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BOOK GIVEAWAY of Praying with Jane

November 4, 2018 by Vic

Inquiring readers,

We are almost halfway through our blog tour of Rachel Dodge’s book, Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen. So far, you have been treated to a number of informative and creative interviews and reviews. You also had the opportunity to join in several givaways.

AND THE WINNERS ARE! Camille Turner and Jamie Fisher! Congratulations, ladies. As soon as I hear from you, I shall send your addresses to the publisher.

 

Praying With Jane Austen Book Cover
Praying With Jane Austen Book Cover
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Jane Austen’s World is jumping on board the giveaway bandwagon. Using a random drawing generator, I will choose two visitors from the U.S. who answer this question (which Rachel Dodge also answered. See her reply in this post: Click here.)

What’s one question you wish you could ask Jane in person if you could go back in time?

I will draw the two winners on Saturday, November 17thand make the announcement on the 18th! Books will be sent by the publisher, Bethany House as soon as I receive your mailing addresses. (My apologies to all our foreign visitors.)

Now, feel free to comment away!

Vic

 

 

 

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  1. on November 4, 2018 at 20:55 schilds

    I would ask her what really happened when she turned down Mr. Bigg-Wither?


  2. on November 4, 2018 at 21:03 Michele Adams

    If it seemed proper to ask Jane Austen so personal a question, I would ask whether she was glad in retrospect that she did not accept any offers of marriage and remained single for her entire life.


  3. on November 4, 2018 at 21:29 Karen Harris

    She said, “I would ask Jane why she loved to write.”
    Thank you for the opportunity to win!


  4. on November 4, 2018 at 21:34 Olivia A

    I would be curious to know about the greatest differences Jane would see between her world and the one we live in today.


  5. on November 4, 2018 at 21:40 Camille Turner

    I would ask Jane which of her characters she identified with the most. But, wow, it would be so hard to just ask her one question!


  6. on November 4, 2018 at 21:54 lizcurtishiggs

    I would ask Jane whether she wrote to please herself or to please others.


  7. on November 4, 2018 at 21:57 Tiffany

    How did you learn to make such beautiful clothing and hair do’s? Where did you learn etiquette?


  8. on November 4, 2018 at 22:00 Susan Heim

    Rachel Dodge would ask Jane why she loved to write, which I would love to hear, too. I would also ask Jane which book is her favorite and if any of her “leading men” are based on real people.


  9. on November 4, 2018 at 22:25 Keeleigh Coleman

    What made you decide to have Lizzie fall for Darcy?


  10. on November 4, 2018 at 22:39 aibrean3

    I’d like to ask Jane Austen did she want Cassandra to destroy her correspondence, or would she have preferred it to be left intact for posterity?


  11. on November 4, 2018 at 22:46 Karen Dennen

    I would like to ask her what her deepest regrets were.


  12. on November 4, 2018 at 23:04 FAITH CRISLEY

    I would like to ask her what her earliest memory as a child was


  13. on November 5, 2018 at 00:12 Orianne

    What was one thing that gave you the most joy?


  14. on November 5, 2018 at 01:03 Zoe

    I would ask Jane Austen to tell me the remainder of the plot of Sanditon.


  15. on November 5, 2018 at 02:10 Alicia Acosta

    I would ask her why she wrote from such a tiny table.


  16. on November 5, 2018 at 02:46 dholcomb1

    I would ask what drove her passion for writing.

    denise


  17. on November 5, 2018 at 08:30 Donna C Casiday

    I would like to ask her what she thinks about her ongoing enormous popularity.


  18. on November 5, 2018 at 09:55 wherecanibuythat

    I would ask her how about Sanditon and what writing her last novel felt like.


  19. on November 5, 2018 at 11:25 Char Brooks

    I would ask her what she wants us to know about her life and writing.


  20. on November 5, 2018 at 13:07 Jamie Fisher

    I think that I would ask her, if she knew how big she would be in the literary world today, what would she have done differently and what would she have kept the same and why, in both her writing and in her personal life?


  21. on November 5, 2018 at 14:18 Lynnelle

    I would love to ask her about her inspiration for characters and plots in her novels. What parts were inspired by people/events in real life? What parts were her imagination? It’s fun to make guesses, as many Austen scholars have, but I’d love to know what we get right or wrong.


  22. on November 5, 2018 at 18:35 Elisa Black

    I like Rachel Dodge’s question, asking Jane why she wrote. I think I’d ask, how she believes a woman can have the most positive impact society and contribute to her sphere of influence. I have some ideas as to how she’d answer, based on her writing alone, but I’d love to hear her expound on the subject, and watch her eyes as she did so.


  23. on November 5, 2018 at 19:19 Kiera Tchelistcheff

    I’d ask her what “life” advice would she give, and what did she herself find most inspiring in her life.


  24. on November 6, 2018 at 00:14 Cheryl Fixmer

    I would ask her if she had any idea that her novels would be so well loved 200 years later.


  25. on November 6, 2018 at 20:11 racheldodgey

    These are amazing questions! I wish I could get the answers to all of them!


  26. on November 7, 2018 at 03:34 Hannah Haruna

    I would ask her simply to share her story. It would be beautiful to hear from her own words what she would most want to share in personal confidence with another human being, versus the potentially censored comments she would share with the public. (I’m entering on behalf of my mom. Thank you for the consideration! ^_^)


  27. on November 7, 2018 at 11:13 evamedmonds

    I have wondered why she made her clergymen a point of comedy when she had respect for the church.


  28. on November 24, 2018 at 19:52 Silvana Casetta

    Dear Rachel, I would like to buy the book of prayers, but it is impossible because there is a mistake in the form. Lombardia is not a country, the country is Italy, while Lombardia or Abruzzo or Piemonte are regions. This is why the computer can’t calculate the amount of what I have to pay for the delivery. Please, check this. I really want it.
    Silvana



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