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WHAT JANE AUSTEN DIDN’T TELL US! is not a novel—rather, we present seventeen portraits of Pride and Prejudice characters with their own motivations, complexities and conflicts, victories and defeats, comic and even tragic elements, before they appear in the classic tale.

Why did we write this book?

Because the characters Austen created are real to her readers. We’ve read what happens to them in the novel and want to know more about them—to understand what made these beloved characters who they are as the curtain rises in the drawing room at Longbourn.

So many questions to answer!

Was Fitzwilliam Darcy a quiet child, or could he have been a chatty, fun-loving boy? How did the proud Darcy become friends with Charles Bingley, the son of a tradesman? What kind of childhood upbringing could produce an awkward, fawning figure as the Reverend Collins? Or his opposite, the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh? Jane Austen didn’t tell us these things ... With great reverence for her artistry, we’ve attempted to imagine them. Please turn the page and enjoy our efforts.