Prom and Prejudice

A prom-season delight of Jane Austen proportions

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date.

After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn't interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be-especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.

Lizzie is happy about her friend's burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles's friend Will Darcy, who's snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn't seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it's because her family doesn't have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk-so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?

Elizabeth Eulberg was born and raised in Wisconsin before heading off to college in Syracuse and making a career in the New York City book biz. While writing Prom & Prejudice, she learned how to play Rachmaninoff's Eighteenth Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on the piano. She lives outside of Manhattan.