The Travails of Mr Charles Bingley, Part I

Hello everyone!

Today, I’m posting the first part of a five-part short story. Fittingly, I am posting it on the first day of summer. You’ll see why I say that towards the end of this section.

The photo included is one I took during my recent visit to Jane Austen House and Chawton. It seems fitting.

I first shared this story a few years ago, so it will be familiar to some of you. Please enjoy my humble offering.

Charles Bingley had not known a day, no, a minute—a second—of pleasure since his si...