Fitzwilliam Bids Farewell to the Parsonage April 10th, 1812 “ARE YOU COMFORTABLE, COLONEL?” asked Mrs. Collins. “Perfectly, madam,” he replied. “Of course Colonel Fitzwilliam is comfortable, Mrs. Collins!” cried Mr. Collins. “Did not Lady Catherine de Bourgh herself pick out these very chairs? I assure you, my dear colonel, that your most excellent aunt arranged …
Category: Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Walking in the Grove
- By Alix James in Nicole Clarkston, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 10, 2024
“I Shall Never See Her Again.” 10 April 1812 Dawn’s dew rolled off the polished leather of Darcy’s boots with each meticulous step. He had paced this path in the grove twenty-three times already, but in such a straight, methodical trail that there was but a single line of steps between the ancient oak and …
P&P The Untold Stories: After the Proposal
- By Joana Starnes in Joana Starnes, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 9, 2024
The bitterness of rejection… April 9, 1812 Fury choked him. All-consuming fury – at her, of course, but no less at himself for laying himself open to the abject humiliation. Darcy tugged his gloves on and his countenance twisted into an almighty scowl. Heavens above! How had he failed himself so utterly, so completely? He, …
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Plans His Proposal
- By Joana Starnes in Joana Starnes, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 9, 2024
Darcy goes for a ride to clear his head and put together a gentlemanlike proposal… April 9, 1812 Darcy tightened the reins, and brought his mount to a halt. To his left, far into the hazy distance, stood the great house, grey and squat, surrounded by manicured parkland. He could not see the parsonage from …
P&P The Untold Stories: Fitzwilliam Meets Elizabeth in the Woods
- By Jack Caldwell in Jack Caldwell, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 9, 2024
Colonel Loudmouth Drops a Dime on Darcy April 9th, 1812 COLONEL FITZWILLIAM WAS NOT IN THE BEST OF SPIRITS as he left the main house. He loved Darcy like a brother, but there were times when his cousin’s high-handedness drove the colonel to distraction. The reason for today’s irritation? Darcy had hinted that he might …
P&P The Untold Stories: Fitzwilliam & Darcy Visit the Parsonage Again
- By Jack Caldwell in Jack Caldwell, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 5, 2024
Fitzwilliam and Darcy Suffer the Attentions of Mr. Collins – Again March 31st, 1812 “MR. DARCY AND COLONEL FITZWILLIAM,” THE SERVANT ANNOUNCED. The party ensconced at the Hunsford Parsonage stood about the small parlor. Colonel Fitzwilliam quickly took in the scene: Mr. Collins, tall and stocky, was literally bowing from the waist. Steady man, the …
P&P The Untold Stories: Is Mr. Darcy in Love?
- By Monica Fairview in Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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April 4, 2024
There is a great deal of awkwardness at the parsonage when Mr. Darcy visits. I wish he would not call. I have no idea what he means by it – unless he comes here to find fault. –- from Elizabeth’s letter to Jane, April 4, 1812 Why did Mr. Darcy come so often to the …
P&P The Untold Stories: Lady Catherine’s Easter by Diana Birchall
- By Diana Birchall in Diana Birchall, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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March 29, 2024
It’s Easter, and Mr. Darcy has still not proposed to Anne de Bourgh… March 29, 1812 The wished-for proposal did not come. The green sarsanet, the primrose silk, the floral printed gown with the fichu, were all cunningly constructed so to give Miss de Bourgh’s figure consequence, and accordingly worn with her best French ringlets …
P&P The Untold Stories: Easter Sunday at Rosings
- By Abigail Reynolds in Abigail Reynolds, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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March 29, 2024
Darcy sees Elizabeth at church March 29, 1812 It had started at church, which had been the usual affair of attempting to disguise the fact that he could not stop stealing glances at Elizabeth combined with utter disdain for Mr. Collins’s foolish sermon. Easter and rebirth—he had that much right, but the ridiculous ramblings that …
P&P The Untold Stories: Darcy Discovers Elizabeth is at Hunsford
- By Kara Louise in Kara Louise, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories
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March 23, 2024
Can she really be here? March 23, 1812 Jane Austen does not tell us when and how Darcy discovered that Elizabeth was next door at Hunsford in Kent. We only know that he and his cousin pay a call soon after arriving at Rosings. As the carriage turned onto the drive that led to Rosings, …
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