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Elizabeth Bennet's Wager
Elizabeth Bennet reacts to the Hunsford Proposal in an entirely unexpected way, with the help of several friends from Meryton.
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39 pages, ebook
First published July 30, 2017
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March 17, 2023
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“Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I’ve been winning fortunes, and I’ve been losing them.” Jerry Lewis
>>Rating: clean but a bit risqué in places.
We open during the DHP [Disastrous Hunsford Proposal] and Elizabeth bursts out laughing. Like Mr. Darcy, I was confused. This was the most creative bent on our P&P story that I have ever read and once I figured out what the heck was happening… I absolutely loved it. It was so funny. You just have to relax and Just go with the story.
“You know you have to gamble, don’t you, to get what you want? So what are you prepared to lose?” –Anna Hope, The Ballroom
There were three quick chapters and then six short epilogues featuring various characters. I thought they were amazingly creative and funny. I was in a constant state of Wow!!! This was so creative! This was so mind-blowing… let me just say… don’t mess with the women of Meryton… period. Wickham never stood a chance and you HAVE to read it just to see what happened to him. OMG!! Hilarious. I loved it. The Caroline Bingley epilogue was a scream. I don’t know where that came from but this was hilarious.
1st read: 8-12-17
2nd read: 10-13-17: I couldn't help it. I just had to read this again. I love poor Darcy's reaction to Elizabeth and her little scribbles on paper. This was delightful and can be read in just a few minutes.
3rd read: 4-28-18 Heptalog: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12594150...
WadeH added another epilogue [Ch 10] that was dialog-driven and at first hard to follow. When I first read this new epilogue cold… I was a bit confused. I decided to reread the entire story and then read this new chapter 10 again and it made more sense. What a hoot. WadeH has a wicked sense of humor and this was a perfect conclusion to this story [perhaps… unless he thinks of something else]. I enjoyed it.
4th read: 8-24-19 what fun.
5th read: I still enjoyed this. What smart women and woe be to anyone that crosses them.
“Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I’ve been winning fortunes, and I’ve been losing them.” Jerry Lewis
>>Rating: clean but a bit risqué in places.
We open during the DHP [Disastrous Hunsford Proposal] and Elizabeth bursts out laughing. Like Mr. Darcy, I was confused. This was the most creative bent on our P&P story that I have ever read and once I figured out what the heck was happening… I absolutely loved it. It was so funny. You just have to relax and Just go with the story.
“You know you have to gamble, don’t you, to get what you want? So what are you prepared to lose?” –Anna Hope, The Ballroom
There were three quick chapters and then six short epilogues featuring various characters. I thought they were amazingly creative and funny. I was in a constant state of Wow!!! This was so creative! This was so mind-blowing… let me just say… don’t mess with the women of Meryton… period. Wickham never stood a chance and you HAVE to read it just to see what happened to him. OMG!! Hilarious. I loved it. The Caroline Bingley epilogue was a scream. I don’t know where that came from but this was hilarious.
1st read: 8-12-17
2nd read: 10-13-17: I couldn't help it. I just had to read this again. I love poor Darcy's reaction to Elizabeth and her little scribbles on paper. This was delightful and can be read in just a few minutes.
3rd read: 4-28-18 Heptalog: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12594150...
WadeH added another epilogue [Ch 10] that was dialog-driven and at first hard to follow. When I first read this new epilogue cold… I was a bit confused. I decided to reread the entire story and then read this new chapter 10 again and it made more sense. What a hoot. WadeH has a wicked sense of humor and this was a perfect conclusion to this story [perhaps… unless he thinks of something else]. I enjoyed it.
4th read: 8-24-19 what fun.
5th read: I still enjoyed this. What smart women and woe be to anyone that crosses them.
October 16, 2017
Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage. ~ Gloria Steinem
What if we assume that Ms. Steinem was incorrect: that a woman’s gambling instinct is not entirely satisfied by marriage?
Could we imagine a world where women place wagers as often as men? Men’s clubs always had their book of wagers, but can we imagine women as the superior gamers?
We start here with the Disastrous Hunsford Proposal except it doesn’t end in a disaster. Elizabeth’s laughter is contagious and things resolve very differently.
Loved the Epilogue, the Bipilogue, the Tripilogue, and especially the Quepilogue!
This is an unpublished short story available at:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12594150...
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. ~ Heywood Broun
What if we assume that Ms. Steinem was incorrect: that a woman’s gambling instinct is not entirely satisfied by marriage?
Could we imagine a world where women place wagers as often as men? Men’s clubs always had their book of wagers, but can we imagine women as the superior gamers?
We start here with the Disastrous Hunsford Proposal except it doesn’t end in a disaster. Elizabeth’s laughter is contagious and things resolve very differently.
Loved the Epilogue, the Bipilogue, the Tripilogue, and especially the Quepilogue!
This is an unpublished short story available at:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12594150...
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. ~ Heywood Broun
August 13, 2017
Luck if you've been a lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight - Guys & Dolls
This short, 3 to 7 chapters, story is simply hilarious. It is obviously a parody or tongue in cheek. It begins, as many stories do, at the DP@H but in this case as opposed to Lizzy becoming angry she becomes hysterical -- with laughter. She laughs until she cries, she laughs and laughs and then reveals the secret of her good humor. She just won a lot of money. Our ladies of Meryton are much more than they appear; for instead of merely netting purses or painting tables they are running a massive parimutuel betting ring. Working their various wiles; Lydia playing herself as a silly flirt or Mrs. Bennet as a senseless matron, they have created a vast ring that stretches the country. Additionally the ladies have accumulated rather nice fortunes. Oh they have also solved the Wickham problem, quickly efficiently and painlessly.
Upon absorbing this reveal Darcy realizes he isn't worthy of Miss Elizabeth and will have to work very hard to come up to her level of intelligence and scheming. They will live HEA as will others in the story as spelled out in the epilogues.
DP@H = Disastrous Proposal at Hunsford
Luck be a lady tonight - Guys & Dolls
This short, 3 to 7 chapters, story is simply hilarious. It is obviously a parody or tongue in cheek. It begins, as many stories do, at the DP@H but in this case as opposed to Lizzy becoming angry she becomes hysterical -- with laughter. She laughs until she cries, she laughs and laughs and then reveals the secret of her good humor. She just won a lot of money. Our ladies of Meryton are much more than they appear; for instead of merely netting purses or painting tables they are running a massive parimutuel betting ring. Working their various wiles; Lydia playing herself as a silly flirt or Mrs. Bennet as a senseless matron, they have created a vast ring that stretches the country. Additionally the ladies have accumulated rather nice fortunes. Oh they have also solved the Wickham problem, quickly efficiently and painlessly.
Upon absorbing this reveal Darcy realizes he isn't worthy of Miss Elizabeth and will have to work very hard to come up to her level of intelligence and scheming. They will live HEA as will others in the story as spelled out in the epilogues.
DP@H = Disastrous Proposal at Hunsford
August 16, 2017
And now for something completely different....
This is a bizarre, kind of trippy, entertaining piece of JAFF. It's a very short unpublished work. The title should be Elizabeth Bennet's WAGERS, because apparently there are quite a number of them. There are so many, in fact, I couldn't keep track of them. I could relate quite easily to poor Mr. Darcy, who has trouble comprehending Elizabeth's odd reaction to his marriage proposal.
Considering that the book I read AFTER this was Darcy in Wonderland, this turned out to be a very good piece to get myself in the appropriate state of mind. This scene would fit right in there!
This is a bizarre, kind of trippy, entertaining piece of JAFF. It's a very short unpublished work. The title should be Elizabeth Bennet's WAGERS, because apparently there are quite a number of them. There are so many, in fact, I couldn't keep track of them. I could relate quite easily to poor Mr. Darcy, who has trouble comprehending Elizabeth's odd reaction to his marriage proposal.
Considering that the book I read AFTER this was Darcy in Wonderland, this turned out to be a very good piece to get myself in the appropriate state of mind. This scene would fit right in there!
March 14, 2023
Unbelievable yet not a magic or fairy tale. Might have been better ser in modern times.
August 17, 2017
This was unexpected and by my definition - hilarious. Women definitely rule the world in this short Pride & Prejudice variation. I will only share that Elizabeth speaks FAST and has many fun observations to share with Darcy during his proposal at Hunsford - much to his surprise. The many epilogues were a bit much but the story itself had me laughing out loud.
December 25, 2025
A Pride and prejudice variation.So how does Elizabeth Bennet react to the proposal from Darcy at Hunsford. Not in any way that you could imagine. The Bennet females and the other ladies of Meryton are more intelligent then was first thought by the visiting gentleman.
A bizarre, but enjoyable story
A bizarre, but enjoyable story
January 24, 2020
A fun comedy about manipulation, wagers & a little romance. Entertaining!
December 27, 2017
3.5 stars
This was so much fun!!
This was so much fun!!
January 19, 2024
Not a fan of wagers.
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