Dear Sir,

Major rewrite and extension just finished

Dear Sir was my first novel, published in 2022, so I decided that a major rewrite was in order. Having written three novels, I am now improving this first. It will go into more depth in places, have more descriptions and scenes, and sentence rewrites that make the text more flowing will enhance the story; also, I tried to remove any modern phrases—I wanted to use all that I have learnt.
As of 08/12/24 the re-editing and extensions are done.
If you have electronically purchased the novel, I suggest you download it again.
I have included some images of the characters and illustrations just for fun. You can see them on the Illustrations page. You may also find some short outtakes on a separate page, too. Enjoy.
Kind regards, the author

An epic journey of romance, redemption, and unyielding devotion

Dear Sir ,

The twists you never saw coming in Austen’s cherished tale of love and redemption."

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About the story

Elizabeth decides to share the content of her letter from Darcy with Jane while in London.
Jane, after the reflections during the winter months, does not want Darcy to suffer unnecessarily. In the spur of the moment, she decides to write him a letter to tell him that he was not wrong in his estimation of her feelings toward his friend.

The letter changes everything...

This story is part of the Pride and Prejudice fanfiction world. This beloved evergreen classic is a favourite of many. Those who want to dwell more in the universe that Jane Austen, a great British author built, read and write stories that at some point diverge from the original story or create different backstories for them and see where it takes its much-loved characters. This piece is such a novel with quite a change. Some say it is a blasphemous change...

My second novel is More Discerning - an Elizabeth/Darcy story is now available. See more at the bottom of this page.

My new, third novel, Passion and Persistence is available on Amazon. See story website link at the bottom of this website.

At the moment, I am working on an original Regency Romance, you may find its building website link on the bottom of this page.

https://www.amazon.com/author/kinga.brady

Illustrations just for fun

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If you want to see the main characters and some illustrations - go to the Illustration page, click just above. I put them separately in case someone has their own images in their minds :)

Characters

Fitzwilliam Darcy - 27 Jane Bennet - 21

Elizabeth - 20. Mary - 18, Catherine (Kitty) - 17, Lydia - 15

Mr. Bennet - 52 and Mrs. Bennet - 39

Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner with Sarah - 7 and John - 5, their children

Viscount (Arthur) - 33 and Richard (Colonel Fitzwilliam) - 30, Darcy's Matlock cousins

Lord - 56 and Lady Matlock - 53, the Fitzwilliams, Darcy's uncle and aunt

Lady Catherine de Bourgh - 52 and her daughter Lady Anne - 25

Charles Bingley - 25 and Caroline Bingley - 26, I made Charles older to be a plausible friend to Darcy with Cambridge background, they had to be able to meet at university (3 years)

Anthony - 28 and Pamela Palmer, Cambridge connection, Darcy went to their wedding, good, supporting friends

Frederick Walton - 27, Cambride connection, Darcy won his horse from him, lives in Lincolnshire and has a sister, Esther - 20

John Gilbert - 26 - Cambridge connection

Lord Gillingham (Martin) - 27, from Cornwall, Cambridge connection with sister Gabrielle

Lord Kenneth Owen Morgan, Baron Morgan - 29 and his sister, Lady Suzanne - 22
Lord Morgan is a business partner to Darcy through the Matlocks; Darcy looks up to him, wants to be friends with him

Edmund Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, Marquess of Downshire - 45, friend of Matlocks, member of House of Lords, acquaintance of Darcy

find in menu on top of the page

Go to Outtakes for more scenes

or read the first three chapters

Hatchards bookshop

Booksellers founded in the 18th century at Picadilly hosting regular literary events and book signings.

Chapter 10

Below see Kew Gardens and Hampton Court where Darcy adn Georgiana visit while in London

Kew Gardens and Hampton Court

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Pride and Prejudice - everything to do with it

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Chapter 18

Jane's epiphany is that there is a flower called sweet william.... and calls Darcy such.

The Regency formal dinner table

Venison recipes

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Pemberley fantasy

The Scottish Bedroom

THe summer house party was a thing in Regency times. Read about these extravagant events here.

https://austenvariations.com/vacation-regency-style-a-house-party/

Its twin, the blue bedroom for Mrs Bennet

Chapter 36, Janes's lace parasol

Jewellery starting with Jane's engagement ring

Regency and P&P illustrations

The Viscount's wardrobe

A little nostalgia

I have just found this picture on the Internet - I have a collection of PP pictures, but this has escaped me - how lovely

Gunter's Tea Shop

Gunter's Tea Shop in London's Berkeley Square had its origins in a food business named "Pot and Pine Apple" started in 1757 by Italian Domenico Negri. Various English, French and Italian wet and dry sweetmeats were made and sold from the business. In 1777 James Gunter became Negri's business partner, and by 1799 he was the sole proprietor. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Gunter's became a fashionable light eatery in Mayfair, notable for its ices and sorbets. In 1815, James sent his son Robert (1783-1852) to study the confectionery trade in Paris. Robert assumed sole control of the business following his father's death in 1819, and took on his cousin John as a partner in 1837.

Gunter's was located at Nos. 7-8 Berkeley Square. When the east side of the square was demolished in 1936-7, it moved to Curzon Street. The tea shop closed in 1956, although the catering business continued for another twenty years. Wikipedia

Berkely Square, 1813
Gunter's Tea Shop used to be in this square in London

Pemberley Fantasy

Pemberley fantasy

This is my Pemberley. It is actually a newly designed estate. I love the brick with the white stone. There is a ballroom off the main building to the back garden. The other off shoot in my imagination is staff accommodation on the first floor and kitchen and service rooms. The other side of it stores the carriages. The horses live away from the house.
The guest wing that Darcy had built, I imagine it on end of the left side of the main building opposite the ballroom building. Third picture on the left; 8th picture you can see the ballroom, on the other side would be the ten bedroom plus sunroom building.
The last picture shows the dower house.

Chapter 30

the Regency barouche

The barouche had a collapsible hood over the back and was considered a summer vehicle used for driving in the great parks. It was drawn by a pair of high-quality horses to complement the expensive and fashionable vehicle.

Travelling

Hyde Park

Quite amazing to see London like this. Hyde Park is actually at the edge. On three sides there is still nothing around it.

Grosvenor Square

A famous square in London, home of the then rich.

Covent Garden

Difficult to imagine. The theatre was a crowded place.

Covent Garden Theatre

Vauxhall Gardens, London

London's Pleasure Garden

This place used to be one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century. It was a public park on the south side of the Thames. Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660.

The Gardens consisted of several acres of trees and shrubs with attractive walks. Initially, the entrance was free, with food and drink being sold to support the venture. It was accessed by boat until the erection of Vauxhall Bridge in the 1810s. The area was absorbed into the metropolis as the city expanded in the early to mid-19th century.

The site became Vauxhall Gardens in 1785 and admission was charged for its attractions. The Gardens drew enormous crowds, with its paths being noted for romantic assignations. Tightrope walkers, hot-air balloon ascents, concerts, and fireworks provided entertainment. The rococo "Turkish tent" became one of the Gardens' structures, the interior of the Rotunda became one of Vauxhall's most viewed attractions, and the chinoiserie style was a feature of several buildings. In 1817, the Battle of Waterloo was re-enacted, with 1,000 soldiers participating.

Darcy's Sultan, Georgiana's Hurricane, Lizzy's Sunshine,
Frederick's Bacchus, Jane's Gulliver

1927, Quoted in Chapter 36

Chapter 37

The Honesty of a Horse
By F. Darcy

In Sultan's gaze, no guile is found,
His strength and grace so deeply bound.
No courtly airs, no haughty pride,
Just steadfast heart and noble stride.

Through fields he flies, the earth his throne,
A king whose realm is all his own.
No flatterer's words could him entice,
For Sultan's loyalty knows no price.

His gallop sings to the morning light,
A hymn of power, pure and bright.
In his resolve, the heavens confide,
A guardian true, no need to hide.

Where man and beast in trust align,
Sultan's spirit stands divine.

Dark-eyed Susan

Click here for Jane's song for William

Lord Morgan's new home

The Marquess' home in Coventry

Cottage in Wales, Chapter 51

I know that the dresses and gowns are not strictly Regency at all - but they are beautiful and with a little imagination they could be of the era, so I am going with that.

More Discerning

My second novel has the title 'More Discerning'.

How about if Elizabeth were more discerning? How will this affect others? Would she still have her happy ending?
This is an Elizabeth that I always imagined.

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https://morediscerningprideandprejudicefanfiction.webnode.co.uk/

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Chapter 1

Tuesday 15, October 1811

Elizabeth chuckled inwardly. Mr. Bingley's company turned out to be rather small. It constituted of his two sisters and out of all the reported gentlemen, only two appeared, one middle-aged and married. The matrons of the ball only had themselves to blame. This is what gossip can do. The families of Meryton were so hungry for new male flesh that they let their desires colour what they heard. The local four and twenty families just did not have enough sons to provide possible husbands for the daughters. Therefore, big was the disappointment on the faces of the assembly. She looked where her mother stood. She could see that she was indignant. She had such high hopes for her girls.

Elizabeth took her time to examine the newcomers. She valiantly wanted to create her first impressions, but her eyes kept glancing at the tall, single gentleman of the group. He stood out from his group, not only by the nature of his height but his almost regal comportment. He stood in the back with his head held high, somewhat detached. He looked straight ahead; he did not look around like other folks would do in a new place full of people. She had the urge to dismiss him as arrogant and one that felt he was above others. On the other hand, she could not dismiss the prevalent whisperings of him having ten thousand a year. He winced. He heard it, too.

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