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The Final Reason: A Tale of Pride and Prejudice
In this retelling of the beloved novel, Elizabeth has got an elder brother who is Fitzwilliam Darcy's close friend.
Moreover, she is already engaged to another man when she meets Darcy.
How will Darcy react to some serious competition? To what lengths will he go to convince Elizabeth to pick him?
Moreover, she is already engaged to another man when she meets Darcy.
How will Darcy react to some serious competition? To what lengths will he go to convince Elizabeth to pick him?
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275 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 6, 2012
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February 18, 2022
Barley P&P besides the names, but a wacky ride all the same
Synopsis:
In this bizzaro Pride and Prejudice not only are the characterizations tweaked for the worst, but so is the Bennet family, who receives a major revamp. Mr Bennet has excellent connections, his mother was youngest of a earl. He married for love his first wife, a Miss Margaret Gardiner, daughter of a wealthy merchant. The first Mrs B had big dowry was beautiful, kind; the whole enchilada. However she passes due to complications when birthing the entail ender, Thomas.
The baby needed a mom, and Bennet was like, 'F**k it; whatever is convenient and closely at hand,' and so he married her cousin, the OG Mrs Fanny Bennet. She too eventually dies due to vanity & irony, but not before giving him Jane and Lizzy.
Mr Bennet used his 1st wife's dowry to buy neighboring farms, double his acreage & income, and he invested his money. So all this set up is to establish the Bennets are smaller, wealthier, and with less cause to blush.
Thomas is school chums with Darcy and wants to set him up with Jane. When Darcy asks what about the other sister, why isn't she on the table? Well she is impertinent, too clever and oh lately engaged, to Aunt Gardiners Brother, a navy Captain John Carew, though Lizzy's brother isn't thrilled about it. He worries Lizzy is more in love with the idea of being a captains wife and sailing about the world than of the man himself.
Enter Lizzy, and boy what an entrance she makes! Darcy thinks he sees a young boy ridding a great stallion, but tis an error! Lizzy rides astride and dons a men clothing to pull it off, including a cap to hide her face! Fit for Shakespeare! As Darcy stays at Longbourn he and Lizzy become friends, with it clear to all Darcy wants more. Darcy cant believe she ever engaged herself with some navy man in the first place and is frothing with jealously.
Darcy:
When Cap'n Carew shows up at LB Darcy decides to retire the field, and it's in Rosings where they are once more reunited and he finally sees a path forward when Lizzy confides in Darcy after he notes Lizzy is barely eating,
Lizzy to Darcy:
Darcy to Lizzy:
Seeing she is clearly unhappy, unappreciated, and cares for him, Darcy has to do some tricky negotiations with Lizzy to convince her to wed him and abandon the fat shamming captain.
Darcy to Lizzy:
Darcy has his hands full trying to reason with her, well because is unreasonable & illogical.
Darcy trying to explain to Lizzy her plan is batsh!t:
In the end he has to force the matter. And I don't know who was more annoying, like yes he took away her agency, but her plans where so, so dumb and I was just glad the decision was taken away from her. Yes, that is how lamebrained Lizzy was in this, my feminist self was rooting against her autonomy. Take her off the streets, she is a danger to herself and others.
Lizzy:
She was more akin to Lydia.
The Brass Tacks:
2 stars and both are for how entertaining it was despite having nothing to do with JAFF. It's is the typical Ola Wegner fare. So when it was good it was ok, when it was bad it was devastatingly, pull out your hair, so. And like a train wreck you can't bring yourself to look away. It has the same appeal as watching a reality show: all the poorly scripted nonsense, all the petty drama, and at the end you loose a little respect for yourself for having sat through it.
While it was hard to put down, it was mainly due to morbid fascination over how dumb & high maintenance Lizzy could get, and how much of an overhanded jerk & simp Darcy could be, and so ultimately that's not what you want. I feel like I know couples like them IRL, and i mean they are entertaining from the outside to observe, but terribly toxic.
Being married to Darcy has never looked less appealing. Mr Darcy, after this display I am afraid I need a break from mentally dating you.
I think I’ll try things out with Mr Thornton again.
꙳ Spice Scale rating: Coquette Cayenne 🌶 🌶🌶/5 ꙳
Synopsis:
In this bizzaro Pride and Prejudice not only are the characterizations tweaked for the worst, but so is the Bennet family, who receives a major revamp. Mr Bennet has excellent connections, his mother was youngest of a earl. He married for love his first wife, a Miss Margaret Gardiner, daughter of a wealthy merchant. The first Mrs B had big dowry was beautiful, kind; the whole enchilada. However she passes due to complications when birthing the entail ender, Thomas.
The baby needed a mom, and Bennet was like, 'F**k it; whatever is convenient and closely at hand,' and so he married her cousin, the OG Mrs Fanny Bennet. She too eventually dies due to vanity & irony, but not before giving him Jane and Lizzy.
Mr Bennet used his 1st wife's dowry to buy neighboring farms, double his acreage & income, and he invested his money. So all this set up is to establish the Bennets are smaller, wealthier, and with less cause to blush.
Thomas is school chums with Darcy and wants to set him up with Jane. When Darcy asks what about the other sister, why isn't she on the table? Well she is impertinent, too clever and oh lately engaged, to Aunt Gardiners Brother, a navy Captain John Carew, though Lizzy's brother isn't thrilled about it. He worries Lizzy is more in love with the idea of being a captains wife and sailing about the world than of the man himself.
Enter Lizzy, and boy what an entrance she makes! Darcy thinks he sees a young boy ridding a great stallion, but tis an error! Lizzy rides astride and dons a men clothing to pull it off, including a cap to hide her face! Fit for Shakespeare! As Darcy stays at Longbourn he and Lizzy become friends, with it clear to all Darcy wants more. Darcy cant believe she ever engaged herself with some navy man in the first place and is frothing with jealously.
Darcy:
When Cap'n Carew shows up at LB Darcy decides to retire the field, and it's in Rosings where they are once more reunited and he finally sees a path forward when Lizzy confides in Darcy after he notes Lizzy is barely eating,
Lizzy to Darcy:
Darcy to Lizzy:
Seeing she is clearly unhappy, unappreciated, and cares for him, Darcy has to do some tricky negotiations with Lizzy to convince her to wed him and abandon the fat shamming captain.
Darcy to Lizzy:
Darcy has his hands full trying to reason with her, well because is unreasonable & illogical.
Darcy trying to explain to Lizzy her plan is batsh!t:
In the end he has to force the matter. And I don't know who was more annoying, like yes he took away her agency, but her plans where so, so dumb and I was just glad the decision was taken away from her. Yes, that is how lamebrained Lizzy was in this, my feminist self was rooting against her autonomy. Take her off the streets, she is a danger to herself and others.
Lizzy:
She was more akin to Lydia.
The Brass Tacks:
2 stars and both are for how entertaining it was despite having nothing to do with JAFF. It's is the typical Ola Wegner fare. So when it was good it was ok, when it was bad it was devastatingly, pull out your hair, so. And like a train wreck you can't bring yourself to look away. It has the same appeal as watching a reality show: all the poorly scripted nonsense, all the petty drama, and at the end you loose a little respect for yourself for having sat through it.
While it was hard to put down, it was mainly due to morbid fascination over how dumb & high maintenance Lizzy could get, and how much of an overhanded jerk & simp Darcy could be, and so ultimately that's not what you want. I feel like I know couples like them IRL, and i mean they are entertaining from the outside to observe, but terribly toxic.
Being married to Darcy has never looked less appealing. Mr Darcy, after this display I am afraid I need a break from mentally dating you.
I think I’ll try things out with Mr Thornton again.
꙳ Spice Scale rating: Coquette Cayenne 🌶 🌶🌶/5 ꙳
March 23, 2018
In this variation the family dynamics have been changed - Bennet's first marriage resulted in a son, Thomas, his second to two daughters - Jane and Elizabeth. Thomas Bennet became great friends with Darcy and Bingley.
On meeting Elizabeth again when she is 20, Darcy falls in love but she is engaged to a sailor. How will they both react to the growing attraction. For me they both acted like spoilt children, always wanting their own way. My favourite part was when Jane tells Darcy exactly what she thinks of him - more of this Jane is needed to be shown and not the bland boring one.
On meeting Elizabeth again when she is 20, Darcy falls in love but she is engaged to a sailor. How will they both react to the growing attraction. For me they both acted like spoilt children, always wanting their own way. My favourite part was when Jane tells Darcy exactly what she thinks of him - more of this Jane is needed to be shown and not the bland boring one.
November 4, 2018
It certainly is a very original variation, but there was little of Pride and Prejudice storyline in it.
I've read almost all the P&P renditions of this writer and in many cases I've found that she had very good ideas, developed them in an interesting way for a fairly good portion of the books, but then seemed -in my opinion- unable to carry on with them evenly and bring them to completion in the end.
I think this story has the same problem: some of the characters' motivations and actions were hard to justify and the book's ending was rushed and naive.
Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed her style and I think she painted a very believable Mr. Darcy.
I've read almost all the P&P renditions of this writer and in many cases I've found that she had very good ideas, developed them in an interesting way for a fairly good portion of the books, but then seemed -in my opinion- unable to carry on with them evenly and bring them to completion in the end.
I think this story has the same problem: some of the characters' motivations and actions were hard to justify and the book's ending was rushed and naive.
Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed her style and I think she painted a very believable Mr. Darcy.
April 3, 2017
3.5
I liked this book a lot in the beginning. But then I disliked the turn that Darcy takes and the way he behaved like a jealous child. I also could not believe he would let those months go by. Anyway, that's why I did not rank this higher. The story was enjoyable and I did have my HEA.
I liked this book a lot in the beginning. But then I disliked the turn that Darcy takes and the way he behaved like a jealous child. I also could not believe he would let those months go by. Anyway, that's why I did not rank this higher. The story was enjoyable and I did have my HEA.
April 6, 2015
A great variation worth the read!
I want to say that after hundreds of variations this one stands out as being really quite good. I enjoyed the story tremendously how interesting the twist with the Bennett's family. I like that aspect of the story best. There are on.y three Bennett's, Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth. Thomas is the eldest and is best friends with Darcy at school...Thomas invites Darcy to come and stay at Longbourn to see if he may be a suitor for Jane because Elizabeth is already engaged to a man in the navy, but Darcy only has eyes for Elizabeth. He has to convince her that he's the one and with him being so taciturn it may prove difficult. Elizabeth herself never goes back on a promise so Darcy has to figure out how he can change her mind and not upset the rest of the Bennett family.
If I was to give it a 4 out of five, it was because the story was fresh and different... However the writer wrapped it up to quickly into a nice neat package in the last three chapters....a real pity as there were easily two very good plot lines to follow and embellish on, instead we got a quick précis of the events and then The End....it was so atypical from the rest of the quality of the the story... It is worth a read though if you love P&P variations.
I want to say that after hundreds of variations this one stands out as being really quite good. I enjoyed the story tremendously how interesting the twist with the Bennett's family. I like that aspect of the story best. There are on.y three Bennett's, Thomas, Jane and Elizabeth. Thomas is the eldest and is best friends with Darcy at school...Thomas invites Darcy to come and stay at Longbourn to see if he may be a suitor for Jane because Elizabeth is already engaged to a man in the navy, but Darcy only has eyes for Elizabeth. He has to convince her that he's the one and with him being so taciturn it may prove difficult. Elizabeth herself never goes back on a promise so Darcy has to figure out how he can change her mind and not upset the rest of the Bennett family.
If I was to give it a 4 out of five, it was because the story was fresh and different... However the writer wrapped it up to quickly into a nice neat package in the last three chapters....a real pity as there were easily two very good plot lines to follow and embellish on, instead we got a quick précis of the events and then The End....it was so atypical from the rest of the quality of the the story... It is worth a read though if you love P&P variations.
December 13, 2022
Enjoyed It
There's something about Darcy and Elizabeth's disagreements that pulls me in. Maybe it's the words spoken, but I find myself seeing both characters point. Maybe it's because the author doesn't favor one character over the other- neither Darcy nor Elizabeth are perfect, but that's okay, they are learning as the go. I like that the bumps in the road is their period of adjustment and not some outside force plotting to destroy the new Darcy's (I could have done without Wickham in the end.)
Darcy is protective and insecure, but I loved his character (especially him referring to Carew as "the sailor") Elizabeth can be stubborn, immature, and loving, but never overwhelming (however, she was dead wrong for lying and sneaking around.)
I've read only a few of Wegner's stories so far and what I've come to appreciate from this author is that she isn't stingy with interactions between Darcy and Elizabeth.
*Thomas Bennet brotherly love is questionable.
There's something about Darcy and Elizabeth's disagreements that pulls me in. Maybe it's the words spoken, but I find myself seeing both characters point. Maybe it's because the author doesn't favor one character over the other- neither Darcy nor Elizabeth are perfect, but that's okay, they are learning as the go. I like that the bumps in the road is their period of adjustment and not some outside force plotting to destroy the new Darcy's (I could have done without Wickham in the end.)
Darcy is protective and insecure, but I loved his character (especially him referring to Carew as "the sailor") Elizabeth can be stubborn, immature, and loving, but never overwhelming (however, she was dead wrong for lying and sneaking around.)
I've read only a few of Wegner's stories so far and what I've come to appreciate from this author is that she isn't stingy with interactions between Darcy and Elizabeth.
*Thomas Bennet brotherly love is questionable.
July 27, 2023
Lizzy has an older brother who is Darcy's friend. She is engaged to another man. From Darcy's POV He is selfish and basically kidnaps her to Greta Green when she asks for time to break her engagement. Yet she bounces back and forth between being willing and mad at him - character development is poor. Character personalities are lacking.
November 26, 2023
I hate all the men in this but Darcy it’s on another level, I despise him
November 8, 2025
Abrupt ending
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November 2, 2012I have read over 60 P&P retellings, so I am always intrigued by a new twist. In this "what if?" version, there are two. First, Elizabeth and Jane have an older brother who happens to be best friends with Darcy. (Poor Bingley has been replaced!) Second, Elizabeth is already engaged to another man wehn she meets Darcy. Other authors have used this twist, but in this case Elizabeth is engaged to her Aunt Gardiner's brother, which complicates things. Wegner's characterizations of Elizabeth and Darcy depart too much from the original: Elizabeth is immature and weepy; Darcy is self-centered and concerned with is own happiness, not Elizabeth's. Plus they elope! Neither Darcy nor Elizabeth would do such a thing!
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September 16, 2015
This was basically characters with the same names as P & P characters and that's the only thing it has in common. Personalities were totally different and MR BENNET HAS A SON!!! The story behind P&P doesn't exist if there is an heir to Longbourn!
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