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Victoria Connelly

Born

Norfolk, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.victoriaconnelly.com/

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Short Stories

Influences

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Victoria Connelly grew up in Norfolk before attending Worcester College where she studied English Literature. After graduating, she worked her way through a number of jobs before becoming a teacher in North Yorkshire.

In 2000, she got married in a medieval castle in the Yorkshire Dales and moved to London. Five weeks after their wedding, her husband, a television news cameraman, was sent to Israel. Convinced something terrible would happen to him, she came up with the idea for a novel about a young widow who starts seeing angels on her desk at work, but was scared to write it in case she tempted fate. It was only years later that her husband admitted to having a bullet graze his shirt sleeve whilst filming in Israel!

Although having had artic ...more

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A Literary Tour!

Last week, we visited St Mary’s Church in Radnage, hidden in a secluded Buckinghamshire valley. It was used as the main setting in the 1987 film adaptation of J L Carr’s novella, A Month in the Country, starring Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh. It’s one of my favourite films and it was a true delight to find this gem of a place.

Set in 1920, A Month in the Country is about Tom Birkin who arrive

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Victoria Connelly’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 50,420 ratings · 3,263 reviews · 61 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rose Girls 3.90 avg rating — 8,432 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beauty of Broken Things 4.09 avg rating — 4,790 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in an English Garden 3.94 avg rating — 4,486 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Weekend with Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 5,072 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of the Garden 4.17 avg rating — 3,992 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Last Summer 4.28 avg rating — 3,391 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts #2) 3.15 avg rating — 2,765 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book Lovers (The Book Lovers, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,493 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Darcy Forever (Austen Addicts #3) 3.40 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules for a Successful Book Club (The Book Lovers, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 869 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Austen Addicts (6 books)
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“She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home.”
― Victoria Connelly, Wish You Were Here

tags: books, bookworms, chick-lit, girly, humour, reading, shoes

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“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not just for entertaining us, although that would be enough.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

tags: novels

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“There was no Delete button to help you erase an awkward scene. You couldn’t hit Backspace to get rid of all the rubbishy bits. You had to live with the decisions you made.”
― Victoria Connelly, A Weekend with Mr. Darcy

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