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  1. Public Bookmark 35

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    At night Darcy is left to his own thoughts, overwhelmed by a growing affection for one Elizabeth Bennet.

    This work takes place chronologically at various points throughout Pride and Prejudice, following Darcy's thoughts throughout the whole. I am aiming to make this as accurate as possible to the characters, and plot of Pride and Prejudice(though maybe a little hornier), drawing mainly on the book and occasionally on the 1995 show when it provides more context. I am also endeavouring to make the language and actions as accurate as possible to the time period and have included author notes about some of my choices of historical inclusions because what else is my history degree good for.

    I characterize Darcy as quite sexually reserved, worried about being improper while having overall quite tame thoughts that gradually grow stronger.

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  2. Public Bookmark 99

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    Whispers born at the Netherfield ball creep outward with quiet persistence, winding their way into drawing rooms until they fasten Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy in a marriage neither sought nor anticipated.

    From Longbourn’s familiar bustle to Pemberley’s distant, solemn grandeur, both must reckon with the pride and prejudice that color their every exchange. Duty may compel them forward, but that path is neither smooth nor assured.

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    01 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 25

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    It is a truth universally acknowledged that there's nothing in the whole world that Commodore Darcy despises more than pirates.

    Well, at least until Captain Bennet enters his life.

     

    Or: in which William Darcy is a British Commodore and Elizabeth Bennet is the Captain of a pirate crew. Forced to collaborate, they soon realize how similar they are.

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    23 Nov 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 94

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    "Welcome home," she said, and heard the brittleness in her own voice, the mockery of the sentiment.

    "This has not been home for some time, madam. For either of us."

    Then he was gone, and Elizabeth was left in her carefully claimed sitting room, staring at a book she could not read, wondering how they had arrived at this--two people bound together by law and circumstance, which neither could escape, circling each other like wounded animals in a house too small for their shared misery.

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    Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Elizabeth learns how to love her husband.

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    23 Nov 2025

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    He looked out toward the sea. "I thought it better not to intrude by presuming your notice after--" he faltered, then said with effort, "after all that has passed between us. I believed it would be unwelcome."

    "Is it your habit," she asked with the faintest smile, "to determine a lady's preferences without consultation?"

    This was not the right thing to say, bringing up those things they would both rather forget. His expression shifted--perhaps embarrassment, perhaps frustration. "I did not mean to offend."

    "No?" She arched an eyebrow. "Then you do it quite by accident, sir."

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    The summer after Mr. Darcy's disasturous proposal, Elizabeth encounters him at the seaside instead of at his home after her travel plans change unexpectedly. There, she discovers the pleasures of both the seaside and the man she unexpectedly shares it with.

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    19 Oct 2025