Author: donjacobson

Longbourn, December 1811. The day after Jane and Lizzy marry dawns especially cold for young Kitty Bennet. Called to Papa’s bookroom, she is faced with a resolute Mr. Bennet who intends to punish her complicity in her sister’s elopement. She will be sent packing to a seminary in far-off Cornwall. She reacts like any teenager chafing under the “burden” of parental rules—she throws a tantrum. In … throws a tantrum. In her fury, she slams her hands against the doors of The Bennet Wardrobe. Her heart’s desire?“I wish they were dead! Anywhere but Cornwall! Anywhere but here!”As Lydia later said,…