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Catherine Hemingway

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in Sioux City, Iowa, The United States

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Catherine Kelly Hemingway is a literary and visual 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 motto is "play your part with a joyful heart, make your life a work of art." Her first novel, “The Matchmaker of Pemberley” was published in 2023 and "Pemberley to Dublin, A Matchmaker's Journey" in 2024. 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. ...more

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Jane Austen’s Distinction of Rank

Social status in Jane Austen’s time was defined by rank as measured by inherited wealth, property holdings, and the distinction of a title. Social hierarchy was never to be questioned and those entitled individuals expected to be revered and presented as a positive influence. Jane broke the rules. She bursts the bubble and holds a mirror up to society reflecting an entirely different set of values Read more of this blog post »

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What Matters in Jane Austen?

by John Mullan

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“… I had no ambition to be a matchmaker and it would be impolitic of you to think so.”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

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“Is this a conspiracy to find me a wife? Are engagements infectious? When one has been announced, it needs must be followed by another?”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

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“… but who can account for affairs of the heart that bring young people together?”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: humor, love, romantic, women

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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

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