A Call at Longbourn

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Charlotte Ashbury

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Mr. Darcy is coming to Longbourn on purpose.

Elizabeth Bennet knows the danger of that. A rainy morning may be dismissed. A borrowed book may be explained. But a gentleman who chooses a day, brings a question, and enters her mother’s parlour with full knowledge of what the neighborhood will make of it is not acting by accident.

Longbourn is ready for him: the good china, the seedcake, Mrs. Bennet’s hopes, Mr. Bennet’s amusement, and every social risk Elizabeth has tried not to name.

But when the visit becomes more than either of them expected, Elizabeth sees what Mr. Darcy is willing to face for one more conversation with her.

A deliberate call. A house full of witnesses. A choice that can no longer hide behind courtesy.

The Call at Longbourn is Book Four of The Unrecorded Hours — clean, witty Pride and Prejudice short variations you can read in one sitting.