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 I hope that

if it isn't, perhaps this podcast can help you in some way. I have loved the letters that I have gotten since

last episode from people saying they are pride and prejudice people, but last season of

Storytime for Grownups when we read Jane Eyre helped them to appreciate Jane Eyre in the way

that I was saying that I am a Jane Eyre person, but reading this book together with you

is helping me to really appreciate Pride and Prejudice. So hopefully we can cross the aisle

together and Jane Eyre people and Pride and Prejudice people can come together and read these

books and have fun doing it. So I'm glad you're here. Thanks for being here. This is episode nine

of season two of Storytime for grownups. We are reading

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a few chapters at a time with a few notes along the way.

And today we'll be reading chapters 25 through 27. I haven't said this in a while, so I'll just

say it now. If you are just joining us for the very first time, you've just found the show.

Welcome. I'm so glad you're here.

We are reading the book, like the actual words in the book from the beginning to the end.

And so if you are hoping to read along with us, you may want to pause this episode and go back

to episode one of season two, which is where we started the book. And then you can binge your way

back up to us

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