she ever did Willoughby. And this is how real love works in the real world. What a gift to have a spouse with a capacity to love the way Marianne does. I’m sure she and Col. Brandon were the happiest – but I would by no means be sorry to have any or all of my ideas upended by Miss Austen herself!

Congratulations on your wonderful, wonderful blog – and too 3 million more visitors who I know you will edify and amuse as well in their course!
on June 30, 2011 at 20:02 LaurenG

I would ask her, “What is your favorite book?” I love your blog, Vic!
on June 30, 2011 at 20:19 Kimi Little

I would show her “Clueless” and ask her what she thought of that interpretation of her book.
on June 30, 2011 at 20:22 Liz M.

Where she got the ideas for her characters
on June 30, 2011 at 21:08 Brenda Bigbee

I would love to know if any of her characters were loosely based on her or Cassandra. Thanks for the lovely contest.
on June 30, 2011 at 21:19 marilyn

congratulations on the success of your blog. if i could ask jane to tea i would ask her if any contemporary author influenced her writing style. thanks for the chance to win the book.
on June 30, 2011 at 21:26 Nicki

love your blog and congrats on the numbers. my question is:

can we be BFF’s?
on June 30, 2011 at 21:35 Laurie

I would thank her for bringing so much joy to so many people and then ask Jane if she would like to watch the P&P series with Colin Firth while we had tea. I would then ask if she would autograph my 20th century copies of all her books :)
on June 30, 2011 at 22:11 Alexis

If Jane Austen came over for tea, which burning question would you want to ask her: Why was there no followup of P&P!! Sigh alas. Etc…
on June 30, 2011 at 23:13 julienne

thanks for the giveaway! i would ask her who’s her favourite male character :)
on June 30, 2011 at 23:35 Kelli

If Jane Austen came over for tea, I would ask her if she had ever been in love and what was in those letters Cassandra burned!!
on June 30, 2011 at 23:42 LuchaLori

If Jane Austen came to tea, I would ask introduce her to Twitter!
on July 1, 2011 at 00:05 LadyDoc

I would ask what her favorite book by another author was.
on July 1, 2011 at 00:25 Jodie Maree Hansen

I would ask her if she was happy with the life she created for herself or if she wished she could have lived in someone else’s shoes.

Contact = jotree_13@y7mail.com
on July 1, 2011 at 00:25 Karen Field

Oh, just the idea of having Miss Jane Austen come for tea. I think I would have to ask what she would think of all of the sequels and nonfiction that bears her name on it? There are all of the fanfictions, which I love, for the most part, and there are such titles as Jane Austen and the Navy, which I’m ponderously making my way through. There are books on her as a clergyman’s daughter as well as ones on how she has influenced modern authors. I would be tempted to just look at her and sigh. To be in the presence of such a woman would be lovely.

kfield2@verizon.net
on July 1, 2011 at 01:02 Tricha

What do you think about the differences between women from today and women from your time?
on July 1, 2011 at 01:22 Addy

Hello! Love your blog *o*

I’ve always wanted to be able to ask her about Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park…

did he love Fanny (or was he serious in his pursuit of her)
or was it just because he’d already made her cousins fall in love with him, and she seemed so oblivious to his charms–perhaps one could even say detested him?

my email is batmenz@hotmail.com :]
on July 1, 2011 at 01:36 Sylvia Claire Chan

I will ask Jane her opinion about the sequels, prequels, mash-ups, rip-offs, variations based on her work. Would she like it or absolutely detest the notion that people are making a profit out of her hard work.

Thanks, Vic for the giveaway. Is this open to worldwide readers or just those from US and Canada?

evangelineace2020(at)yahoo(dot)com
- on July 1, 2011 at 11:01 Vic
  
  For this special occasion, the contest is open world wide. My readers visit from across the globe, and I want to thank you all.
on July 1, 2011 at 02:19 Wendy Jevning Pence

I would ask if she ever regretted not marrying and having children.

You can reach me at reignbough1973@yahoo.com
on July 1, 2011 at 02:28 Myriam

Your blog is wonderful – thank you so much!

I would ask Miss Austen whether Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bertram are happy together and would beg her to finish Sanditon!
on July 1, 2011 at 02:32 Dana Huff

Oh, I covet this book muchly! I desperately want to ask Jane Austen what she thinks of all her success 200 years after S&S, including the movie adaptations and all the monster mashups, too. I would love to know what she thinks about the fact that she has entire blogs dedicated to her work and JASNA (and all the other Austen organizations) and everything else that has gone with all of it.
on July 1, 2011 at 02:32 Elsina

I would ask her if there were real people modelling for Mister Knightley and Mister Darcy, my two favorite Austen personages! Thanks for having the giveaway and congrats on so many visitors!
on July 1, 2011 at 04:56 Mary Cook (nee Stinton)

I would ask Miss Austen why she wears a ring on her wedding finger, as shown in some of her portraits.
on July 1, 2011 at 06:18 Andrew Capes

Oh, I would ask if she could come to tea every day for the next five years. But if only one question were allowed, I would ask what it was that Fanny Price longed to ask Sir Thomas about the slave trade, and what his answers would have been.
on July 1, 2011 at 07:22 Susan Schneider

I would ask Miss Austen to clarify her feelings for Tom LeFroy. Did she love him and he her? Was marriage in the future? Was he just a secret love?Oh, that’s 3 questions!!!
Congratulations on the success of your blog!!!
on July 1, 2011 at 07:54 Carol

I would ask her how she formed her characters and did she come up with her plots before she wrote or did the plots evolve during the writing process? And of course, who was her favorite male character in her books and was he mirrored after a potential beau. We would be BFF after our first question so she would not consider me rude and I would get the scoop on her love life! But being a BFF, I would keep that secret to the grave…..
on July 1, 2011 at 08:28 Rachel

I would love to ask her if her book Persuasion was a fantasy of Tom Lefroy coming back for her after so many years or possibly another lover that no one knew about.
on July 1, 2011 at 10:17 Patricia Soule

Dear Jane,
Please have a cup of fea with me and tell me if you ever dreamed that your works would still be so alive in the very distant future?
pattysoule@hotmail.com
on July 1, 2011 at 11:47 Marilyn

I would ask Jane who she knew in her Life that reminded her of Darcy? And had She loved him?
on July 1, 2011 at 12:23 mygreathunger

What happened to Darcy and Elizabeth? And, I couldn’t help but ask as well, who was the love of your life?

Awesome blog, and thanks! Have an amazing day! :)

Mary ^_~
http://mygreathunger.wordpress.com
on July 1, 2011 at 14:45 Trish

I would want to know how she would have finished Sandition.
on July 1, 2011 at 16:00 Ruth

Dear Jane, what is your favorite color?
on July 1, 2011 at 16:03 Miriam Field Davidson

I enjoy your blog so much! I would like to ask Jane to share her private sorrows. She shared so many joys, I wish I could know what made her sad.
on July 1, 2011 at 16:37 Diane Weber

I would WANT to ask about Tom Lefroy, but on such a short acquaintance as an invitation to tea, I would be worried about what she thought about my shockingly bad manners. Now if she brought it up herself…
on July 1, 2011 at 17:27 Diane Cocurullo

I would ask if she is comfortable with N. Abbey. It seems a bit unfinished and she might not have had the time to freshen up the final draft just the way she liked.
on July 1, 2011 at 21:45 Janice

Wow, i would have so many questions for her. But if I was only allowed one, I would ask: “Which heroine do you most identify with and why?”
on July 1, 2011 at 22:38 Francesca

I think I’d ask about her thoughts on the immense popularity of her books in a totally different era!
on July 2, 2011 at 00:47 Wrenaria

I would ask her which of her own characters were her favorites and why. I’d also want to know about her love life. She wrote so much about romance, I’d like to hear about her experiences with it. kimmy.hescock (at) gmail (dot) com
on July 2, 2011 at 01:01 janice

sugar, honey, lemon or cream? would you like one of my scones i made this morning?
on July 2, 2011 at 08:25 Vic

Thank you so much for participating, everyone! Contest is closed.
on July 30, 2011 at 19:08 Mr Anthony Pannell

Thank you for making an era so fasinating and informative for me. I am now consumed to learn everything I can of the Regency period.
Anthony Pannell, Auckland, New Zealand

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