Welcome to our epistolary retelling of Pride & Prejudice! Jane Austen’s original version of the story, First Impression, was told entirely in letters, so it seemed like a great group project. We’ll be posting a new letter every Wednesday. Lady Catherine de Bourgh Rosings, 18 February 1812 Dear Darcy, With Easter fast approaching, I …
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A Short Trip to York
It’s been a long time, almost eight years, since my last visit to York, but last week I had the chance to take another short trip to this beautiful city. Have you ever been to York? If so, where did you go? Which of the many wonderful museums did you get the chance to visit? …
P&P Prelude to Pemberley: Darcy and Georgiana Have a Heart-to-Heart Talk
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of Ramsgate, how Mr. Bingley came to lease Netherfield, and much more! Join us on …
Country Lanes, an Ancient Village and a Dazzling City
I have always had a fondness for the less-travelled road, and earlier this year the less-travelled road took me and my husband to the coast of Norfolk. It was our first trip to East Anglia. I can’t imagine why we had never visited that part of the country before (but I’m pretty sure that if …
P&P Prelude to Pemberley: A Walk in the Park
Welcome to our Pride & Prejudice prequel! P&P: Prelude to Pemberley tells the story of the time leading up to the events of Pride & Prejudice, including what Darcy and Elizabeth were doing and thinking, Georgiana Darcy’s story, the events of Ramsgate, how Mr. Bingley came to lease Netherfield, and much more! Join us on …
The Life of a House
Sometimes the life of a house is as full of twists and turns as an angsty novel that follows a beleaguered heroine from riches to rags and back again. Basildon Park in Berkshire is a house with such an adventurous history. An eminently Regency house, it was built in the late 1700s for Sir Francis …

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