Steve Rimmer

The dust of the Ashby tournament field had barely settled, yet the whisper of conspiracy filled the modern air. Wilfred of Ivanhoe, still nursing the deep wounds he had received as the mysterious Disinherited Knight, sat upright within the moving litter provided by his Jewish caretakers, Isaac of York and his brilliant daughter, Rebecca.

The autumn wind howled across the rugged cliffs of Whitby, driving a thick, salty spray against the stone walls of the old rectory. Inside, the fire crackled, casting long, dancing shadows across the room where Mina Murray and her dear friend Lucy Westenra sat. Lucy looked pale, her usual bright spirit dampened by a strange, recurring dream of a dark silhouette outside her window.

The tranquil atmosphere of a high-end department store in Mayfair was shattered by the sharp click of pristine heels and the rustle of heavy silk. Lady Catherine de Bourgh had arrived in 2026, and she was thoroughly displeased with the layout of the twenty-first century.

The sleek glass elevator of the Shard shot upward, leaving the sisters’ stomachs somewhere near the bottom of London. Clad in contemporary evening wear sourced from an upscale boutique—Jane in an elegant silk slip dress and Elizabeth in a sharp, tailored emerald pantsuit—they stepped out into a sprawling penthouse gala. The air hummed with electronic lo-fi beats and the chatter of high-society tech investors.

Welcome to a modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic masterpiece. Pride, Prejudice, & Pixels explores what happens when the inhabitants of Longbourn and Pemberley are suddenly ripped from 1813 and dropped straight into the chaos of 2026.Without a carriage, a dowry, or a strict societal handbook, the characters must navigate a bewildering new world.

Follow Elizabeth as she channels her sharp wit into navigating online discourse, while Mr Darcy struggles to maintain his aristocratic pride in an era of casual dress codes and instant messaging. From Jane and Bingley trying to maintain wholesome romance via text, to Mrs Bennet losing her mind over inflation and the modern marriage market, this podcast dives into the cultural clash of the century.Can Regency manners survive modern madness?

Tune in weekly to find out if love can still triumph when it is filtered through twenty-first-century technology.A sudden flash of lightning, scentless and blue, tore through the drawing room of Longbourn. When the air cleared, Elizabeth Bennet found herself sitting not on her familiar chintz sofa, but on a sleek, grey sectional sofa in a bright London apartment. Beside her, Jane gasped, while Lydia screamed with delight.

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Father had been away in the country for three or four days. All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers. He could mend all sorts of things.

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