When Miss Lydia Bennet and Mr George Wickham find themselves quite by accident meeting at a Brighton ball, dancing is the last thing on their minds… Lydia has been dreaming about this ball for a long while, and quite sadly, she is due to return to Longbourn within the week. Our dear girl’s sentiments are engaged, but …
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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Three
This week we continue with our story of George Wickham and Lydia Bennet. Lydia has written her favourite gentleman another note, and is searching for a secret way to put it into his hands. If you are just joining our fun little serial, the previous installments can be found here: Part One …
A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Two
Last week, George Wickham and Lydia Bennet indulged in a little stargazing exchanged a scandalous, stolen kiss in Brighton, but what happened next? All can now be revealed in this cache of rather illuminating letters between the clandestine couple, who were certainly not above taking one or two risks. A heady time indeed, it would …
A Most Respectable Elopement, Part One
Have you ever wondered what really happened between George Wickham and Lydia Bennet in Brighton? It seems, dear readers, that there are two sides to every tale. The couple in question have been roundly abused and ridiculed by fans of a certain novel, wherein they were not the primary characters, but their romance is one of remarkable …
An Evening With Jane Austen: Autumn Mini-Tour
As readers probably already know, I’m fortunate enough to work alongside Adrian Lukis, better known to some as the notorious Mr Wickham, on his marvellous theatrical extravaganza, An Evening with Jane Austen. This Autumn, the show is embarking on a mini-tour of Southern England, as we would love to see you there. Click here for tickets …
Words from Experience to Youth, the Long-awaited Part Five
This week we bring you another series of letters between the Wickham and Thornton households. These most recent finds were the source of much mirth to the Wickham biographer, but the Thornton heirs are decrying them as falsified. There is a pending lawsuit on the matter, so we urge the reader to enjoy these missives …
House Guests
Greetings, fair readers! Today we have another instalment in our Wickhams/ Thorntons mashups, and we are hoping you will indulge us as we introduce a new character. After a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom, the George and Lydia Wickham we all remember for their impulsiveness have grown rather respectable. Now doting grandparents, they have broadened their …
Mr Wickham’s Wanderings: Bonnets!
Friends, I recently invited you to share your questions with me and benefit from my experience of this wide world of ours. Happily, I have received missives from a good many correspondents, and can now address myself to the task of answering your queries. Of course, do continue to send me your thoughts, there is nothing …
Mr Wickham, Wedding Planner
Many decades have passed since George Wickham married Lydia Bennet and that marriage, which many greeted with a note of caution, has proved fruitful, happy and, it must be said, exceptionally eventful. George Wickham’s hellraising reputation will never leave him no matter how many medals he wears but over the years, those scheming edges of …
Mr Wickham’s Wanderings: Lipstick on Your Collar
George Wickham writes… Friends, in my capacity as a gentleman of the world, I have been fortunate to see many things and become a fellow of wide and varied experience. This means, of course, that I have also gathered a fair few little tips and tricks that might help a gentleman navigate his life with …
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