Elizabeth’s curiosity can no longer be contained… September 4, 1812 My Dear Aunt Gardiner, Elizabeth paused in thought and worry. Not that this wasn’t an appropriate beginning for a letter, but she was at odds with herself as to what the next line should be. Mentally, she tried out a few possibilities: I’ve been meaning …
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P&P The Untold Stories: Elizabeth Hears from the New Mrs. Collins
What does Charlotte say about married life? January 16th, 1812 When Elizabeth had said goodbye to the former Miss Lucas at the church door, it had been with a heavy heart. The previous years of unreserved friendship, of easy intimacy were over. The fact that one was now married and the other not might …
Writing like Jane Austen Wrote
How did one use a quill pen and what was it like to write with one?
The Ladies of Rosings Park – Chapter 13
The Ladies of Rosings Park is now published! Hooray! But in case you don’t have your own copy yet, I will continue posting chapters here every Monday until we finish Part One of the book (the time period covered in Pride and Prejudice). These early chapters read like P&P “missing scenes” – your favorite book from a different perspective. Last week …
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 …
Darcy and Wickham: The Duties of Friendship
The plundering of Mr Wickham’s private correspondance continues this month, with a newly discovered series of letters exchanged with his boyhood companion, Fitzwilliam Darcy. It seems that the gentlemen were at an advanced stage of life when these exchanges are penned, and while much water has flowed under the bridges and old grievances have become …
Words from Experience to Youth: Part Four
Welcome to the part four of our special March Mashup! Plans are afoot for the silver-haired George Wickham and his silk-clad wife to visit Margaret Thornton in her new marital home. Read on to learn of perfume, scandal and Mrs Wickham’s hard-won battle with her ornamental feathers. If you would like to catch up with the correspondence, …
Words from Experience to Youth: Part Three
Welcome to the third installment of this March Mashup special series! Once again, we bring you evidence of a remarkable and highly unlikely friendship: that of a wiser George Wickham and a young Margaret Hale. We hope you enjoy his mature reflections and witticisms as he advises and befriends the new wife of a cotton …
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