(with Hunky Dreamboats!)
England Has Three Syllables by Apolla Are you ready for some football? (Sorry, Americans, I mean literal football, the kind with a round ball and a goalkeeper.) In this modern epic, Will Darcy is a star Arsenal forward and Elizabeth Bennet a sassy girl reporter. A cast of thousands (no, really) joins these two on…
Lady Catherine is not often the focus of fanfiction. Really, who cares? She’s old! She’s annoying! She has an ugly house and a plain daughter she can’t marry off! Actually, that last is a bit sad really. Anyway, she’s not considered to be of much interest. Which is why A Dreadful Bitterness of Spirit is…
London Outskirts by Kent In London Outskirts, Elizabeth Bennet is stranded in — well, the outskirts of London. By sheer coincidence, Darcy happens across her and, naturally, returns her to the Gardiners’ house. On the way, they air their various grievances, and within very short order their relationship is able to progress without any misunderstandings…
It would be interesting to do an experiment whereby someone with no knowledge of Jane Austen’s work was sent into Austen fandom and asked to write up what they thought Austen’s books were like. I suspect that the report would start out “Jane Austen wrote a book called Pride and Prejudice…” If my theoretical fannish…