Inside The Heart of Bennet Hollow: A Look at a Pride and Prejudice Retelling

Joanne Bischof DeWitt’s The Heart of Bennet Hollow is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, a novel that has enamored audiences for centuries. This time, Lizbeth Bennet is a farmer’s daughter when William Darcy, a wealthy coal baron, arrives to appraise the local mine. As they form a tenuous friendship, Lizbeth learns all may not be as it seems.

In this post, Joanne tells us how Jane Austen’s novels affected her as an author, why she chose to set the book in Appalachia, and why Jane Austen’s novels are still relevant today.

And don’t miss your first look at Lizbeth and William through short excerpts from the novel!