A delicious, very short story inspired by Pride and Prejudice, in which Lydia and Kitty are inspired by a little-known Regency tradition to make mischief on Halloween (All Hallow's Eve).
A taster for McVeigh's forthcoming volume of Austenesque short stories!
Alice McVeigh's Austenesque series of novels (her "celebrated" series, according to Publishers Weekly) has been honoured has in each case been a starred "Editors Pick" there. In addition to placing as BookLife Quarterfinalist (2021, rated 10/10), and Honorable mention in Foreword Indies' "Book of the Year" (2022) Susan, Harriet and Darcy have won Gold in the Pencraft (4), Global (3), eLit, Incipere and Historical Fiction Company Book Awards, and been finalists in 15 others.
* "McVeigh's prose and plotting are pitch perfect - she echoes the master herself" - Publishers Weekly
* "McVeigh displays a brilliant, spot-on command of Austen's diction and tone." (Kirkus Review)
* "Though there have certainly been other attempts to imitate Austen's storytelling, none have been as skillfully and masterfully executed as Alice McVeigh's. (IndieReader)
Genre: Historical
A taster for McVeigh's forthcoming volume of Austenesque short stories!
Alice McVeigh's Austenesque series of novels (her "celebrated" series, according to Publishers Weekly) has been honoured has in each case been a starred "Editors Pick" there. In addition to placing as BookLife Quarterfinalist (2021, rated 10/10), and Honorable mention in Foreword Indies' "Book of the Year" (2022) Susan, Harriet and Darcy have won Gold in the Pencraft (4), Global (3), eLit, Incipere and Historical Fiction Company Book Awards, and been finalists in 15 others.
* "McVeigh's prose and plotting are pitch perfect - she echoes the master herself" - Publishers Weekly
* "McVeigh displays a brilliant, spot-on command of Austen's diction and tone." (Kirkus Review)
* "Though there have certainly been other attempts to imitate Austen's storytelling, none have been as skillfully and masterfully executed as Alice McVeigh's. (IndieReader)
Genre: Historical
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