P&P The Untold Stories: Caroline Perceives the Danger

This means war! November 15, 1811 While she played the Italian tunes, which she knew by memory, Caroline had also been watching Mr. Darcy – normally one of her favorite occupations. On this occasion, however, she had derived little enough pleasure from it. For it seemed to her that the gentleman in question, rather than …

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P&P:The Untold Stories Caroline Plans for the Netherfield Ball, pt 1

Caroline must deal with her brother’s largesse   Nov 14, 1811 The garish Bennet women finally trundled out of Netherfield’s parlor. Not a moment too soon.  Caroline pressed her eyes with thumb and forefinger. They had already overstayed their allotted quarter hour by that much again. How much trouble had that wrought? What disaster might …

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Book Preview – Chapter 1 – Catching Lizzy

Guess what! I have a quick modern that started bugging me during A Worthy Woman, so I when wrote it, it just flowed out and it’s almost ready. I’m finishing up the final editing, and I have the cover, so I wanted to go ahead and share Chapter 1 with you. I’ll be posting the …

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P&P The Untold Stories: Lydia Goes to Meryton by Diana Birchall

Lydia goes to Meryton to flirt with the officers November 12, 1811 At Meryton, Lizzy left her younger sisters near the lodgings of one of the officer’s wives, Mrs. Pratt, and crossed the road to walk through the fields leading toward Netherfield, where Jane lay ill. “Isn’t she a silly to go,” said Lydia, “slopping …

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P&P The Untold Stories: Jane’s Thoughts on Riding to Netherfield

We’re up to November 11th, and the second post of today. We all know that Jane was forced to ride to Netherfield by Mrs. Bennet, but how did Jane feel about that? Let’s find out. November 11, 1811 With a final tug to secure the ribbons of her bonnet, Jane glanced at her reflection in …

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P&P The Untold Stories: An Invitation to Netherfield

Caroline Invites Jane to Netherfield November 11, 1811 Caroline Bingley marched with strident steps back and forth, her arms folded tightly in front of her. She was perturbed that Charles had accepted an invitation to dine with some officers in Meryton. She was perturbed not so much that he was going, but that Mr. Darcy …

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Gretna, Lancaster & Lyme: Landmarks of a Real-Life Elopement

Good morning. Would you like to come on another virtual trip with me? It starts in Liverpool, at a boarding school for young ladies of good fortune, and finishes at Pemberley, which is no surprise. All the stories I’d like to share with you finish at Pemberley. But this time the heroine is not Elizabeth. …

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Spellbound at Pemberley excerpt

At long last, my new book Spellbound at Pemberley is almost ready! I’m so excited that after many delays and rewrites, this magical Pride & Prejudice variation will be published on December 5. I’ve been waiting so long to tell you about this amazing book! What’s it about? Above all, it’s the story of Darcy …

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P&P The Untold Stories: Charlotte Lucas on Guy Fawkes Day

Can Charlotte follow her own advice on romance? November 5, 1811 Elizabeth said, “It is evident whenever they meet, that he does admire her; and to me it is equally evident that Jane is yielding to the preference which she began to entertain for him from the first, and is in a way to be …

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P&P The Untold Stories: A Party at Lucus Lodge

The Lucas Lodge Party (from Sir William’s POV) November 1, 1811 IT WAS A CAPITAL NIGHT AT LUCAS LODGE. Sir William Lucas was hosting a gathering in honor of the ____ Militia Regiment, and the lodge was filled with the principal families of the district: The Longs, the Gouldings, the Phillipses, and the Bennets. The …

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