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I know it’s been a while since we’ve posted anything here, we have not given up the blog, but have all been quite busy. Â Today I have our first guest review, a review of three stories with a common theme, By Miss Millicent Bluestocking Being Mrs Darcy by Lucy S Why someone might want…
Depths of Attachment by ali972 Kittens, gather round. Uncle Oofy has a delight for you! It was a terrible oversight by Miss Austen that she neglected to give us the full and complete details of Elizabeth and Darcy’s engagement, wedding, and post-wedding delights. Happily, ali972 has filled this most lamentable void admirably. Depths takes us…
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,…
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…
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…
You, Me and the Bourgeoisie by orchidvines In this fusion between Pride and Prejudice and the film The Family Man, there are two universes. In one, William Darcy is a high ranking executive due for a promotion, recently engaged, and the recent acquirer of a penthouse apartment. In the other, William Darcy runs a family-owned…
An Arranged Marriage by Jan H Elizabeth’s father dies shortly after Darcy’s proposal at Hunsford. In order to save her family from poverty she agrees to marry Mr. Darcy, however her opinion of him has not improved since his first proposal. This is the story of how she comes to know him and fall in…