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.
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
Jane Austen's World 
I would ask her what really happened when she turned down Mr. Bigg-Wither?
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.
She said, “I would ask Jane why she loved to write.”
Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I would be curious to know about the greatest differences Jane would see between her world and the one we live in today.
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!
I would ask Jane whether she wrote to please herself or to please others.
How did you learn to make such beautiful clothing and hair do’s? Where did you learn etiquette?
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.
What made you decide to have Lizzie fall for Darcy?
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?
I would like to ask her what her deepest regrets were.
I would like to ask her what her earliest memory as a child was
What was one thing that gave you the most joy?
I would ask Jane Austen to tell me the remainder of the plot of Sanditon.
I would ask her why she wrote from such a tiny table.
I would ask what drove her passion for writing.
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I would like to ask her what she thinks about her ongoing enormous popularity.
I would ask her how about Sanditon and what writing her last novel felt like.
I would ask her what she wants us to know about her life and writing.
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?
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.
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.
I’d ask her what “life” advice would she give, and what did she herself find most inspiring in her life.
I would ask her if she had any idea that her novels would be so well loved 200 years later.
These are amazing questions! I wish I could get the answers to all of them!
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! ^_^)
I have wondered why she made her clergymen a point of comedy when she had respect for the church.
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