Preface to Darcy's Dialogues

DARCY's DIALOGUES

Preface

This book is for those of you who love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Darcy's Dialogues provides a firsthand glimpse of Fitzwilliam Darcy’s life when he finds himself becoming infatuated with a country upstart from the wilds of Hertfordshire.

We hear him speaking with his closest friend Charles Bingley, who often finds Darcy to be stubborn and infuriating. We hear him with Bingley's sister Louisa, who is as concerned for Darcy's safety as he himself is for Bingley's. We hear him with his sister Georgiana, who makes it quite clear what her own criteria are for her brother's choice of wife.

And of course we hear him with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, who is clever and captivating and yet who seems unsuitable for Darcy in so many ways.

Darcy's Dialogues is by no means a replacement for Pride and Prejudice. It is a supplement, providing substance for many of the moments that Jane Austen left out, moments that she realized were unnecessary to the telling of her story. These dialogues are "deleted scenes". They are meant to be pleasant and enlightening, occasionally insightful, and towards the end light-hearted and even a bit naughty.