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A Darcy Christmas: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
What better end to our strange 2020 than a Pride and Prejudice novella overflowing with love, happiness, accomplishments, and…marriages. The year leading up to this joyful time has also been difficult for the Bennet family, but it seems to be ending well: Jane’s sorrow forgotten in marital bliss, Lydia’s elopement resolved, and Elizabeth’s…to be revealed
In A Darcy Christmas, the Bennets look forward to a blessed Christmas season as their dreams come true, but is there more to come? Will even Mr Bennet smile with happiness at the unexpected events revealed on Christmas Eve?
In A Darcy Christmas, the Bennets look forward to a blessed Christmas season as their dreams come true, but is there more to come? Will even Mr Bennet smile with happiness at the unexpected events revealed on Christmas Eve?
96 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2020
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February 19, 2021
3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars.
This story ends at 90% on Kindle and then we are introduced to other stories by this author.
This story has a lot of reminiscing or flashbacks; first by Mr. Bennet and then by Elizabeth. It follows canon with a few small tweaks in those memories except for the fact that Darcy asks Mr. Bennet to give Elizabeth to him in marriage rather than proposing to her a second time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennet then really give her little choice in this matter. Thus much of this story has Elizabeth wavering in her feeling about marrying Darcy and questioning what marriage entails. She does talk to Jane who marries Bingley early on and then also talks to her Aunt Gardiner.
Lydia has married Wickham and that situation is part of what Mr. Bennet ponders in his mind as the Bingleys and the Bennets travel from Hertfordshire to London for the Christmas holidays. There have been changes with Kitty/Catherine and Mary once Lydia is no longer part of their household. Both have found love due in part to their new behaviors. Mary has married and Catherine expects a proposal at Christmas. She is marrying a peer.
There is little angst in this story. The Wickhams are invited. Darcy forgives the man but he also has some words to set George straight...just in case! The other troubling issue is that although Darcy and Elizabeth have found passion in their marriage he has not yet heard her say, "I love you."
So as the end of the story approaches and the family gathers for that holiday... Well, HEA is guaranteed in JAFF.
This story ends at 90% on Kindle and then we are introduced to other stories by this author.
This story has a lot of reminiscing or flashbacks; first by Mr. Bennet and then by Elizabeth. It follows canon with a few small tweaks in those memories except for the fact that Darcy asks Mr. Bennet to give Elizabeth to him in marriage rather than proposing to her a second time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennet then really give her little choice in this matter. Thus much of this story has Elizabeth wavering in her feeling about marrying Darcy and questioning what marriage entails. She does talk to Jane who marries Bingley early on and then also talks to her Aunt Gardiner.
Lydia has married Wickham and that situation is part of what Mr. Bennet ponders in his mind as the Bingleys and the Bennets travel from Hertfordshire to London for the Christmas holidays. There have been changes with Kitty/Catherine and Mary once Lydia is no longer part of their household. Both have found love due in part to their new behaviors. Mary has married and Catherine expects a proposal at Christmas. She is marrying a peer.
There is little angst in this story. The Wickhams are invited. Darcy forgives the man but he also has some words to set George straight...just in case! The other troubling issue is that although Darcy and Elizabeth have found passion in their marriage he has not yet heard her say, "I love you."
So as the end of the story approaches and the family gathers for that holiday... Well, HEA is guaranteed in JAFF.
February 7, 2021
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” –Charles M. Schulz
Rating: MA: mature audience due to adult themes and sex scenes that were descriptive and graphic. 2-6-21 This was a free offer on Amazon.
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this variation or perhaps it was an alternate universe. I kept asking myself… who are these people? Everyone was completely OOC [out of character]. Elizabeth was angry and mad the whole time until near the end. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet had sensible discussions and were often in agreement against Elizabeth’s opinions. What?
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” –Calvin Coolidge
Darcy was this strange hybrid of himself. Actually, only Wickham and Lydia were themselves. But even they were subdued by Darcy. LA! This was so strange. This ended at 90% on my reading device with excerpts from several of the author’s other books.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” –Charles Dickens
Rating: MA: mature audience due to adult themes and sex scenes that were descriptive and graphic. 2-6-21 This was a free offer on Amazon.
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this variation or perhaps it was an alternate universe. I kept asking myself… who are these people? Everyone was completely OOC [out of character]. Elizabeth was angry and mad the whole time until near the end. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet had sensible discussions and were often in agreement against Elizabeth’s opinions. What?
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” –Calvin Coolidge
Darcy was this strange hybrid of himself. Actually, only Wickham and Lydia were themselves. But even they were subdued by Darcy. LA! This was so strange. This ended at 90% on my reading device with excerpts from several of the author’s other books.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” –Charles Dickens
March 5, 2021
This is a very strange coerced marriage situation that eventually leads to a happily ever after for not only Elizbeth and Darcy.
February 8, 2021
Good book
I loved Darcy and Mrs Bennet. A good love story not much of the coLonel one of my favorite characters. Good love story of Darcy and Elizabeth
I loved Darcy and Mrs Bennet. A good love story not much of the coLonel one of my favorite characters. Good love story of Darcy and Elizabeth
January 11, 2021
Dance Darcy, Dance
3.5 rounded up to 4 for all the positivity surrounding Our Dear Couple. I feel the story may be more popular for others than for me. The story harkens to a couple of years ago when so many of the P&P variation stories had a stubborn, almost shrewish Lizzy as the heroine.
Almost never does it seem Lizzy wants to marry. Occasionally we see her have emotions that MAY mean she loves Darcy but they can also mean she may be just possessive of him. She is jealous, passionate , teasing but never do I see love from her. In the end the last scene shows me she is just happy to rule him. Classic mousey, lonely Darcy changes everything about himself in hopes his emotional holes can be somewhat filled.
But....
During ODC getting together, changes occur to so many people around them. Happiness and joy are brought to her sisters, his sister, and to her parents. Turns the story into a 4 star for me.
I still don’t understand the last scene.
3.5 rounded up to 4 for all the positivity surrounding Our Dear Couple. I feel the story may be more popular for others than for me. The story harkens to a couple of years ago when so many of the P&P variation stories had a stubborn, almost shrewish Lizzy as the heroine.
Almost never does it seem Lizzy wants to marry. Occasionally we see her have emotions that MAY mean she loves Darcy but they can also mean she may be just possessive of him. She is jealous, passionate , teasing but never do I see love from her. In the end the last scene shows me she is just happy to rule him. Classic mousey, lonely Darcy changes everything about himself in hopes his emotional holes can be somewhat filled.
But....
During ODC getting together, changes occur to so many people around them. Happiness and joy are brought to her sisters, his sister, and to her parents. Turns the story into a 4 star for me.
I still don’t understand the last scene.
November 11, 2022
An interesting story
I could never imagine Mr. Bennet imposing his authority, but he does, and the result is an excellent plot! Recommended!
I could never imagine Mr. Bennet imposing his authority, but he does, and the result is an excellent plot! Recommended!
December 31, 2020
1/5 - disliked it... needed a couple more revisions before publication
The premise had potential— Mr Darcy asks Mr Bennet to convince Elizabeth to accept his proposal, and the whole family (including Wickhams) reconvenes at Christmas to see how the Darcys get on.
However, the execution confounds. I feel it either needed to be a short story focusing on Elizabeth & Darcy, or a novel fleshing out the other sisters’ courtships. As is, this novella straddles the line between glossing and detailing. I’d say over half of the novella is stream of consciousness bouncing around timelines, leading to lots of repetition and “oh wait I need to summarize something else.” It felt like being at a large banquet and overhearing snippets of conversation. That is, perhaps, the authorial intent—but it didn’t play well to me as a reader.
Also, I won’t spoil it, but the content of the last page is very, very unnecessarily tacked on. Those several paragraphs are honestly what knocked my rating from 2 to 1.
The premise had potential— Mr Darcy asks Mr Bennet to convince Elizabeth to accept his proposal, and the whole family (including Wickhams) reconvenes at Christmas to see how the Darcys get on.
However, the execution confounds. I feel it either needed to be a short story focusing on Elizabeth & Darcy, or a novel fleshing out the other sisters’ courtships. As is, this novella straddles the line between glossing and detailing. I’d say over half of the novella is stream of consciousness bouncing around timelines, leading to lots of repetition and “oh wait I need to summarize something else.” It felt like being at a large banquet and overhearing snippets of conversation. That is, perhaps, the authorial intent—but it didn’t play well to me as a reader.
Also, I won’t spoil it, but the content of the last page is very, very unnecessarily tacked on. Those several paragraphs are honestly what knocked my rating from 2 to 1.
February 19, 2022
Oh dear - it is very rare for me to give a 2* review even for a story I thought was weak but this is very poor. The language is sub-par and the plot-line is likewise.
The final straw for me was the use of the term “soliciting” for the work of a solicitor. This may be set after The Enlightenment but I am not sure Meryton was enlightened enough for the sight of Mr Phillips soliciting!
The final straw for me was the use of the term “soliciting” for the work of a solicitor. This may be set after The Enlightenment but I am not sure Meryton was enlightened enough for the sight of Mr Phillips soliciting!
February 18, 2021
This is the first time I can remember disliking Elizabeth Bennet. She was petulant, angry, and resentful throughout the story. Childish, really. And Darcy was unrecognizable. Nothing seemed...right. The part about Wickham at the end still has me mystified.
January 20, 2026
I thought I was picking up a Christmas story but this really isn't. The majority of the book is reminiscing about the year that Lydia eloped and all the bad stuff that happened. It occasionally checked in briefly with the present but then went back in time again. So basically we got a summary of everything. At the end we finally got to Christmas present and learned about each of the marriages or betrothals of all the Bennet girls. They all get a happily ever after but not before one is pregnant, and then engaged and one is married against her own desires but finally ends up happy when she realizes she is curious about sex and so forth. I fast forwarded through the sex scene so I don't know how descriptive it was. I just know that I didn't care to read about it.
In a nut shell, this book did not work for me. I considered not finishing it but I was listening while driving so it was easier to continue than to get a new book going. I confess that I was glad to bypass dealing directly with Lydia, Wickham, Caroline, Lady Catherine, etc.... We just heard what they did in the reminisces.
I was pleasantly surprised by the virtual voice quality. Though flawed, it was much better than I expected.
In a nut shell, this book did not work for me. I considered not finishing it but I was listening while driving so it was easier to continue than to get a new book going. I confess that I was glad to bypass dealing directly with Lydia, Wickham, Caroline, Lady Catherine, etc.... We just heard what they did in the reminisces.
I was pleasantly surprised by the virtual voice quality. Though flawed, it was much better than I expected.
February 25, 2022
Rather jumpy
This story makes a lot of jumps back and forth in time. Some of it happens right after Lydia's elopement when Darcy asks Mr. Bennet to make Elizabeth marry him and some during Elizabeth and Darcy's first Christmas together. Mr. Bennet and his wife wonder if E&D will be happy together and it turns out they will, mostly because Elizabeth finds herself sexually attracted to him. On their wedding day she gets jealous because Darcy seems to have a good time with some unknown woman and he won't tell her who she was. Unless I missed something the reader never finds out why Darcy had invited to the wedding celebration some random woman who was never introduced to his wife. Isn't it good manners for all the guests to greet the bride? There is some OOC behavior from several characters and Mary, Kitty and Georgiana also end up with a suitor before Christmas. This isn't shown but described in conversation.
This had its moments but I wasn't a fan of the frequent timeline jumps and I thought Darcy should have suffered more because it was quite weaselly to use a woman's father to coerce her to marry you when she has already told you she doesn't want to.
This story makes a lot of jumps back and forth in time. Some of it happens right after Lydia's elopement when Darcy asks Mr. Bennet to make Elizabeth marry him and some during Elizabeth and Darcy's first Christmas together. Mr. Bennet and his wife wonder if E&D will be happy together and it turns out they will, mostly because Elizabeth finds herself sexually attracted to him. On their wedding day she gets jealous because Darcy seems to have a good time with some unknown woman and he won't tell her who she was. Unless I missed something the reader never finds out why Darcy had invited to the wedding celebration some random woman who was never introduced to his wife. Isn't it good manners for all the guests to greet the bride? There is some OOC behavior from several characters and Mary, Kitty and Georgiana also end up with a suitor before Christmas. This isn't shown but described in conversation.
This had its moments but I wasn't a fan of the frequent timeline jumps and I thought Darcy should have suffered more because it was quite weaselly to use a woman's father to coerce her to marry you when she has already told you she doesn't want to.
December 29, 2020
Avid Reader
Interesting premise where Mr.and Mrs. Bennet have to convince Elizabeth to marry Mr. Darcy after he helps locate Lydia and pay Wickham to marry her. Elizabeth feels betrayed by Jane and her parents because she protests constantly that she doesn't love Darcy. Jane married Bingley, and the remaining sisters find their Mr. Right. The story is told from Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth 's point of view, very reflective.
Interesting premise where Mr.and Mrs. Bennet have to convince Elizabeth to marry Mr. Darcy after he helps locate Lydia and pay Wickham to marry her. Elizabeth feels betrayed by Jane and her parents because she protests constantly that she doesn't love Darcy. Jane married Bingley, and the remaining sisters find their Mr. Right. The story is told from Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth 's point of view, very reflective.
February 8, 2021
The Bennet's and Bingleys travel to Darcy House for Christmas. As Elizabeth (behaving stupidly stubborn) and Mr Bennet reflect on the past.
Enjoyable variation.
Why is Mary Bennet described as wearing glasses? She doesn't in Canon.
Enjoyable variation.
Why is Mary Bennet described as wearing glasses? She doesn't in Canon.
February 21, 2021
Enjoyed most of the story. I enjoyed how the author wrote about Christmas and included all the family I did not like how prejudice it was with was, but she learned. I loved how Darcy out Wickham back in this place. The most amazing was Sophia with Darcy and Elizabeth. Recommended for anyone to read
December 27, 2020
Interesting variation
This Elizabeth is not the woman from Pride and Prejudice. She is not kind and funny in a subtle way, but angry and vengeful through most of the story.
This Elizabeth is not the woman from Pride and Prejudice. She is not kind and funny in a subtle way, but angry and vengeful through most of the story.
April 14, 2021
A look at married Darcy’s
This novel is about how the Darcy’s deal with married life. Most novel end with marriage but in this marriage happened early on. A very nice read.
This novel is about how the Darcy’s deal with married life. Most novel end with marriage but in this marriage happened early on. A very nice read.
January 31, 2022
Chaotic
An action packed and emotionally charged variation inspired by author Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice by Florence Gold.
An action packed and emotionally charged variation inspired by author Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice by Florence Gold.
May 31, 2023
Darcy and Lizzy host Christmas in London
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