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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….
First impressions: it was a rec from a trusted source, so fairly promising from the get go. It was cited as a well written AU with alternative pairings. Conclusion: extremely readable, and very charming. Finished with ease. Why you may wish to read it: the prose is excellent, the characters IC, the main divergence from…
First impressions: an epistolary AU retelling of Sense and Sensibility, with the alternative pairing Brandon/Elinor. AN and header both literate and to the point. Very promising! Conclusion: not easy going, but finished it. Why you may want to read this: it is charmingly written; you like epistolary stories; you think Brandon & Elinor are the…
Some of my favorite things in the world and, not coincidentally, in fiction, are sneakiness and banter. It’s no surprise, then, that I was delighted with More Coffee, Mr. Darcy. It’s a tiny little story that can be read in about as much time as it takes an average person to drink a cuppa. (Unless,…
Indiscretions in the Life of an Heiress by Alison Indiscretions is a prequel to Pride and Prejudice that, like most prequels, tells us about something we already know all about. In this case, it’s George Wickham’s near-elopement with Georgiana Darcy, the incontrovertible proof of his villainy that (as we all know) is related in Darcy’s…
Reflections, by Teg This week, I’m taking on one of the “classics.” In this “heart-breaking†modern adaptation of P&P, Elizabeth and Darcy are reunited at Pemberley, where they do everything but confess their love for each other. The awful Lydia and Wickham create scandal and our beloved couple separate without revealing their feelings. Awkwardness prevails…
Firstly, a note of thanks to my inimitable colleague Miss Kenton, for graciously taking my place in the roster last week. Madam, I am in your debt. And now, to the review! Disenchanted by Kara As a fantasy/sci fi fan in general, I am always eager to partake of Austen fanfiction that takes us to…