By Serena Jayne
Inside the secondhand copy of Pride and Prejudice, I find a tattered love note promising a glass of wine and some precious uninterrupted reading time. Had the couple’s relationship flourished or turned brittle and musty like the battered book?
An ambiguous ending serves as an invitation to fill in the gaps. I imagine they birthed a daughter with a passion for reading. Perhaps the girl preferred tales of wizards and wands rather than regency romance. Unaware of the keepsake inside, she donated the novel.
Satisfied, I fall into Lizzy and Darcy’s world, hoping to conjure my own happy ever after.
Serena Jayne has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in Crack the Spine, Oddville Press, 101 Fiction, and Switchblade Magazine, among others.
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Lovely, nice writing.
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That was a sweet story. Especially so, since I just saw Austen’s Pride, a new musical about the writing of Pride and Prejudice, I think Serena Jayne would have loved it..
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