The Pemberley Poems

By Anne Harlowe

This book of thirty-one poems is based on the assumption that Darcy wrote poetry to Elizabeth Bennet from the time he first met her, to long after their marriage. This assumption seems reasonable in the light of a conversation in Chapter 9 of Pride and Prejudice, in which Darcy says: "I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love." The poems, along with the short prose summaries which introduce each chapter, retell the story of Pride and Prejudice through the poetry which Darcy's wrote to Elizabeth. This book began as a novelette entitled Poet of Pemberley. Later, the poems, along with many others, were offered separately in an anthology that linked them to Pride and Prejudice in a book entitled The Pemberley Poems (this book). Recently, Poet of Pemberley was developed into a full-length novel entitled Pride and Poetry, which includes all the best poems in this volume and many others set in the context of a story in which a Darcy-like character called Lacy struggles with pride, prejudice, love and poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Webster
• Release date: Dec 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9798224215102

Anne Harlowe

In Conisbrough, in the West Riding, I spent most of my childhood, where there’s an old castle, presiding over the local neighbourhood. The castle teased me with its mystery and got me interested in history. Then at Leeds University I took a Literature degree, choosing an option on ‘Jane Austen and Regency Society’, and also one on poetry: worlds which I loved to get lost in – and now I show appreciation by trying my hand at narration.  

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