Episode 06: The Thing About Darcy's Pen

This week we come to you live from Caroline Bingley's Pen Mending Emporium, where all your pens will be mended with utmost care and attention to detail. At least if your name is Fitzwilliam Darcy, that is. If you ever attempted to flirt over office supplies, this episode is for you. And for the extra observant listener — we had a bit of a technical difficulty, so The Thing About Rushworth's Divorce had to be postponed. Coming soon!

Selected Sources:

• Blake, Erin. “Uncut, Unopened, Untrimmed, Uh-Oh.” Blog. The Collation, August 23, 2016. https://collation.folger.edu/2016/08/uncut-unopened-untrimmed-uh-oh/.

• Jane Austen Centre. “Cutting a Quill Pen.” Accessed January 28, 2022. https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/hands-on-crafts/cutting-a-quill-pen.

• Hurford, Robert. “Handwriting in the Time of Jane Austen.” Persuasions On-Line 30, no. 1 (2009). https://jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol30no1/hurford.html.