To Teach the Admiring Multitude: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued

by Eleanor Wilton

Against all expectations, wealthy and well-connected Mr. Darcy has married a penniless young lady. Will Mr. Darcy regret his choice? Can the new Mrs. Darcy prove her worth to an incredulous and envious society?This elegant, witty, romantic and faithful continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice explores how Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy might have lived the early months of their marriage, telling their journey in a manner that seeks not to alter the essence of what made their story so unforgettable and beloved to begin with, but to enrich it. It is a story about the bonds of matrimony, a love story about two people entirely different in disposition, experience and background, striving to create a sustainable happiness against the backdrop of friends and relations on both sides who either do not understand or do not approve their union.True to the tone and tenor of the original novel, To Teach the Admiring Multitude is a captivating homage to Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice. An uplifting exploration of marriage, intimacy, family and forgiveness, admirers of Jane Austen’s novels will be delighted with this carefully crafted continuation of her most famous story.

390 pages, Paperback

Published June 30, 2019

About the author

Eleanor Wilton, an enthusiast of nineteenth century literature, first read and fell in love with Jane Austen's novels at the age of thirteen. At university she studied English Literature and Art History, but spent her professional career working in an entirely unrelated field. Nevertheless, she never lost her childhood desire to write fiction. It wasn’t until after she watched an Austen adaptation that she thought she would have approached very differently, that she sat down in the grand Reading Room of the New York Public Library, pad and pen in hand, and began to write. Thinking she was only dabbling, she in fact had begun penning her first novel, To Teach the Admiring Multitude, a continuation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Following publication, she was immensely gratified by the positive response from readers. She has now released Agnes Merriweather, the second volume of The Derbyshire Chronicles.

Inspired by Jane Austen, the Derbyshire Chronicles are sure to delight readers of Regency fiction who are looking for elegant and intelligent writing, and who are interested in tasteful and thoughtful story telling. Each volume in the series, which will run four when completed, is a stand-alone novel with original characters and stories from around the county of Derbyshire, with occasional appearances by one of the area’s most prominent families, the Darcys.

Eleanor is currently working on the third installment, The Westbrook Sisters, for release in 2022.

She lives with her family in New York City