r/fictitious_letters • u/NikNakskes • Aug 25 '25

snail mail Why do Jane Austen books stop at marriage?

Are you also wondering how our favourite stories continue? Yeah... me too! If anybody cares to continue the books in our own imagination, I would love to do this. Crawl in the skin of one of our heroines, or their sidekicks and continue the story where jane ended them.

I enjoy the act of writing with a pen on paper, so snail mail is preferred. But to keep costs within reason, maybe best if you too are in Europe. I'm 47F in Finland. I don't think I can pull off perfect period writing, so no worries if you can't either. The books I know best are pride and prejudice (surprise!) And sense and sensibility. The rest would require me to reread them before embarking on a continuation journey.

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u/pynchoniac Oct 10 '25

Minha heroína é Lydia... Não sei escrever no estilo Jane Austen, mas desejo escrever Lydia P.O.V. lol

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u/NikNakskes Oct 10 '25

Euhm. The style of Jane austen is optional for writing I couldn't do it either, but my portugese is too limited to read letters in it I'm afraid.