Mansfield Park: Survey

Dear guest,

It is now your turn to undergo some questioning...



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* the direct link to the survey form is here

* image source quill and paper

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Mansfield Park: and Mummies

Mansfield Park and Mummies
by Jane Austen
and Vera Nazarian

Description from author's site:
Spinsterhood or Mummification!

Ancient Egypt infiltrates Regency England in this elegant, hilarious, witty, insane, and unexpectedly romantic monster parody of Jane Austen's classic novel.

Our gentle yet indomitable heroine Fanny Price must hold steadfast not only against the seductive charms of Henry Crawford but also an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh!

Meanwhile, the indubitably handsome and kind hero Edmund attempts Exorcisms... Miss Crawford vamps out... Aunt Norris channels her inner werewolf... The Mummy-mesmerized Lady Bertram collects Egyptian artifacts...

There can be no doubt that Mansfield Park has become a battleground for the forces of Ancient Evil and Regency True Love!

Gentle Reader—this Delightful Edition includes Scholarly Footnotes and Appendices.

*** Mummy book and doll giveaway ***


Prizes:

Mansfield Park and Mummies
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian

and

Mummy doll
created by Shana of Kreating Insecurities
Dear Shana is *wrapping* as we speak. Actual mummy will be revealed on winner's post.

Open to all.

Offer ends July 31, 2010

TO DO:

1. Visit Shana's site and leave a comment on at least one of her posts.

2. Read at least one of Titania's mummy posts and leave a comment on it (if you haven't already).
Closet
Pharaoh
Necklace
Lady Bertram - Epilogue

3. Comment below with your email and tell me a mummy joke.
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Contest has ended - winner is here

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Mansfield Park: Lady Bertram

an epilogue…

Everyone sat in stunned silence just after Fanny returned the mummies to their immobile states.

Lady Bertram came out of her daze and gazed around the room. “What happened? I thought I was in Egypt. What happened to the dining room? The state of it is deplorable! I cannot have it get out that my home is in such a state! I would never live it down…..” she ranted continuously. She had no recollection of anything that had happened.

Everyone ignored her rambling and helped clean the huge mess.

All the Egyptian antiquities were sold, given away, or thrown out. No one ever wanted to see any of them ever again. They tried to donate them to museums, sell them to private collectors, and so on.

The pharaoh’s body along with his sarcophagus now sits in the local museum. His head is still exposed because the linens he had ripped off are gone. Guests of the museum reported to feel chills and feel that someone is watching them when they are near this particular mummy.

Fanny had felt that in the brief moments she had seen the dead pharaoh, he had seemed familiar in some way. She dismissed it as a passing fancy and concluded that it was useless to dwell on. Everyone else required quite well (except for Josephine) and “not a single mummy more was ever seen at Mansfield Park.”*

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* from Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian, pg. 555

* guest post from Titania of Fishmuffins of Doom

* image source Lady Bertram

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In My Mailbox - 6.27.10

Today is the last day of the Mansfield Park Murder Mystery event (see schedule). If you like Jane Austen, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes and Watson, it is not too late to participate and enter the giveaways (which end July 31, 2010).

Bought:

Masked Ball
by Prue Batten
My first miniature book.
I pictured it here with the daughter's raven mask
so that you can idea of the size.
So adorable!
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For review and giveaway courtesy of author:

Cold Magic
ARC by Kate Elliott
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* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways to you

* image from Leafcutter Designs - world's smallest postal service

* In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren and inspired by Pop Culture Junkie. A post where we share books acquired via mailbox, library, store, etc.

Mansfield Park: Necklace

The story ends…

Edmund and Tom looked at each other as if trying to read each other minds. They simultaneously struck at the mummy and ran out of the room to see if whatever was going on downstairs was a bit more manageable than an undead creature. It turned out it was not.

The vision they were greeted with as they descended the stares was one of chaos.

There were other, less regenerated mummies all over the dining room. Maria and Julia were both having fits of hysterics, trying to keep the mummies away from them. Sir Bertram, Mr. Rushworth, Fanny Price, and Henry Crawford were attempting to fight off the monsters with various makeshift weapons, such as a fire poker, a broom, and frying pan.

Lady Bertram was the only person in the room who seemed completely content. She went along eating her meal peacefully and without concern for any of her friends and family. Strangely, she was also left alone by all the monsters in the room.

The two men had no idea what to do. Nothing anyone did to the mummies helped. Their moments of hesitation cost them dearly when the dead pharaoh caught up with them, resuming the fight they had started in the upstairs closet.

Both Julia and Maria were locked in an unpleasant embrace with a mummy that was opening its mouth extremely wide. Mr. Rushworth was now on the floor with a mummy holding the fire poker he was using. It seemed as if everything would be lost. Fanny, who had been dodging mummies after losing her broom, saw Lady Bertram and had an epiphany.

The Eye of Horus necklace the lady wore around her neck had only been there for a few months, coinciding with Lady Bertram’s return from an Egyptian vacation for the good of her health. That necklace’s appearance also coincided with Lady Bertram’s odd behavior.

She ran to her aunt and ripped the necklace from her neck. She held it and shouted, “Enough! In the name of all the Gods of Egypt I demand you desist!”

Every mummy in the room came to a halt and stared at her as if expecting instructions. She threw the necklace to the ground and crushed the jewel beneath her heel. A puff of smoke emitted from it and the necklace deteriorated and fell apart. The mummies all fell over at that moment, never to rise again.

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* Taken from Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian, pg. 296

* guest post from Titania of Fishmuffins of Doom

* image source necklace

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