tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post3674091924304617958..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Advice for Writers of Romantic Fiction, 1790 - and 2016Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-48330255254440247152016-02-11T01:49:28.861-05:002016-02-11T01:49:28.861-05:00I'm always looking for literary-inspired names...I'm always looking for literary-inspired names for my pet chickens (my current pair are Charlotte and Emily, with Anne now departed). These names will do nicely, too! For writing, I did use Pentheselia once which I thought was original, but you ladies quite undo me! (FYI Sarah, "Deep play"=heavy gambling.) Jolene Rae Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05194948617614341426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-64926389984704498632016-02-09T13:21:50.750-05:002016-02-09T13:21:50.750-05:00If it's permitted, here's more potential, ...If it's permitted, here's more potential, and sometimes silly, namesSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-33787832924464051522016-02-09T12:56:56.034-05:002016-02-09T12:56:56.034-05:00Sophonisba, a princess of Carthage. Glad to have ...Sophonisba, a princess of Carthage. Glad to have tracked this down. Now about to link to this on my blog with a few other names, these ones culled from Jacobean plays and Shakespeare apocryphaSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-7425748032638496812016-02-08T13:25:46.998-05:002016-02-08T13:25:46.998-05:00Couldn't enjoy this more - thank you - Godolph...Couldn't enjoy this more - thank you - Godolphin is now the name of a very significant and successful racing yard in Newmarket !<br /><br />Was looking for inspiration when my daughter was born...I looked as ever to the Classics..Place to standhttp://givemeaplacetostandearth.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-21591764610856619312016-02-08T11:26:24.509-05:002016-02-08T11:26:24.509-05:00whatever else would deep play be? when you're...whatever else would deep play be? when you're gambling deep into your pockets, as it were. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59553877236098003162016-02-08T11:22:17.250-05:002016-02-08T11:22:17.250-05:00@Chris Woodyard: It sounds kind of dirty, I know, ...@Chris Woodyard: It sounds kind of dirty, I know, but I think "deep play" means he's fond of gambling. You know, a gamester.Kathleenhttp://thejaneaustenproject.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-41097832427766033502016-02-08T10:44:48.592-05:002016-02-08T10:44:48.592-05:00I'm almost afraid to ask: what is "deep p...I'm almost afraid to ask: what is "deep play" on the part of the ideal literary hero?Chris Woodyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428651554202989448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-60776153388829073762016-02-08T09:08:38.669-05:002016-02-08T09:08:38.669-05:00I think this was a bit of sarcasm. I also think th...I think this was a bit of sarcasm. I also think that Jane Austen deliberately wrote her novels against this sort of thing. Fanny Burney has a girl named Indianna which I found more surprising than several of names listed above. <br /> I had to keep a copy of this . That list of names and surnames is quite a bonus.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82096148611466240322016-02-08T06:53:16.166-05:002016-02-08T06:53:16.166-05:00It's now driving me nuts that I can't reme...It's now driving me nuts that I can't remember where I first found Sophonisba... Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-8794185066855857642016-02-08T06:51:47.476-05:002016-02-08T06:51:47.476-05:00I hadn't come across Indamora before, and I fl...I hadn't come across Indamora before, and I flatter myself that I'd culled most of the more outrageous literary names. I think that's on a par with Lindamara, Margiana and Seraphina, though still capped by Mrs Helena Williams' choices of Euphelia, Eltrada, Aciloe, Alzira, Cora and Zilia. <br />Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-48231689326713722382016-02-08T02:28:56.287-05:002016-02-08T02:28:56.287-05:00Found two: Pen's Aunt Almeria in THE CORINTHI...Found two: Pen's Aunt Almeria in THE CORINTHIAN, and Charles' betrothed in "Bath Miss" in PISTOLS FOR TWO.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265595595318070025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87071225660495078862016-02-08T02:15:56.102-05:002016-02-08T02:15:56.102-05:00One of Georgette Heyer's characters was an &qu...One of Georgette Heyer's characters was an "Almeria," but I can't recall which book she appeared in.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265595595318070025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-41450153313419733962016-02-07T20:47:23.617-05:002016-02-07T20:47:23.617-05:00I love those names! I haven't come across Alme...I love those names! I haven't come across Almeria before.Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.com