Mark Brownlow

Mr Bennet's tale of love, regret, and second chances is here. Available for Kindle, Kindle Unlimited & bookcases. Port & Proposals: amazon.com/dp/B08P5GP58T Enjoy his wit & wisdom as he deals with reticent bachelors, stubborn daughters...and his own past. Cheers!

@AustenMicrocosm Sending a virtual hug!

That time I thought I could not go any closer to grief without dying I went closer, and I did not die. Surely God had his hand in this, as well as friends. Mary Oliver, Heavy Three years today. Very sad. So grateful for friends, though, IRL and on here 😢💔❤️🙏

@Austen1stDrafts Nobody will remember your salary...except Mrs Bennet

nobody will remember: - your salary - how “busy you were” - how many hours you worked people will remember: - your dance skills - your delicate compliments - how fortunate you've been as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh

My cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks

I firmly believe that time spent reading books should not be subtracted from your lifespan. You should be able to step aside into Book Time, spend as long there as you like, then resume Ordinary Life Time at the same point you left. Clearly a superior arrangement.

Read Jane Austen...

@LaurieBwrites Gorgeous pic!

Men who dismiss Jane Austen as “women’s fiction” are missing out. She’s one of our funniest and wisest writers. A thread of her best lines:

'To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.' - W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You

My day is made. After all, this is a man who understands muslins...

@newromantic77 Thank you. We had a lovely time (It's my favourite Austen novel.)

@markbrownlow This book is my happy place! I loved reading every reaction To your post. You and your wife enjoy your vacation! Good day sir!

Trip to the coast, so an easy choice for sunrise reading...

@dteeters I did spot a gentleman with something of the Elliot countenance. How fortunate we were not introduced

@markbrownlow If a Mr. Elliot passes you on the stairs, don't make eye contact! He's up to no good.

@Austen1stDrafts My wife wisely chose not to leap into my arms. She knows the book (and my limitations)

@markbrownlow Don’t jump off anything while you are there!

@johnbrown1325 Only in the past...

I'm told a little sea-bathing would set me up for ever

@roseservitova Happy Anniversary! 🥂

15 years married today ❤️

@Avid_eva Ah, good, because I was getting curious glances down the post office

@markbrownlow It's only the *colour* required, Mark, put the tights DOWN! 😂

Now making a policy to only read books by authors who dress to match their covers! Just finished @LouiseMangos' #FiveFatalFlaws, out this week, & you're in for a treat! Don't trust your baby with anyone else? What if you wake up from a nap at home & he's gone...? 😳 Love it! 5⭐

'Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.' John Lubbock, The Use of Life