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A Respectable Occupation: A Pride and Prejudice / Cinderella Variation
The Bennets are on the rocks financially, since Mr Bennet has been a little too venturesome with his investments. Elizabeth is set on becoming a housemaid at Netherfield Hall, to keep the wolf from the door. (And Mrs Bennet is set on the idea, too.)
Jane, however, is very much against the plan. Never mind Jane, though, sweetly ineffectual as she may be: determined virago, and spinster of Longbourn parish Charlotte Lucas has things to say about this preposterous hare-brained scheme. Quite a lot of things, actually...
Jane, however, is very much against the plan. Never mind Jane, though, sweetly ineffectual as she may be: determined virago, and spinster of Longbourn parish Charlotte Lucas has things to say about this preposterous hare-brained scheme. Quite a lot of things, actually...
50 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 20, 2022
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February 1, 2022
This is a piece of a book - not a stand-alone.
The Bennets are in trouble financially, and all of Meryton knows it. Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Lucas have come up with the idea that Elizabeth should go into service, and her earnings will make a BIG difference for her family. Elizabeth is willing to do so for the sake of her sisters. Her friend Charlotte is vehemently opposed.
The most obvious argument - one that Charlotte doesn't make - is that a housemaid's salary is a pittance and wouldn't be more than a spit in the bucket to help Elizabeth's family. Not a logical premise, but even Mr. Bennet is on board (albeit reluctantly). No one realizes how stupid this is, especially the author.
The writing is like slogging through mud. I believe Mr. Collins must have been the ghost writer. Over-the-top melodrama.
At least it's short.
The Bennets are in trouble financially, and all of Meryton knows it. Mrs. Bennet and Mrs. Lucas have come up with the idea that Elizabeth should go into service, and her earnings will make a BIG difference for her family. Elizabeth is willing to do so for the sake of her sisters. Her friend Charlotte is vehemently opposed.
The most obvious argument - one that Charlotte doesn't make - is that a housemaid's salary is a pittance and wouldn't be more than a spit in the bucket to help Elizabeth's family. Not a logical premise, but even Mr. Bennet is on board (albeit reluctantly). No one realizes how stupid this is, especially the author.
The writing is like slogging through mud. I believe Mr. Collins must have been the ghost writer. Over-the-top melodrama.
At least it's short.
January 29, 2022
This is not much more than a conversation, there’s no completion.
June 6, 2022
A Pride and Prejudice variation where the Bennets are in a precarious position financially, to the extent that they are living in a tenants cottage. Elizabeth intends to lower their social position even more by going to work as a maid at Netherfield. Elizabeth really is quite stupid in this story as she doesn't understand the consequences of her future actions.
The story doesn't seem to have a beginning or an ending.
The story doesn't seem to have a beginning or an ending.
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