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Pride or Dignity: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Elizabeth is the only daughter of Mr. Bennet's younger brother. She was born and lived for much of her life near Pemberley, and has known the Darcys since she was a child. When her parents died, she and her little brother went to live with the Bennets of Longbourn. This is a story of love, family, misunderstandings, and strong convictions.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2023
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December 30, 2023
“Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care.” –Criss Jami, Killosophy
SPOILER ALERT: This review may contain *** SPOILERS ***
>>Rating: mature due to adult themes discussed and described, and the death of several characters. No kidding
>>Angst Level: low to medium, mostly frustration with M/M Bennet.
>>Source: Borrowed from KU [11-26-23] and volunteered to leave a review of my thoughts and opinions. I first read this as a WIP on the forums. I was looking forward to seeing the final published work. Prologue + 64 chapters + epilogue. It’s long.
>>Trope: [1] Elizabeth and John Thompson are the niece and nephew of Thomas and Fanny Bennet. Fanny didn’t think much of Elizabeth. However, the baby Johnny became her son in her mind. Lydia was nothing to him. This would become a problem later. [2] Weak Bingley [3] death of several characters [3] NSN (not so nice) M/M Bennet [4] weak and selfish Jane. She occasionally slipped into the NSN Jane but it wasn’t a complete fit.
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” –C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Mr. & Mrs. Bennet: “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.” –Will Rogers
I suppose this would be considered the NSN Mr. & Mrs. Bennet. Bennet was siphoning off the funds from his nephew’s estate to supplement Longbourn’s diminishing income and the overspending of his wife. He could never manage to tell her, or the younger daughters, no.
Darcy: “It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.” –John Ruskin
In any JAFF story, Darcy has to wrestle with his pride to find the love of his life. D & E were neighbors in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Thompson was a niece to the Bennet family of Hertfordshire. Young Darcy had known Elizabeth most of her life and watched her grow from a skinny child to an alluring woman. He would regret her overhearing him speaking about her to his cousins. Yeah, this was similar to the Meryton Assembly insult. That tainted Elizabeth’s perception of Mr. Darcy throughout the rest of the story. They would have a lot to overcome.
“Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to do something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.” –Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
This was a tough story full of greedy selfish people. It is long but the happy connection between several of the characters is worth the read. There is a different pairing for Jane and an exciting one for Mary. Kitty had a long road ahead of her to reach her recovered health and happiness.
SPOILER ALERT: This review may contain *** SPOILERS ***
>>Rating: mature due to adult themes discussed and described, and the death of several characters. No kidding
>>Angst Level: low to medium, mostly frustration with M/M Bennet.
>>Source: Borrowed from KU [11-26-23] and volunteered to leave a review of my thoughts and opinions. I first read this as a WIP on the forums. I was looking forward to seeing the final published work. Prologue + 64 chapters + epilogue. It’s long.
>>Trope: [1] Elizabeth and John Thompson are the niece and nephew of Thomas and Fanny Bennet. Fanny didn’t think much of Elizabeth. However, the baby Johnny became her son in her mind. Lydia was nothing to him. This would become a problem later. [2] Weak Bingley [3] death of several characters [3] NSN (not so nice) M/M Bennet [4] weak and selfish Jane. She occasionally slipped into the NSN Jane but it wasn’t a complete fit.
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” –C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Mr. & Mrs. Bennet: “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.” –Will Rogers
I suppose this would be considered the NSN Mr. & Mrs. Bennet. Bennet was siphoning off the funds from his nephew’s estate to supplement Longbourn’s diminishing income and the overspending of his wife. He could never manage to tell her, or the younger daughters, no.
Darcy: “It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.” –John Ruskin
In any JAFF story, Darcy has to wrestle with his pride to find the love of his life. D & E were neighbors in Derbyshire. Elizabeth Thompson was a niece to the Bennet family of Hertfordshire. Young Darcy had known Elizabeth most of her life and watched her grow from a skinny child to an alluring woman. He would regret her overhearing him speaking about her to his cousins. Yeah, this was similar to the Meryton Assembly insult. That tainted Elizabeth’s perception of Mr. Darcy throughout the rest of the story. They would have a lot to overcome.
“Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to do something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.” –Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
This was a tough story full of greedy selfish people. It is long but the happy connection between several of the characters is worth the read. There is a different pairing for Jane and an exciting one for Mary. Kitty had a long road ahead of her to reach her recovered health and happiness.
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October 17, 2023There are chunks of this story that are very similar to passages from Intertwined and Jealousy and Disappointment by the same author. Either verbatim copy paste or very slightly changed. It makes for a strange deja-vu style reading experience, where you think you know what's going to happen next and then the story veers somewhere else. It took me out of the story because I had to dig up the other books to see if I remembered correctly and now I can't keep the stories straight in my head anymore.
March 23, 2025
4* for the story; 3* for the translation
This was on FFN in spanish originally, then translated & posted there in english - and it still needs some editing to flow a bit better.
This is a Lizzy is not a Bennet story (nor was she raised a Bennet). The story was filled with drama and the usual complement of 'bad' characters. Sometimes a bit caricature, sometimes redeemable other times not - but still fun overall.
This was on FFN in spanish originally, then translated & posted there in english - and it still needs some editing to flow a bit better.
This is a Lizzy is not a Bennet story (nor was she raised a Bennet). The story was filled with drama and the usual complement of 'bad' characters. Sometimes a bit caricature, sometimes redeemable other times not - but still fun overall.
October 16, 2023
Another great story
This is one of my favorite writers that I follow on fan fiction sites. Her stories never fail to be interesting and not the typical rewritten P& P.
Elizabeth is the cousin of the Bennet family ( her father was Mr Bennet's younger brother) and raised in Derbyshire near Pemberley. Her parents die leaving the estate to her 2 year old brother with Mr Bennet and Mr Gardiner as his guardians. The WILL leaves 50,000 dowry for Elizabeth, and 400 pounds annually for the 2 children's upkeep. Every single shilling is supposed to go to a bank account for the young heir. It's easy to imagine where the money actually goes through. Elizabeth lives 6 months with each guardian while her brother lives full time at Longbourne. Very quickly Mrs Bennet decides he's her son and even tried to get his name changed but that would mean he loses half his inheritance! Of course eventually Darcy comes to the rescue. I enjoyed reading this very much and was pleased that Mrs Bennet doesn't get her wish to always live at Longbourne!
This is one of my favorite writers that I follow on fan fiction sites. Her stories never fail to be interesting and not the typical rewritten P& P.
Elizabeth is the cousin of the Bennet family ( her father was Mr Bennet's younger brother) and raised in Derbyshire near Pemberley. Her parents die leaving the estate to her 2 year old brother with Mr Bennet and Mr Gardiner as his guardians. The WILL leaves 50,000 dowry for Elizabeth, and 400 pounds annually for the 2 children's upkeep. Every single shilling is supposed to go to a bank account for the young heir. It's easy to imagine where the money actually goes through. Elizabeth lives 6 months with each guardian while her brother lives full time at Longbourne. Very quickly Mrs Bennet decides he's her son and even tried to get his name changed but that would mean he loses half his inheritance! Of course eventually Darcy comes to the rescue. I enjoyed reading this very much and was pleased that Mrs Bennet doesn't get her wish to always live at Longbourne!
September 19, 2023
2.5 stars, maybe
Wow! I finished this book just to see how much of Intertwined was repeated here. There was an interesting plot, though, once again, very melodramatic. The extra 100 or so pages were simply copied and pasted from Intertwined. Once in awhile a name was changed. Again, besides making the book longer by including many pages of another book, this book could have definitely used more editing.
Wow! I finished this book just to see how much of Intertwined was repeated here. There was an interesting plot, though, once again, very melodramatic. The extra 100 or so pages were simply copied and pasted from Intertwined. Once in awhile a name was changed. Again, besides making the book longer by including many pages of another book, this book could have definitely used more editing.
August 6, 2023
Ok the saying goes you cannot plagiarise yourself but you should be careful how often and how much you cut and paste. The book has a fair amount of c&p within it pages the middle seemed fairly orginal but beginning and end I have read before.
Not disappointed with the overall story it just ticks me off slightly to find lots stuff I seen before because I have reading this author a bit lately.
Not disappointed with the overall story it just ticks me off slightly to find lots stuff I seen before because I have reading this author a bit lately.
August 13, 2023
In this Pride and Prejudice varation Elizabeth is a cousin to the Bennets. Living near Pemberley she is known to the Darcy family. But on the death of her parents she and her younger brother (heir to Longbourn) go and live there with varying reactions from the Bennets. How will this affect their individual futures.
An entertaining story.
An entertaining story.
October 26, 2023
Imagine a variation of the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austin, where the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is not Bennet, but Thompson; she’s the daughter of John Bennet, the brother of Mr. Thomas Bennet in the original story. Mr. John Bennet decided at one point in his life to change his last name to Thompson, the owner of the state “Sandstone”; this is where Elizabeth was born. She’s the oldest daughter of two children in the Thompson family. “Sandstone” is fairly close in distance to “Pemberley”; the owners of both states are friendly enough to have their children develop friendships since they were young. Elizabeth befriends Georgiana Darcy and Mary Bennet.
This story visits some events that are present in the original book, but the similarities end up there.
What I liked best was how the author was able to create a new story while keeping the personalities of the characters as close as the ones in the original story. On the negative side, I think the Bennet family's negative flows were exploited more than their positive ones. For these reasons, I rate the book 4 stars. I would also recommend the book to all fans of Jane Austen.
This story visits some events that are present in the original book, but the similarities end up there.
What I liked best was how the author was able to create a new story while keeping the personalities of the characters as close as the ones in the original story. On the negative side, I think the Bennet family's negative flows were exploited more than their positive ones. For these reasons, I rate the book 4 stars. I would also recommend the book to all fans of Jane Austen.
August 7, 2023
I read this originally on A Happy Assembly. I judge non published works more loosely than published.
However, since the author is now asking readers to pay money to read her books she should have at least cleaned up the most egregious problems. She did not.
Fairly good story marred by poor editing and grammatical errors. There were multiple missing words but also times when two words meaning the almost the same thing were left in. This indicates a complete lack of the author even going back through her work.
Also this has one of my most hated plot devices~~Elizabeth’s father loses his wife in childbirth and despite making a deathbed promise to look after the children he does not. No, he basically drinks himself to death. I would have preferred a convenient riding accident.
However, since the author is now asking readers to pay money to read her books she should have at least cleaned up the most egregious problems. She did not.
Fairly good story marred by poor editing and grammatical errors. There were multiple missing words but also times when two words meaning the almost the same thing were left in. This indicates a complete lack of the author even going back through her work.
Also this has one of my most hated plot devices~~Elizabeth’s father loses his wife in childbirth and despite making a deathbed promise to look after the children he does not. No, he basically drinks himself to death. I would have preferred a convenient riding accident.
January 16, 2024
It's too long
I normally buy longer books because I read them so quickly.
I really wanted to like this. In fact, when I first begun it, I did. However, it was too long, felt forced at times. Most of the characters weren't good people, even Jane Bennett. The author, even made Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner horrible. The ending was just thrown in to tie up the story.
I wouldn't particularly recommend this book. The only like I dif like about it was that Mary Bennett was in the story and she received a happy ending.
I normally buy longer books because I read them so quickly.
I really wanted to like this. In fact, when I first begun it, I did. However, it was too long, felt forced at times. Most of the characters weren't good people, even Jane Bennett. The author, even made Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner horrible. The ending was just thrown in to tie up the story.
I wouldn't particularly recommend this book. The only like I dif like about it was that Mary Bennett was in the story and she received a happy ending.
August 8, 2023
Emotional, funny, well written
Very well written, humorous in many parts, emotionally charged, and a definite read.
Elizabeth is not a Bennet (one of my favorite sub groups), Mr and Mrs Bennet are Extremely worse, but take in Elizabeth and her baby brother. I loved how close Mary and Elizabeth become and stay throughout the book. Darcy comes into his own and becomes a "hero" of sorts. Mr Gardner is a little too relaxed for my liking, but Mrs G kicks butt!
Very well written, humorous in many parts, emotionally charged, and a definite read.
Elizabeth is not a Bennet (one of my favorite sub groups), Mr and Mrs Bennet are Extremely worse, but take in Elizabeth and her baby brother. I loved how close Mary and Elizabeth become and stay throughout the book. Darcy comes into his own and becomes a "hero" of sorts. Mr Gardner is a little too relaxed for my liking, but Mrs G kicks butt!
March 5, 2024
While I enjoyed the story, if the author is going to write so much about music, she should have done some research. It was annoying to read of Georgiana playing Mozart's Symphony No. 40 on her pianoforte. Or that Elizabeth played Moonlight Sonata, but the story is set too early for it to be called that. Every time music was mentioned, which was often, I was taken out of the story because it was so inaccurate.
May 30, 2023
Too similar
I liked the story, it held my interest. There were problems making it troublesome to read, this book has word for word sentences from the authors other book 'Intertwined', and there was definitely major problems with pronoun usage.
I liked the story, it held my interest. There were problems making it troublesome to read, this book has word for word sentences from the authors other book 'Intertwined', and there was definitely major problems with pronoun usage.
August 16, 2023
3.5 Stars
- This variation is more of a telling, but still a good read.
- Interesting storyline. I enjoyed the change in certain characters and their outcome.
*Sidenote: The Gardiners should be Elizabeth's cousins, not aunt and uncle.
- This variation is more of a telling, but still a good read.
- Interesting storyline. I enjoyed the change in certain characters and their outcome.
*Sidenote: The Gardiners should be Elizabeth's cousins, not aunt and uncle.
October 16, 2023
Great story and plot, if quite contrived let down by over descriptive writing style
Great story and plot, if quite contrived, but in my opinion the interesting idea was let down by over descriptive writing style as well as quite shallow character development.
Great story and plot, if quite contrived, but in my opinion the interesting idea was let down by over descriptive writing style as well as quite shallow character development.
May 30, 2023
Really interesting story. Liked it a lot, Weak epilogue
August 11, 2023
good
Good not great retelling variations of pride and prejudice. Read like an old fashion fairy tale. Character and story was interesting
Good not great retelling variations of pride and prejudice. Read like an old fashion fairy tale. Character and story was interesting
November 9, 2023
All this book did was make me angry
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