Kitty Bennet is bereft!  Her sister, best friend and only confidant, Lydia, is now married, leaving Kitty to endure her mother's palpitations of the heart, her father's unmerited restrictions, and the constant dread of Mr. Darcy who seems always to be visiting of late!   With no one in the world to talk to, Kitty must now pick up her pen, and  do the one thing in the world anyone least expects:  improve!