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Happily Ever Austen An immersive Pride & Prejudice story experience, told through a Jane Austen–inspired Regency newspaper and charming keepsake curios.

13/10/2026

From this…



.. To This!

Experience Pride & Prejudice, delivered to your door 💌

If you’ve yet to join us in Meryton, there’s still time to be part of our next Season One release, with first dispatches starting this Monday (19th October).

Order by Sunday 18th October and receive an exclusive collector’s print absolutely free ✨

Step into Pride & Prejudice with The Meryton Chronicle, a Regency newspaper filled with society news, gossip and some new & familiar faces.

A Year long experience set across four seasons, Season One begins this Autumn across three monthly deliveries, set in the world of Meryton October 1811.

You’ll discover private letters about life below stairs, detailed Editor’s Notes exploring the real history behind the story, all new original stories, collectible keepsakes, fun regency puzzles and more!

And it all begins with the arrival of a gentleman of good fortune and... Netherfield is Let at Last!

It’s been so exciting to see my little Meryton Society grow and I've already welcomed so many new members this month. I can’t wait for you all to open your first envelopes and discover what awaits you inside 🤍

You are all cordially invited to join us.

🔗 Link in bio 👇🏽

Meryton awaits you 🪶

07/10/2026

Before Bingley. Before Darcy. Before it all began… ✨

Step into Meryton in May 1810 with The First Chronicle, a special prequel edition of The Meryton Chronicle.

Discover Abigail’s very first letter, Editor’s Notes, news from Meryton society and a collection of Regency-inspired details, all finished with an exclusive Jane Austen wax seal.

A little piece of Meryton, delivered to your door. 💌

Available now for £15.

Tap the link in our bio to discover The First Chronicle.

Who’s ready for a little more news from Meryton? ✨

After far too long, I finally ticked Jane Austen's House off my Austen Bucket List and it did not disappoint! I did not ...
04/10/2026

After far too long, I finally ticked Jane Austen's House off my Austen Bucket List and it did not disappoint! I did not expect all the little details that made the cottage feel like Jane was at home, with glimpses of her everyday life.

Here are a few of my favourite things among many favourite things from my visit...

🪶Creaky stairs - It may sound random but I loved literally walking in Jane's footsteps and hearing the stairs squeak beneath mine. It made the cottage feel like a home and imagine Jane's own footsteps walking down to her writing desk.

🪶Jane's Writing table - No explanation needed! It was a moment to stand beside her little table where she wrote her novels. I wondered whether she could ever have imagined how much her words would mean to so many of us.

🪶Bedroom view - Looking out of Jane's window at the washing gently fluttering on the line was such a simple detail that again, humanised (Austenised??) the entire experience. I found myself imagining Jane looking out her window on an ordinary laundry day too.

🪶The Wallpaper - Even the wallpaper brings you closer to Jane! Reproduced from original fragments found in the house, it's such a lovely detail to be among the beautiful prints that acted as a backdrop to her everyday life.

🪶The lovely Stewards! - They were very welcoming and I had some lovely chats with them. They also did not make me feel silly for taking random pics with the Meryton Chronicle for the necessary Instagram socials 😂 I even got given some helpful gardening tips!

Jane's writing table was always going to get me but I hadn't expected to fall for creaky stairs and washing on the line! What struck me the most was how wonderful it was to experience Jane's cottage as her home and not just as an exhibit.

Have you visited Chawton Cottage and what stayed with you?





04/10/2026

October. November. December. 1811.

Three months in Meryton, as the story of Pride & Prejudice unfolds one dispatch at a time.

Netherfield Park is let at last. Society is talking. And you are invited to read every word.

Season One of The Meryton Chronicle begins this month. First dispatch expected 19th October.

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03/10/2026

“Charlotte? Engaged to Mr Collins? Impossible!”

This news renders Lizzy speechless whilst Mrs Bennet is anything but...and Meryton has a new engagement to discuss just not the one they were expecting!

Lizzy's shock is understandable yet so is her friend’s sensible choice. I love the scene in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice adaptation where Charlotte stands by her decision:

"I'm twenty-seven years old, I've no money and no prospects. I'm already a burden to my parents and I'm frightened. So don't you judge me, Lizzy. Don't you dare judge me!”

In a time of very little opportunity available to women with the harsh reality of poverty a looming constant, you feel the genuine fear beneath her decision. In 2005’s modern take, there’s something deeply moving about watching Charlotte defend her choice to the one friend whose understanding she might have hoped for most.

At 27, Charlotte understands in a way the pretty, spirited and younger Lizzy does not, that she has not the luxury of waiting for love. For her and most women, marriage was a practical necessity for survival and stability.

So Charlotte chose.

A comfortable home, security, a future she can depend upon. Safety.

The engagement astonishes the neighbourhood but also acts as a reminder that behind the gossip, is a woman making the best choice she feels she can.

Step into the world of Pride & Prejudice and read all about the match that set tongues wagging in our December 1811 newspaper 📰

📰 Find out more at The Meryton Chronicle
🔗 Link in bio!

30/09/2026

When you walk through Jane Austen’s home at Chawton Cottage and you hear a familiar voice... can't imagine who I may hear at Lyme Park 😬

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