Christmas Variations: Pride & Prejudice Reimagined

Trapped in an inn. Snowed in with him. Absolutely not falling in love.

Fitzwilliam Darcy was meant to be halfway to Pemberley by now, not stranded in a provincial coaching inn with Elizabeth Bennet, the most aggravating woman in England. She’s sharp-tongued, endlessly provoking, and somehow occupying the best room in the house.

Elizabeth had...

Fitzwilliam Darcy is absolutely, categorically not thinking about Elizabeth Bennet. He is merely trying to clear his head with a punishing ride through the Hertfordshire countryside. But fate (and a startled pheasant) intervenes, leaving him unconscious in a lane just a quarter of a mile from Longbourn’s gate.

When he awakens in an unfamiliar...

When Mr. Darcy calls Elizabeth Bennet “tolerable” at the Meryton assembly, he doesn’t expect her to overhear, or to verbally eviscerate him in front of the entire room. But their fiery exchange sparks an unexpected alliance when Darcy’s best friend, Mr. Bingley, falls for Elizabeth’s gentle sister, Jane. Determined to protect Jane’s happiness...

When Mr Bingley decides to stay in Netherfield for Christmas, Mr Darcy is reluctantly drawn into a village choir, and into Elizabeth Bennet’s orbit.

Elizabeth never meant to direct a Christmas choir filled with her family, the local militia, and the most impossible man in England. Yet between Bingley’s off-key enthusiasm and Aunt Phillips’s...

When a fierce winter storm strands Mr Bingley at Longbourn, with the proud Mr Darcy in reluctant attendance, Elizabeth Bennet thinks the worst she will have to endure is her mother’s raptures. Then Lydia proposes a parlour game to relieve the boredom. Elizabeth hides in a quiet linen closet. Mr Darcy, desperate for the same peace, chooses the...