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Alice McVeigh
Goodreads Author
Born
in Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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Genre
Influences
Tolkien, Austen, Mantel
Member Since
August 2014
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Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series)
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2021
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5 editions
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Harriet: A Jane Austen Variation
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2022
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2 editions
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Capturing Mr Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice short story
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While The Music Lasts
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1995
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3 editions
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Ghost Music
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1997
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2 editions
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All Risks Musical
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2002
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Beating Time
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Jane Austen fan fiction
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The Grand International
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2012
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My M4 catastrophe OR how not to get to Nuremberg
It was last Sunday a.m. and I was just driving home from playing a lovely concert with the English Symphony Orchestra in Worcester Cathedral. Basically, everything was – up to that point – absolutely FINE.
I’d been staying at my friend Cecily’s house – thatched roof, shared lake, spreading vistas, gravel drive, and a landscaped garden with real sheep cropping the verdant grass. The picturesque roa Read more of this blog post »
I’d been staying at my friend Cecily’s house – thatched roof, shared lake, spreading vistas, gravel drive, and a landscaped garden with real sheep cropping the verdant grass. The picturesque roa Read more of this blog post »
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Alice McVeigh
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Kathy F's review
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Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen Series):
"Fun to see many of Jane Austen's characters in a "prequel.""
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"I'm quite picky when it comes to Jane Austen pastiches, but this one was a nice surprise. I expected a straigthforward prequel to Lady Susan and what I got was an interesting take on an interwoven universe of Jane Austen's novels. Your enjoyment will"
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Alice McVeigh
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Anne Morgan’s review
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Susan: A Jane Austen Prequel (Warleigh Hall Press Jane Austen)
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I appreciate your thoughtful comments.
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"I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. A beautiful cover. Highly recommend."
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"I enjoyed this Emma retelling a lot.
The light Mansfield park crossover was delicious. I do not wish to spoiler but some characters are presented in a surprising way which, however , makes perfect sense with their canon frame. Harriet and Jane make us f" Read more of this review » |
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Thank you, Heather. Very grateful!
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I thought it was maybe a step too far (the crossover with Mansfield Park) so this is one of my fav. comments ever.
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Very very grateful.
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Criticisms like this make all the hard work worthwhile!
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Alice McVeigh
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| This is a deceptively brilliant, beautifully written, book... not in the least surprised that it was long-listed for the most recent Women's Prize for fiction. Have only just finished it, but I’m sure I’m going to re-read it, if only to relish its wo ...more | |
“I composed a little poem, just now. I do not like Miss Bennet, E. I do not think that she likes me. I wish that she would go away And take her sister Jane today. (There! How accomplished is that?) ⸎ No, I do”
― Capturing Mr Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice short story
― Capturing Mr Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice short story
“I composed a little poem, just now. I do not like Miss Bennet, E. I do not think that she likes me. I wish that she would go away And take her sister Jane today. (There! How accomplished is that?) ⸎”
― Capturing Mr Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice short story
― Capturing Mr Darcy: a Pride and Prejudice short story
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“She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“Girls with their legs crossed, girls with their legs not crossed, girls with terrific legs, girls with lousy legs, girls that looked like swell girls, girls that looked like they'd be bitches if you knew them. It was really nice sightseeing, if you know what I mean. In a way, it was sort of depressing, too, because you kept wondering what the hell would happen to all of them. When they got out of school and college, I mean. You figured most of them would probably marry dopey guys. Guys that always talk about how many miles they get to a gallon in their goddam cars. Guys that get sore and childish as hell if you beat them at golf, or even just some stupid game like ping-pong. Guys that are very mean. Guys that never read books. Guys that are very boring— But I have to be careful about that. I mean about calling certain guys bores. I don't understand boring guys. I really don't.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“Last Star Standing (Feb. 18, 2021)
It's set in the near future - 2094 - and follows an alien invasion - so it HAS to be marketed as science fiction - but it's really about the narrator's tough, terrifying, but ultimately life-affirming personal journey.
The book hit me, about three years ago, when I was meditating. This is something I do very badly! - but I have had amazing experiences - swirling colours, images - and, in this case, a character.
I found myself looking down, from the Earth's surface, about a hundred metres, down a metallic shaft, at a young man imprisoned in a metal chair.
It was Aiden, my narrator, and - from that bizarre introduction - he wouldn't leave me alone.
With sinking heart I realised that I was being asked to write - at least technically - science fiction, of which I'd read exactly three - 1984, Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and The Handmaid's Tale.
The idea was crazy and I fought it tooth and nail.
But Aiden fought back. He wanted his book to happen. He wanted to BE.
And - long story short - he won! It's jst been published.
If you read it, I hope you enjoy it.
If you enjoy it, I hope you review it.
And I very, VERY much hope, in these tough times, it really does offer a little escape!
Spaulding Taylor”
― Last Star Standing
It's set in the near future - 2094 - and follows an alien invasion - so it HAS to be marketed as science fiction - but it's really about the narrator's tough, terrifying, but ultimately life-affirming personal journey.
The book hit me, about three years ago, when I was meditating. This is something I do very badly! - but I have had amazing experiences - swirling colours, images - and, in this case, a character.
I found myself looking down, from the Earth's surface, about a hundred metres, down a metallic shaft, at a young man imprisoned in a metal chair.
It was Aiden, my narrator, and - from that bizarre introduction - he wouldn't leave me alone.
With sinking heart I realised that I was being asked to write - at least technically - science fiction, of which I'd read exactly three - 1984, Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go and The Handmaid's Tale.
The idea was crazy and I fought it tooth and nail.
But Aiden fought back. He wanted his book to happen. He wanted to BE.
And - long story short - he won! It's jst been published.
If you read it, I hope you enjoy it.
If you enjoy it, I hope you review it.
And I very, VERY much hope, in these tough times, it really does offer a little escape!
Spaulding Taylor”
― Last Star Standing
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