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After a year of marriage, Darcy loses his memory in an explosion at the docks. Elizabeth and the Matlocks find him in a hospital - physically well, but remembering nothing about them. During their first few interactions, Elizabeth begins to see the aloof and wealth-conscious gentleman she knew from their first meeting in Hertfordshire; and it seems as if Darcy has reverted back to the man who once called her only “tolerable.” It is an uphill battle as Elizabeth must begin again and treat him as a stranger, since he remembers nothing about her. He refers to her as “Miss Bennet” and ...

Elizabeth Bennet goes to Netherfield to care for her sister and, while there, is treated with such contempt by its occupants that the only way she can find respite is by spending time in a small reading room with a fine collection of books. One night she goes there and is surprised to find Darcy in the room as well. Eventually she discovers that it is not a reading room at all but his sitting room. She is just about to leave when a maid walks in and catches them together. Two weeks later they are married and on their way to Pemberley. Darcy, whose attraction to Elizabeth had been slowly ...

Darcy's sister commits suicide after being left with child by Wickham, and Darcy spends the summer at Ramsgate blaming himself for her death. There, he is daily on the verge of killing himself out of overwhelming guilt. Then, one day, he swims far outward into the sea, deciding that the time has come. But, as he goes further and further out, he hears a voice screaming at him from the shore. It is a woman, and he sees that she has entered the water in an attempt to save him. Thus, not wishing to be the cause of this woman's demise, he swims back. He drags himself to shore, and he and the ...

After being harshly rejected by Elizabeth, Darcy Flees Rosings with a broken heart but attempts to right his wrongs in London. But before he can do this, he must first visit, and flirt with, Caroline Bingley in order to get the Gardiners’ address and confess his sins to Jane Bennet. Colonel Fitzwilliam stays at Rosings and falls in love with Anne de Bourgh who finally stands up to her mother and states she will not marry Darcy. Elizabeth stays in Kent, befriends Anne, and slowly becomes convinced that there was more to Darcy than she thought at first. In fact, the more she hears about ...

The story begins at Longbourn where Elizabeth, Jane and their father now live quietly after the rest of the family are killed in a carriage accident. Mr. Bennet spends his days staring vacantly out the window, while his two remaining daughters run the estate. Then one day Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley return to pay their condolences. Elizabeth vacillates between regret at how callously she treated Darcy during his proposal, and anger over how he insulted her family even as he declared his love. Jane, on the other hand, is more realistic in her views of people but is uncertain if she can risk ...

Darcy proposes at Hunsford, and Elizabeth turns him down. But, instead of writing her a letter, he explains his actions to her in person. Later that night, Elizabeth, who cannot sleep because of the earlier argument, looks out her window and sees Rosings in flames. She runs there immediately, after rousing the household, only to find that the fire is burning out of control… Hours later, after Darcy is rescued from the ruins, Elizabeth is tasked with caring for him. And it is then that she discovers that Darcy is blind. This P&P variation contains both happiness and angst, as Elizabeth and...

After being rejected by Elizabeth, Darcy impulsively marries Anne de Bourgh whom he later discovers is mentally unstable. In the summer of that year, she burns Pemberley to the ground; and Darcy, who fails in his attempt to save her during the fire, is permanently maimed. He moves to his Scottish estate of Kinross Abbey where he plans to live out the rest of his days alone. And then, one Christmas, Elizabeth Bennet comes into his life again and rekindles his hopes for something better. This P & P variation (with features of Jane Eyre) has all the elements of a feel-good holiday novel - an ...

Elizabeth is insulted by Darcy at the Meryton assembly and, instead of taking offence, she decides to tease him. He, in turn, attempts to apologise but never gets a chance to, because she is so good at evading him. Later that night, he does ask her to dance, but she begs to be excused. And, with each time Elizabeth charmingly rejects him, Darcy becomes more and more drawn to her. During their subsequent meetings, he decides to tease her back and finds that he is having more fun than he has in years. Elizabeth, on the other hand, never having been teased before by a handsome gentleman, ...

A few months after harshly rejecting Darcy’s proposal of marriage, Elizabeth goes to Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle and accidentally encounters him at a tea shop in Lambton. Already thinking better of him after seeing his home and speaking with his housekeeper, Elizabeth begins to realise that there is a great deal more to Darcy than the arrogant gentleman she met the previous fall. They spend the afternoon together and begin to fall in love. However, on that same day, she receives a letter from Jane that sends her and the Gardiners immediately back to Longbourn. Darcy later visits ...

In the year 1809, an eighteen year old Elizabeth Bennet travels to Scotland and meets a twenty-five year old Darcy on a bridge overlooking a river. They talk about their hopes for the future and the things they wish to do. The conversation is unique and memorable but only lasts for half an hour. At the end of it, Elizabeth leaves, but neither ever knows anything about the other except the middle names of each. Months later, they both become engaged to other people at the request of their fathers. One year after that, they encounter each other for the second time - in a field of wildflowers ...

At the age of twenty-three, Stephen Dunne falls in love, for the first time in his life, with Veronica Reynolds - a daydreaming pre-med student who climbs trees in the middle of thunderstorms, and likes to have picnics at the cemetery; who loves the truth because of its simplicity, and enjoys singing Mozart’s Requiem. The only problem is - by the time this happens - Stephen has already been married for two years to Tracy Ross (a beautiful and ambitious, yet fragile, architect who has already cheated on him once and whose infidelity he blames himself for.) At first Stephen believes that ...

Veronica Reynolds, a daydreaming, pre-med student at UCLA, enjoys going to nightclubs, having picnics at the cemetery, and analyzing Jane Austen Novels with her best friend, Beryl. One day during philosophy class, the handsome and exotic-looking Stephen Q. Dunne (a.k.a. Squid) smiles at her; and from that moment on Veronica becomes obsessed with him. “Once, I had even followed him around for a whole day, sitting in on the lectures he attended and waiting outside his smaller classes, finding out exactly where he would be, and at what time, on any given day.” She particularly enjoys the ...

In this role-reversal version of Pride and Prejudice, Lady Diana Fitzwilliam, the tall, raven-haired daughter of the Earl of Matlock is also the mistress of Pemberley (which she inherits from the childless Darcys.) Sensitive and intelligent, but socially awkward, Diana finds it hard to participate in society's events, often donning a mask of haughtiness and indifference. However, one day, she travels to Netherfield with her good friend, Sarah Bingley (and Sarah’s sister and brother, the Hursts) and there meets the second son of a local squire, Captain Peter Bennet of the Royal Navy. She ...