Winter 2013: A Little Mystery In Your Austen

Join the Commuter Book Club in reading (or listening to) “Death Comes to Pemberley,” by P.D. James.  It’s the kind of book that makes metro the stops fly by, but doesn’t take you six weeks to finish.

Meetup and Chat: Thursday,  Jan. 23, 7:00 p.m. at Le Pain Quotidien in Clarendon. Think you’ll make it? Register on Meetup.

 

Death Comes to Pemberley
by P.D. James

It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate. Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable.

Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; her father visits often; there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy’s sister Georgiana. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball.

But now, Pemberley is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth Bennett’s disgraced sister Lydia arrives and announces that her husband Wickham has been murdered.

 

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