HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JANE AUSTEN! MONICA FAIRVIEW, WRITER

A Serene Place like Jane

Facebook, twitter,

cell phones bicker

Noises, images,

videos flicker

Streams of data

Flowing by

Everything happening

My, oh, my

No time to pause

No time to think

No time to fill your pen

With ink

Sound bites frommy life

come tumblingpast

Jumbled impressions

Nothing can last.

A horse-drawn carriage

Now enters the scene

An elegant gentleman

So calm, so very serene

He descends with a flourish

and a wonderful bow,

Takes up my gloved hand

and kisses it, wow, oh, wow.

It’s Mr. Darcy, of course,

I’m delighted to say,

“So charming to meet you.

I’m hoping you’ll stay.”

“Certainly,” he replies.

So I fetch my white parasol

My pelisse and my bonnet

We stroll on the verdure,

He writes me a sonnet.

He plays on the piano

Oh, such harmonious sounds,

We dance until morning

We ride to the hounds.

I’m sure when I’m with him

I’ll come to no harm

But then I’m awakened

Monica Fairview

Monica Fairview is an ex-literature professor who abandoned teaching criticism about long gone authors who can't defend themselves in order to write novels of her own. Monica can be described as a wanderer, opening her eyes to life in London and travelling ever since. She spent many years in the USA before coming back full circle to London, thus proving that the world is undeniably round.

Monica's first novel, An Improper Suitor, a humorous Regency, was short-listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Joan Hassayan prize. Since then, she has written two traditional Jane Austen sequels: The Other Mr. Darcy and The Darcy Cousins (both published by Sourcebooks) and contributed a sequel to Emma in Laurel Ann Nattress's anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It (Ballantine).

Originally a lover of everything Regency, Monica has since discovered that the Victorian period can be jolly good fun, too, if seen with retro-vision and rose-colored goggles. She adores Jane Austen, Steampunk, cats, her husband and her impossible child. 

If you'd like to find out more about Monica, you can find her at www.monicafairview.com, austenauthors.net, www.monicafairview.blogspot.com on Facebook and on Twitter @Monica_Fairview

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