Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups.

I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations, so it's easier to follow along.

It's like an audiobook with built-in notes. So brew a pot of tea,

find a cozy chair, and settle in. It's story time. Hi, welcome back. This is episode four of season two of storytime for grownups. I can't

believe we're already on episode four. We are reading pride and prejudice, a few chapters at a time with a few notes along the way,

like an audiobook with built in notes. And I'm so happy to be here with you. Welcome.

If you happen to be just joining us for the first time, I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad

you found the podcast, however you found it. Since we are reading the book aloud from beginning

to end, you may want to pause this episode and go back to episode one of season two, which is the

first few chapters of Pride and Prejudice, and you may want to binge along from there or listen at

whatever pace you choose if you're just joining us. Otherwise, welcome to everyone.

I'm so glad you're here. Thank you so much for all of your emails. I am thrilled. You know,

when I started this podcast with Jane Eyre, of course, it was very new. And at first, I didn't get

too many emails and questions and I wasn't sure what was going to happen. But this is like,

we are off and running.

Every episode, I get so many amazing questions, so many amazing comments.

Thank you this time for all your emails about the class system after Monday's episode.

I get the sense from your emails that it basically all made sense, at least for now,

and I'm really gratified to hear that I'm so glad. I also got some really smart and interesting follow-up questions, particularly about how clergymen and soldiers

fit into this class system, which I'm absolutely going to come back to because it will become

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