Darcy?, the merry widow Lydia romps through Regency London, Brighton, Bath, and beyond, frolicking with friends, royals, and rogues, always only one step from ruin. Such generosity exists in the Pride and Prejudice multiverse that every sister must have her day. Darcy’s Dragon, Longbourn: Dragon Entail, and Netherfield: Rogue Dragon. Then there is Darcy and Elizabeth as quarrelling dragon-masters in Maria Grace’s light-hearted trilogy of Pemberley: Mr.

In all these Darcy fights evil to save his family, friends and, you guessed it, Elizabeth. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Darcy in Tempt Me by Julie Cooper, and the zombie-assassin Mr. Darcy in Kara Pleasant’s Disenchanted, the vampiric Mr. And amongst the hundreds of variations on offer, I also enjoyed The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Bennet, where a recently rejected and heart-broken Darcy seeks to rescue our kidnapped heroine, and Ardently, in which a widowed Darcy rediscovers his passion for Elizabeth after a chance meeting in Bath many years after his first, rejected proposal.Ĭombining regency romance and fantasy tropes enthrals in many Pride and Prejudice variations. Darcy following a horrific accident that leaves him unable to speak. Cut off from family and friends by a snowstorm, Elizabeth nurses the already smitten Mr.

If you want more page-time with Elizabeth and Darcy’s early romance Speechless by Jessie Lewis is another delight. Darcy – A Spirited Courtship, as well as developing a humorous and delightful camaraderie between the ghostly Elizabeth and half-mad Darcy, aches with romantic longing. In February 2021, I read 25 Pride and Prejudice variations – and Austen’s original Pride and Prejudice – and this is what I discovered.įor me, the most enchanting variations are those that reimagine the romance between Lizzy and Darcy in the Regency period. The obstacles may alter, the timelines adjust, the supernatural might occur, but it a truth universally acknowledged that the reader must have their happy union. There exists an unspoken contract between reader and author, throughout Pride and Prejudice variations, that guarantees requited love between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.

Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants