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Lit Reader is 77% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
Elizabeth overhears Darcy talking to his uncle the judge, and the judge advises Darcy to divorce and have his wife get an abortion (yes! even though none lf them know if Lizzy is enceinte or not).

Elizabeth overhears and kickstarts a plan to fake her own death, joing Lydia and travel to the Continent undercover. Darcy is completely lost and procrastinates while he wallows in his feelings.
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Lit Reader is 76% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
Darcy arrives home drunk after a ball, calls Elizabeth “Caroline” in bed, Elizabeth doesn’t react.

When Elizabeth feels ill the next morning, Darcy rushes to see if she is well, but is disgusted by the smell, says so in contempt and rushes away to his own rooms, leaving Elizabeth still sick and unwell, without even bothering to ring for a maid !
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Lit Reader is 71% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
Lydia was “kidnapped” by Wickham right outside of Gunther’s, W sort of assaulted her in an arranged scandal to damage Elizabeth reputation but Lydia fought him — never mind she doesn’t like him &explicitly doesn’t want to marry him, because Darcy is already bribing W to pay all his debts &more, just to he can marry Lydia and take her far away.

This is the same Darcy who threw a tantrum over silver spoons
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Lit Reader is 50% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
One minute Darcy is throwing a spat because Elizabeth is spending too much of HIS money. These are not all her purchases, but fake purchases Lady Matlock is pressuring E to make, or maybe even requesting behind her back.

Next minute Lady Matlock (again) convinces Lizzy that she NEEDS TO host a very elegant & expensive ball, and Darcy inexplicably agrees !

Then no one shows up and it’s a bust…
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Now Lizzy had some inexplicable miscommunication with the seamstress, so her dress was half done & quite scandalous, and she is attending a formal dinner half naked because OF COURSE she has to wear the new dress Lady Matlock advised anyway !
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Lit Reader is 28% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
Elizabeth’s first surprise visitor as lady of the house in Darcy’s London home is PRINCESS AUGUSTA, who happened to be BFFs with Lady Anne, and arrives testing Elizabeth by asking her to gift her (the guest) a random Chinese porcelain bowl, without informing ot requesting permission from Darcy [super normal situation ! ]
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“Mr. Darcy’s resemblance to a Greek God chiselled in Bianco Carrara marble did much to appease her anxiety. With the confidence of Zeus, he strutted about the room in his birthday suit”

Really??
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Darcy proposes to Elizabeth in haste, then rushes away from Elizabeth before they can even ejoy the moment, because he left some jewels he intended to gift her in his room (at Netherfield), leaving Elizabeth alone in a balcony, in the middle of a ball, pray to Caroline Bingley’s insidious commentary — does this make sense ??
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Lit Reader is 10% done with Mrs Darcy’s Moonlight Flit
“ Their lips met, the angels chorused, and a flock of cupids attacked her heart with a dozen prickly arrows. “ [ eye roll ]
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Lit Reader is 10% done with A Most Natural Consequence: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Still stuck here — this story has failed to grab my attention, and I can usually read through anything, even when I dislike it !
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A Most Natural Consequence: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 88% done with A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)
Cnel Fitzwilliam’s brother has died only weeks ago, and instead of keeping mourning, he is planning to attend an assembly in Lambton and dancing rhe evening away !

I was already shocked that the Darcys of Pemberley were not going into half mourning for their Uncle’s heir (their blood cousin!). I would have expected Darcy to wear a black armband and Georgiana to darken her gowns…
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A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)

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Lit Reader is 50% done with A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)
Halfway into the story and there are two main mysteries remaining >> What horrible thing happened to Elizabeth, or what did she witness 5 years ago at Pemberley? And what happened to Georgiana before Elizabeth’s present visit, to make her health & spirits deteriorate (lack of sleep, nightmares?, depression, refusing to eat)

The time leaps are awkward, 3 months into E’s visit and hardly any progress in the plot
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A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)

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Cnel Fitzwilliam calls 20-year-old Elizabeth “a woman”, Lizzy calls 15-year-old Georgiana “this woman”, the two LADIES (girls) are called “women” by Darcy and his cousin — it sounds crass.

It’s absolutely tone deaf to Austen and to Regency speech/mindset !! Social niceties exist(ed) for a reason…
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Lit Reader is 19% done with A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)
I often see a misuse of the words “woman” or “female” in JAFF/Austen variations. It’s used carelessly, without furthet meaning, maybe as authors would use them today to describe any woman…

But in Regency England “woman” alone was too generic and even more coarse. Language demanded more specific terms denoting age/class/education/status >> lady (preferable for Gentry), maiden, lass, for ex.
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A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)

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Lit Reader is 18% done with A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)
There are two strange points so far >>

1) Elizabeth has some mystery memories from her previous visit to Pemberley, which are painful/traumatic, and her strong emotions + avoidance to name them gives it a sordid, unsavory vibe.

2) Darcy hardly remembers she girl who visited Pemberley one summer, but Elizabeth has a set recollection of a cold, distant, dismissive Darcy, and she has beef against him ! Why ??
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A Summer to Remember: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (In Want of a Wife)

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Lit Reader is 90% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Pet peeves = cliché phrases or formulas repeated as fillers and with a bit of a modern ring

- utterly and completely
- “My thoughts exactly”
- “I could not agree more”
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Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 82% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Yeah, this Lizzy is a nasty piece of work ! This is Elizabeth addressing the step-mother who raised her and the mother of her younger half-sisters…

“ And from now on, if any of you wishes for something particular from me, you will beg me, with proper gratitude and humbleness! Not asking, not demanding, but begging and showing thankfulness afterwards! “
Apr 20, 2026 07:26AM 3 comments
Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 81% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Here it comes ! The set down moment >> Elizabeth unleashes an “epic” talk to Mrs. Bennet about how entitled she is and how poorly she has treated Elizabeth [ eye roll ]

I strongly dislike these contrived moments of “reckoning” authors inflict on characters they want to demean or punish. It gives “power” to main characters and highlights a childish idea of “justice”.

I find it usually misogynistic.
Apr 20, 2026 06:29AM 3 comments
Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 71% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
The “two steps forward, one step back” progress in the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is getting boring.

He is courting her within marriage, she remains clueless about his/her feelings, and they are both constantly getting interrupted by servants/family/random trouble whenever they get a private moment and a small understanding between them!
Apr 19, 2026 06:27PM Add a comment
Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 52% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Darcy likes Elizabeth and he has been nothing but honourable and courteous to her. Elizabeth likes Darcy, so every time she gets nervous she “unintentionally” brings up her money, “unintentionally” offending him [ eye roll ]

Also, it’s really awkward to read how much Elizabeth despises her stepmother and how she only deals with her Bennet sisters out of social obligation.
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Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 26% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
So far Darcy has been nothing but decent, kind and considerate towards Elizabeth. She met him through her uncle Gardiner, who is Darcy’s dear friend and confidante.

So HOW IN THE WORLD does Elizabeth get into her head that Darcy is a snob who dislikes Wickham because he is a servant’s son and lower in social class??? This makes no sense, and it stinks of Lizzy reading P&P beforehand [ eye roll ].
Apr 17, 2026 06:18PM 6 comments
Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 25% done with Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Elizabeth knows her husband (Darcy) despises Georgiana’s husband, she knows he was a former family friend and now her husband disapproves of him. She knows Darcy is pained by him marrying Georgiana.

So when she meets Wickham “by chance” in the rain, she thinks it’s perfectly natural to INVITE HIM INTO THE HOUSE when Darcy is away, and feed him brandy and cake !!!!
Apr 17, 2026 06:06PM 2 comments
Mr. Darcy's Marriage Contract: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Lit Reader is 40% done with Four Syllables: A Pride and Prejudice Short (Pride and Prejudice Shorts)
Juvenile, comedic, fast-paced style.

Each short chapter offers a different first person point of view with much internal dialogue, harsh judgements, and plenty of illogical-yet-cheeky references to original P&P text [ eye roll ].

The four syllable plot point was forgotten after the first (presentation) chapter — thankfully !
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Four Syllables: A Pride and Prejudice Short (Pride and Prejudice Shorts)

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Lit Reader is 92% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
We are told Darcy is struck surprised by seeing Elizabeth “in color” for the first time (at an asembly).

But we were explicitly told that from the first day the Bennet sisters left mourning attire, Darcy and Elizabeth have been together several times, at Pemberley (visiting Georgiana) and once on a day excursion to see Bingley’s new home.
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A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 90% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
Very ill advised for the author to name Bingley’s newly purchased home Haddon Hall — this is the name of a super important, well known, real-life historic building in Derbyshire. It’s a massive medieval castle, former seat of the Dukes of Rutland, still in the hands of the Manners family (the current Duke’s brother)

Bingley can’t afford this one !
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A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 78% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
There are several instances of editorial gaffes in which a scene is sort of retold in different/consecutive paragraphs with slight alterations or in a circular pattern that is confusing to read : a farewell that happens with similar words in two or three different places, Mary or Kitty saying the exact same words on different scenes reacting to similar situations.

Probably different drafts copy-pasted together
Apr 13, 2026 07:25AM 2 comments
A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 35% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
1) Darcy agrees to have Georgiana invite ALL the Bennet ladies to Pemberley, G goes to write the note asap

2) weeks go by and the Bennet household only see the Darcys at church

3) an eternity afterwards the note is sent to the Bennets with an invitation for Mary ONLY

Strange that…
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A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 32% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
Mr Darcy addresses Miss Darcy and says “with your mother’s approval” — WHAT IS THIS???

Is this a typo, an editorial misstep, or a new addition to this variation that we have not been told before ??
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A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 5% done with A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)
Funny how a trip from Meryton to Lambton includes commentary on the landscape near London (a usual geographical gaffe).
Apr 11, 2026 08:40AM Add a comment
A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation (Period-Authentic Dramas)

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Lit Reader is 9% done with A Most Natural Consequence: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
The story is slow paced and the supposed tension between the characters is not “tensioning” — dragging so far >> I am forcing myself to push through, but the story fails to capture my interest and I find myself avoiding it !
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A Most Natural Consequence: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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