ABANDONED. Harry Potter in a Jane Austen style

[Julie]

In 2022/2023, a Facebook picture is going around about Harry Potter written in the style of Jane Austen. One commenter said it was Amazon but I cannot verify if this is true.

The screenshot shows the first page:
CHAPTER ONE - IN WHICH A BOY ENDURES A MOST UNSETTLING INCIDENT

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a family like the Dursleys, dwelling at number four, Privet Drive, might be forgiven for expressing a measure of pride in the perfection of their normality. Indeed, one would be more likely to suspect almost anyone but them of the unsavouriness of involvement in anything the least strange or mysterious, so vigorous was their disapproval of such nonsense.

Mr Dursley had the honour of directing an enterprise known as Grunnings, which was engaged in the manufacture of drills. He was a man of generous frame, albeit curiously lacking almost any indication of a neck, and disporting a moustache of unheard-of proportions. Mrs Dursley was slight and silver-haired, though not naturally so. The unusual extent of her neck provided immense assistance in the business of her life, which was to observe her neighbours' affairs while remaining herself unobserved. The Dursleys were blessed with a scion lovingly known as Dudley, and were of the firm belief that he had no
equal.

While the Dursleys were determinedly content with their lot, they were the unwilling custodians of a secret, the discovery of which remained their greatest fear.

[Maddog]

It sounds a lot like a crossover fanfic, but doesn’t appear to be on ao3. Definitely published?

[Julie]

I don’t know. It might not even be on Goodreads if it is just a fanfic, but I figured it was worth trying here.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Sorry, but we don't allow cross-postings from other social media sites. This group is for searching for a book that you read yourself and forgot.

Closing thread.