Pride and Prejudice was first published 200 years ago on January 28th 1813. I wondered what Lizzy might be thinking as she started a new year - and so I wrote a little poem! I hope you enjoy it. Garlands of ferns mist the frosted pane, As Lizzy peers out to see the icy lane, Drifts of snow swathe the fields in white, A New Year’s early start by candlelight. Lizzy hears the laughter as Jane slumbers on, Kitty and Lydia are up, eager to be gone. Off to join the revellers sledging in the snow, Whilst Mary shuns the cold, refusing to go. Jane is going to London for a holiday treat, To aunt and uncle Gardiner in Gracechurch Street. Lizzy hopes Mr Bingley will call on Jane there, Together she thinks they make a perfect pair. Not so much perfection as an arrangement of a kind, Lizzy trusts her friend Charlotte may soon find The happiness she hopes for in heavenly wedded bliss, And the will to pucker up for Mr Collins’ kiss! But, what will the year b...