Private and Prejudiced — Clytie Koehler

Lizzy Bennet allows the naughty side of her playful nature free rein in the privacy of her first diary. She is a lover of words and word-play whose most personal vexations and indiscreet thoughts are confided within. The Netherfield party and Mr Darcy were not the only sources of interest and concern for Lizzy Bennet that year. There were events and individuals that did not appear in Jane Austen's original Pride and Prejudice.
In the privacy of her diary, what was she thinking of? What did Lizzy Bennet really think of Mr Darcy and his friends at Netherfield? What other concerns affected the Longbourn family's life and their neighbours in and around Meryton during those fateful months written about in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? Mayhap it was like this…