My dearest Jane,
How it hurts me in the deepest places of my heart to watch you suffer, ache, and long for the love you believe to have lost. My sister, I have stood by you and watched the courses and turns you have taken all throughout the lives we have led together thus far. I cannot deny seeing that the charming Mr. Bingley has taken a place in your heart that no man ever even touched before. However, if there is something that hurts me more than knowing that the emptiness remaining in place of your love is one I cannot dare to fill, it is that I have kept from you the whole truth about Mr. Bingley’s departure from Netherfield.
For all this time that has passed since the wintery season, you and I seem to have been mistaken of the reasons for which we now remain without Mr. Bingley in our midst. The author of the same letter that revealed to me the true character of Mr. Darcy also confessed that he himself had removed his friend away from what was believed to be unreturned love. I pray that you know, my dear Jane, the motives of these men were entirely honest despite their falsehood. The blame for this muddle, therefore, is not to be cast on any single individual – not even those in our beloved family who may have exerted forces of a repulsive nature upon others including Mr. Darcy himself. Regardless, I beg you, take heart, courage, and strength, for truly you must not feel so about yourself either. My dear sister, I now arrive at the end of my own letter, and only a prayer remains that you rather arrive at a brighter sense of hope from all that I have told you.
Truly yours, Lizzy
5 comments:
Hi, I'm from Readingforpleasure D block class... I really like your letter, from this letter you wrote, I can understand how they felt. Your word choices and voices are very strong and makes very romantic mood. Pride and Prejudice is very famous book but I haven’t read it yet. I don’t really like romance books and that was the reason why I didn’t read this book. But I think I should try reading this book. The letter you wrote was very strong and I want to read about their romance.
Jane, I really like the way you wrote this letter. It really gives feeling of the book. I like the way you use the same kind of language that Jane Austen used in the book. I can also tell that you understand how Lizzy feels about here sister, Jane. I love this relationship that they have so it was nice to read the letter you wrote. By the way, I think it's pretty funny that your name is Jane and my name is Elizabeth.
I love the Austen-esque way these people speak, and you have catured it well. "It pains me from the very depths of my heart," why don't we talk that way anymore? Anytime Nathan talks like that (which he does), his sisters make fun of him as being fake-sounding. I wonder if that ever crosses our minds with the Bennett girls?
Wow! I thought I was reading the actual letter from Liz to Jane! You used Austen's language so well that the letter reads as if it is part of the book! Moreover, the letter clearly shows Liz's affection and concern for her dearest sister.
I remember reading this part of the Pride and Prejudice. Liz felt so bad for Jane when she found out that Mr.Bingley left without any comment. I also felt so bad for Liz. But later when Liz finds out that Mr.Bingley was forced to leave Jane by Darcy and Bingley remains to love Jane, Liz was so happy for Jane. This letter, you have written, is exactly what Jane would have written to Jane after recieving Darcy's letter.
Liz is indeed very supportive and caring little sister. And you have depicted very well of Liz's personality and reaction in the letter.
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