What if Lydia didn’t elope?

A Look Behind the Mask: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Tiffany Thomas

As a twelve-year-old girl, Elizabeth Bennet witnesses a traumatic experience in A Look Behind the Mask: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Tiffany Thomas that shapes how she views men. She learns the hard way that a handsome face can mask cruelty and depravity.

This experience forever alters her relationships with her sisters, her parents, and her friends.

How will a changed Elizabeth Bennet react to Fitzwilliam Darcy’s insults at the Meryton Assembly?

Can Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy overcome their altered pride and prejudices to find happily ever after?

Unequal Affections: A Pride & Prejudice Retelling by Lara S. Ormiston

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy in Unequal Affections: A Pride & Prejudice Retelling by Lara S. Ormiston, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men—until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed.

Mr. Darcy’s passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him. What she knows is that he is rich, handsome, clever, and very much in love with her. She, on the other hand, is poor, and can expect a future of increasing poverty if she does not marry.

The incentives for her to accept him are strong, but she is honest enough to tell him that she does not return his affections. He says he can accept that—but will either of them ever be truly happy in a relationship of unequal affection?

This Disconcerting Happiness: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Christina Morland

When familial discord and a terrible illness upend their well-ordered lives in This Disconcerting Happiness: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Christina Morland, Darcy and Elizabeth find in each other an unexpected source of strength.

Yet their growing regard may cause more harm than good — for their families, and for themselves.

The Secrets of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rose Fairbanks

To the world, Fitzwilliam Darcy has it all in The Secrets of Pemberley: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rose Fairbanks. He’s the young master to one of the kingdom’s oldest and wealthiest Norman families. Through his mother, he is related to a powerful line of earls. Beneath the perfect façade lies the truth: he’s the product of his mother’s affair and the heir George Darcy never wanted.

At twenty-eight, Darcy has fought hard to put to rest the pains of the past and earn his place in Society. But can he resist the allure of ending his loneliness with the unsuitable woman who has tugged at his heartstrings? Will he tell her his secret and if he does, will she keep it? Or will someone else from the past destroy everything Darcy has worked for?

Particular Intentions by L.L. Diamond

Like much of Meryton, the Bennets of Longbourn anticipate the arrival of Mr. Bingley and his friends to Netherfield in Particular Intentions by L.L. Diamond.

But an unexpected visitor is not a part of Mr. Bingley’s or Mr. Darcy’s plans. While the two gentlemen attempt to control their uninvited guest, Elizabeth Bennet arrives to tend to her ill sister. An overheard conversation, the intriguing behaviour of Mr. Darcy, and Miss Bingley’s cloying manner all fascinate her, but manage to throw her emotions into turmoil as well.

As Elizabeth becomes better acquainted with Mr. Darcy, his world unfolds and, if possible, it is more complicated than the man himself! Mysterious strangers and seducers lurk in the shadows—enough to threaten anyone’s equanimity. Elizabeth’s courage will be tested as she not only struggles to discover her own heart, but also why danger seems to surround Mr. Darcy.

Of A Sunday Evening: A Pride & Prejudice Short Story by Amy D’Orazio

FITZWILLIAM DARCY, on a hot summer Sunday afternoon in his house, and still feeling the sting of Elizabeth Bennet’s rejection, is surely feeling like an awful object in Of A Sunday Evening: A Pride & Prejudice Short Story by Amy D’Orazio.

Driven from his house, eager to escape the tedium and his own thoughts, he encounters Miss Lydia Bennet on the mean streets of London. An elopement is in progress but Darcy soon finds himself called upon to stop it. 

IN LAMBTON, Elizabeth Bennet is horrified to learn of her sister’s escapade, and even more dismayed to learn that somehow, some way Mr Darcy has become involved in it all. Her feelings having already softened towards him, she finds herself returning to London to find a changed man has been her family’s hero. 

A Narrow Escape: Pride and Prejudice Variation Short Story by Aubrey Anderson

Still reeling from Mr. Darcy’s ill-fated proposal, a bewildered Elizabeth Bennet returns home in A Narrow Escape: Pride and Prejudice Variation Short Story by Aubrey Anderson to face yet another challenge: her sister Lydia has been invited to Brighton, putting her on the path towards the dastardly Mr. Wickham.

Confessing her newfound knowledge of Mr. Wickham’s dealings summons a man Elizabeth had hoped never to see again, Mr. Darcy.

Can a series of conversations change a disastrous outcome?

Mr. Darcy’s Persistent Pursuit: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Elaine Owen

When Darcy proposes to Elizabeth at Hunsford in Mr. Darcy’s Persistent Pursuit: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Elaine Owen, she declines his proposal with courtesy instead of anger, and he is left to discover on his own why she will not marry him.

How can our beloved couple find their way to each other when Darcy doesn’t know what she holds against him?

Mr. Darcy’s Letter: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds

A lady’s reputation is a fragile thing. If anyone ever discovered that Miss Elizabeth Bennet had received a letter from a single gentleman, she could be ruined… or forced to marry a man she detests.

In Mr. Darcy’s Letter: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds, Elizabeth takes the safer course and refuses to read Mr. Darcy’s letter of explanation. Returning home unaware of Wickham’s true nature, Elizabeth confesses everything to him, putting both Mr. Darcy and herself in grave danger from Wickham’s schemes.

Note: This book contains an intimate scene between an engaged couple.

Mr. Bennet Takes Charge by Jann Rowland

Elizabeth Bennet’s journey to the lakes is canceled in Mr. Bennet Takes Charge by Jann Rowland, and she expects to spend a quiet summer at home. When Mr. Bingley, along with his elusive friend Mr. Darcy, return to Netherfield, a quiet summer is turned topsy-turvy. Though Elizabeth’s opinion of the gentleman has improved, she never thought to see him again.

Then Elizabeth learns her sister, Lydia, means to elope with a rake, and the very respectability of her family is at stake. Elizabeth takes heart, however, when her father rises to the occasion, in a way she would never have predicted. With Mr. Darcy’s assistance, there may still be time to prevent calamity, and even find love, against all odds.

Mr Bennet leaves his study : A Regency Romance based on P&P by Sydney Salier

What might happen if a year before Netherfield was let, Mr Bennet had an epiphany and started to take an interest in his family? This is what happens in Mr Bennet leaves his study : A Regency Romance based on P&P by Sydney Salier.

Could he have curbed the excesses of his wife and younger daughters?

What impressions would the Bennet family have made on the inhabitants of Netherfield Park?

Would it have made a difference to the interactions between his family and the visitors from London and more importantly, Derbyshire?

A Most Handsome Gentleman: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Suzan Lauder

Elizabeth Bennet’s life is uncomplicated until she meets a quartet of new men in A Most Handsome Gentleman: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Suzan Lauder: the haughty but handsome Mr. Darcy, the pert-with-a-pout Mr. Bingley, the confident and captivating Mr. Wickham—and then there is her father’s cousin, the happy man towards whom almost every female eye has turned.

Mr. Collins is HOT—well, incredibly handsome in Regency‑speak—beautiful of face, fine of figure, elegant of air, his perfect clothing and hair matching his Greek god-like form. Unfortunately, when he opens his mouth, Elizabeth wishes he were mute. With affected servility and prideful self-conceit, he capitalizes upon his exquisite appearance and fixes on Jane Bennet as his bride.

Can Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy form an alliance to stop Jane’s suitors from issuing challenges—and will Elizabeth coax a smile from Mr. Darcy?

A Death at Rosings: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann and Summer Hanford

The world of Rosings is turned on its head with the sudden death of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

Not yet up to the challenge of managing the estate on her own, Anne de Bourgh enlists the aid of Elizabeth Bennet, who is staying with her cousin Mr. Collins at the time. Elizabeth is capable, intelligent and quick thinking enough to help Anne manage Rosings, but is she ready for the challenge of Mr. Darcy’s return to Kent?

With his rebuked proposal, his letter and her knowledge that she misjudged him between them, can Elizabeth set her own feelings aside to help save Anne de Bourgh’s estate?

First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride & Prejudice by Alexa Adams

In Pride and Prejudice, Fitzwilliam Darcy begins his relationship with Elizabeth Bennet with the words: “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present togive consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.”

What would have happened if Mr. Darcy had never spoken so disdainfully? First Impressions: A Tale of Less Pride & Prejudice by Alexa Adams explores how the events of Jane Austen’s beloved novel would have transpired if Darcy and Elizabeth had danced together at the Meryton Assembly.

Jane and Bingley’s relationship blossoms unimpeded, Mary makes a most fortunate match, and Lydia never sets a foot in Brighton. Austen’s witty style is authentically invoked in this playful romp from Longbourn to Pemberley.

Brighton Rescue: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig

Elizabeth Bennet is shocked to discover that her foolish sister Lydia is in love with the rakish George Wickham and has plans to elope with him in Brighton Rescue: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Laraba Kendig. To Elizabeth’s surprise and dismay, her uncle enlists the help of Fitzwilliam Darcy to prevent this disaster.

Months earlier, Bingley was convinced by his sisters and his friend Darcy to abandon his pursuit of the lovely Jane Bennet. He discovers that they gave him terrible advice and resumes his pursuit, but Jane has met a charming war veteran. Will Bingley be in time to win her hand?

Elizabeth and Darcy work together to rescue Lydia from her own recklessness and Wickham’s evil plans. Will Elizabeth and her family be ruined, or can they safeguard their dreams for the future?

Beauty and Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Sarah Courtney

Elizabeth Bennet knows that Fitzwilliam Darcy is a beast. At least, that’s what George Wickham tells her in Beauty and Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Sarah Courtney, and she is inclined to believe him. Why, then, is it so hard not to find him interesting and attractive? Is she just another young lady intrigued by a rogue?

Jane Bennet was in love once and has never quite recovered. When the object of her affections returns to Meryton, she is thrilled, until she realizes that the same problem that has frightened off all of her other suitors might drive away the man she truly loves.

Mary Bennet’s pedantic pronouncements irritate her sisters and repel the man she longs for. Is there any hope for a happy ending for her?

Kitty and Lydia Bennet’s giggles and foolish ways make the matrons of Meryton shake their heads. Without real parental guidance, they long for attention, even if means risking their reputations and hope for the future.

Charlotte Lucas has long since given up the idea of finding a husband and having the children she longs for. When an unusual suitor arrives in Meryton, she has one last chance to avoid spinsterhood.

Any Fair Interference: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Nan Harrison

SHORTLY AFTER THE PRECIPITOUS DEPARTURE of Mr Bingley and his party from Netherfield Park, disaster strikes Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s family in Any Fair Interference: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Nan Harrison.

Not only is Mr Bennet ill, Longbourn and indeed all of Meryton is struggling through one of England’s worst winters. Elizabeth draws on every strength to care for her family, but faces the alarming prospect of losing both her father and her home. Her lonely struggles lead her to revise her opinion of a certain gentleman, and she finds unexpected solace in dreams of Mr Darcy.

FITZWILLIAM DARCY BELIEVES HE CAN ESCAPE his attraction to Elizabeth by leaving Netherfield. He soon finds himself snowbound at Pemberley, where forced isolation compels him to contemplate his duty, and contrast it with dreams of his heart’s desire. No matter how he considers it, though, he feels he cannot have Elizabeth, the one he truly loves.

FORTUNATELY DARCY’S FRIENDS and his family–Georgiana, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and the Hursts–feel far differently than he, and soon even the most unlikely allies have come together to help him see that happiness is the highest consideration of all. But will he and Elizabeth find the courage to follow their hearts before it is too late?

A Change of Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by E A Batten

Elizabeth Bennet was enjoying her stay at Hunsford Parsonage with her friend Charlotte Collins and she delighted in her walks around the groves of Rosings in A Change of Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by E A Batten.

One morning Colonel Fitzwilliam joined her as she walked and, not realising the connection, told Elizabeth of his cousin’s part in separating Mr Bingley from her sister Jane.

What if Elizabeth did not recollect herself as she spoke to the Colonel but told him exactly what she thought of Mr Darcy, the man who had ruined her beloved sister’s happiness? Would Fitzwilliam Darcy still make that ill-fated proposal, or would he have a change of heart and try to win Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s affection?

A Conversation Behind the Tapestries: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Beth Wood

Concerned for his sister, Fitzwilliam Darcy does not arrive in Hertfordshire until the day of the Netherfield Ball in A Conversation Behind the Tapestries: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Beth Wood. When he attempts to find some solitude, he meets Elizabeth Bennet in the most unlikely of places.

Elizabeth Bennet decides the best way to avoid her persistent cousin is to go into hiding, at least for a few minutes. She is surprised when her hiding place is almost immediately invaded, but relieved when the intruder is not her cousin.

This lighthearted variation on Pride and Prejudice explores the possibilities that could have resulted from a very different first encounter between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.

A Matter of Timing: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Linda C. Thompson

Their chance meeting at Pemberley in A Matter of Timing: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Linda C. Thompson helped Elizabeth Bennet to realize her true feelings for Mr. Darcy. That same meeting gave him the opportunity to show Elizabeth that he had taken her criticism to heart and made improvements to his behavior. Would this new start finally lead to their happily ever after?

How might the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy have been different if they had become betrothed before Elizabeth learned of Lydia’s elopement? Would they have traveled to London together? Would Elizabeth have assisted in her sister’s recovery? Would Lydia and Wickham still have married or would there be another way to save Elizabeth’s youngest sister?

Lilacs & Lavender: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Zoe Burton

On her way to Kent, Elizabeth Bennet unexpectedly meets Fitzwilliam Darcy in London in Lilacs & Lavender: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Zoe Burton.

Having spent time reflecting on her interactions with Darcy after the dissolute habits of George Wickham are discovered, she has come to realize her first impressions were wrong.

Love secretly blossoms between the two when they meet again in Kent. By the end of their time together, it has grown from the first blooms of love into ardent admiration, and they are determined to marry. However, not everyone is pleased and trouble follows our dear couple threatening to tear them apart.

Mr. Darcy’s Bluestocking Bride: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rose Fairbanks

Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to a barony, must put aside his hatred for attention and Society and find a wife in Mr. Darcy’s Bluestocking Bride: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Rose Fairbanks. Deemed the most eligible bachelor of the Season, he seeks high and low for a well-bred, intelligent woman to replace the one he determined unsuitable.

Elizabeth Bennet used to be certain of her judgement. In one day, everything changed. Her family might be in danger, and she needs a confidant. When she meets Darcy again and again in the groves of Rosings, her head says to tell Darcy everything, but her heart wonders if she can trust him.

As the clock works against them, can they find what they need in one another? Or will the duties of family and lingering secrets separate them?

Of Silver Linings And Glad Tidings…: A Pride And Prejudice Variation by S. Neha

In March 1810, Elizabeth Bennet becomes aware of a heart-breaking incident in the life of a young friend in Of Silver Linings And Glad Tidings…: A Pride And Prejudice Variation by S. Neha.

The incident brings her face to face with the less than ideal situation existing in the Bennet household and forces her to acknowledge some unpalatable truths about herself, her family and their society. These realizations compel her to take matters into her own hand and initiate some much needed changes.

What are these changes? Would her sisters and family cooperate with her? What effect these changes evince on the conduct of the gentleman from Derbyshire and his friend when they come to stay at Netherfield a year down the line? How would the sudden visit of heir to Longbourn impact the unfolding events. And when a roguish Lieutenant in the militia stationed at Meryton, tries his hand at some mischief how would the young ladies handle this challenge?

Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins’s Widow: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood

Elizabeth Bennet was only fifteen when her father died in Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins’s Widow: An Elizabeth and Darcy Story by Timothy Underwood. His heir, Mr. Collins was an awful, ugly man who mistreated the servants. Elizabeth would never let her dear Jane marry him. Never.

Jane was beautiful, kind, and good. She deserved to marry someone she loved. Elizabeth convinced Mr. Collins to choose her instead. His character was far worse than she had imagined it could be, and her marriage was an unending nightmare. Elizabeth felt joy when he died.

Years later Mr. Bingley took Netherfield, and Elizabeth met his haughty and handsome friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Even though he saw himself as superior to most of the local gentry, Elizabeth and Darcy quickly became fast friends. But as they grew closer Elizabeth’s terrifying memories of Mr. Collins returned…

Friendship: Pride and Prejudice Variation by E A Batthen

Having received word that Mr Bingley will not be returning to Netherfield, Jane Bennet accepts an invitation to return to town with Mr and Mrs Gardiner; her sister, Elizabeth, accompanies her in Friendship: Pride and Prejudice Variation by E A Batthen.

Although Jane would be welcomed back to Longbourn at any time, Elizabeth’s visit to their aunt and uncle is for an undetermined duration. Mrs Bennet has banished her ungrateful second daughter from Longbourn for refusing to marry Mr Collins. Mr Bennet, eager for peace and solitude after the previous months of mayhem, sanctions his wife’s actions.

On the first day after their arrival at Gracechurch Street, Jane and Elizabeth take three of their Gardiner cousins to Hyde Park; while there they meet a young lady walking with her companion. Unbeknown to the sisters the shy young lady is none other than the sister of Mr Bingley’s friend, the haughty Mr Darcy. As the friendship grows the sisters discover Georgiana’s true identity, and, with that discovery, the realisation that Mr Wickham had lied; Miss Darcy was nothing like the young lady he had described to Elizabeth.

The more she learns from Georgiana, the more Elizabeth realises that her sketch of Mr Darcy’s and Mr Wickham’s characters is faulty and she does not know the gentlemen at all.

An invitation to Darcy House ensures Elizabeth and Darcy are once more in each other’s company, and the sisters are introduced to the Darcys cousin, Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam. Can the Elizabeth and Jane find happiness in London?

Fitzwilliam Darcy Elopes: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Beth Wood

When Elizabeth receives the news concerning Lydia’s elopement with Mr. Wickham in Fitzwilliam Darcy Elopes: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Beth Wood, Mr. Darcy proposes a plan to divert gossip away from Elizabeth’s younger sister in order to save her from a life as Mrs. Wickham.

This humorous variation on Pride and Prejudice follows Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet on a rather unexpected adventure.