The Longbourn Letters: The Correspondence Between Mr Collins & Mr Bennet

Where Pride and Prejudice ends a new relationship begins. Good-humoured but detached and taciturn Mr Bennet is not given to intimacy. Largely content with his life at Longbourn he spends his evenings in the solitude of his library accompanied only by a glass of port and a good book. But when his cousin the pompous clergyman Mr Collins announces his intention to visit Mr Bennet is curious to meet and appraise the heir to his estate. Despite Mr Bennets initial discouragement Mr Collins quickly becomes a frequent presence in his life. They correspond regularly with Mr Collins recounting tales of his follies and scrapes and Mr Bennet taking great pleasure from teasing his unsuspecting friend. When a rift develops between the men Mr Bennet is faced with a choice: he must withdraw into isolation once again or acknowledge that Mr Collins has brought something new and rich to his life. Tender heart-warming and peppered with disarming humour The Longbourn Letters reimagines the characters of Pride and Prejudice and perfectly captures the subtleties of human relationships and the power of friendship.