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Tesseract by Spring Just before the wedding Elizabeth Bennet goes back in time so that she could have spent the last six months already married. Why you should read this: If you like stories which demonstrate that pre-Hunsford Darcy would not have made a good husband. Why you might not like it: You like stories…
Second Chances by Lynn O Continuing with our alternate realities theme this month, we have another dream-inspired story. As 1950s Disney Cinderella sings to her little avian friends: “No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” While Fitzwilliam Darcy would seem to make…
A Lifetime in One Night, by Alyson L. It’s dream sequence week here at SC(WHD)! Not really, but this story is similar to the previous tale, in that it involves a bizarrely true-to-life dream sequence wherein our intrepid Hero and Heroine only discover their deep and abiding love whilst they sleep. Oh, wait! It’s a…
A Glimpse, by Alicia M My first glimpse of this story (have you observed what I did there?) was of a particularly unpromising bilious cast, but it came recommended, and after all, Readability exists for web 0.5 faux pas such as this one. Most fanfic attempts, on the face of it, are stories showing alternate…
Hearing Light, by tree On the face of it, Hearing Light is another first-kiss story, of which there are many. First, there are tons and tons of stories that involve a (generally earth-shattering) first kiss. For many of the AU ones, the kiss is the AU, and for the canon-compliant ones, it’s often the first…
The Life and Opinions of Gilroy Hurst, Gentleman by Esther Reviewer’s Haiku, by Oofy Prosser This story review So shamefully overdue Is also quite short Darling Readers, that really does sum things up. I have been trying to write this review for weeks. Weeks, I tell you! And something always interferes. Do forgive me. Regency,…
I must freely admit to being an enthusiast of anything that has to do with secondary or unpopular characters. The less play a character usually gets in fic, the more excited I will be when I come across a story featuring them. Even so, when I stumbled onto Silvestria’s Marriage Vows, I was a bit…
Fudge by Mortie Fudge is a modern Pride and Prejudice that begins in a small town in Michigan. The names are altered, but kept close enough that it’s obvious which name belongs to which character (e.g., Elizabeth is Elise). Otherwise it’s a par-for-the-course retelling of P&P. Why you should read this: You enjoy wry, self-deprecating…
Some Small Tokens of Her Affection by sixbeforelunch Small Tokens is an adorable little story about Henry Tilney getting sick before his marriage to Catherine Morland and her reaction to that. Why you should read it: It’s Northanger Abbey fic. It’s delightful. It’s well-written Why you might not like it: You’re allergic to too much…
Crossed in Love by catie56 Imagine if, instead of pining away at the Gardiners’ until Elizabeth returns from Kent, Jane decided to make her own way to Kent and spend the rest of Elizabeth’s holiday with her? This, kittens, is where our story begins. Why you should read it: You’re a fan of well-written stories….