When tragedy strikes her family, leaving no males to handle business affairs, Elizabeth Bennet decides to become "man of the family". Cutting her hair and dressing in her uncle's clothing, Elizabeth becomes Elijah Bennet. She must keep her secret, though when she meets Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, the nephew of Elijah Bennet's best customer, her heart is torn. Should she be honest about being a lady, or protect her family secret?

Caroline Bingley has her heart set on becoming the wife of Fitzwilliam Darcy and the mistress of Pemberley. To hasten the match, she wants her brother Bingley to lease an estate close to Pemberley. But when Bingley blindsides Caroline and leases Netherfield instead, her plans to reel in Darcy start to spin out of control. And when Fitzwilliam Darcy falls for the captivating Elizabeth Bennet, Caroline sees her dreams of Pemberley slipping out of her hands. It will require drastic action to separate Bingley and Darcy from the Bennet women, but Caroline Bingley is a determined young lady used ...

A Pride and Prejudice what if story. With the departure of the Netherfield party to London, the Bennet family's hopes of a marriage between Jane and Mr Bingley are dashed. Due to declining health, and wishing to protect his family, Mr Bennet insists on Elizabeth marrying his cousin, Mr Collins. On the way from the wedding breakfast to Hunsford, a terrible carriage accident befalls the newlyweds. Mr Darcy receives a letter from his aunt, pleading for his assistance, as her clergyman is dead and his wife is terribly injured. What will Darcy's reaction be to finding the young lady he cannot ...

Is a fire at his family estate of Pemberley, which happened when Fitzwilliam Darcy is a boy, connected to a fire which happened at Netherfield Park, years late? Pemberley was destroyed by a fire, claiming the life of Darcy’s mother, Lady Anne Darcy. Years later, Darcy meets Elizabeth Bennet, who is living in London with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth had survived the deadly blaze at the home of her childhood friend, a fire whiched claimed the lives of the owner of Netherfield and his family. When she becomes the target of someone trying to kill her, pieces of the puzzle come together. Will...

Lizzy Fitzwilliam was twelve years old when her life was dramatically altered. When highwaymen caused her family's carriage to overturn, her parents and elder sister were killed. Lizzy was left injured, her legs having been broken badly in the accident. Five years later, pieces of jewelry which had been stolen that day are pawned in London. This sends the Fitzwilliam and Darcy families on a journey to discover the truth of the accident, learning that the robbery was only a cover for what they discover was a plot to eliminate Lizzy and her family. Will the culprits return and finish what ...

A Pride and Prejudice fanfiction variation. What if Mr Bennet was friends with Darcy's father? And what if an arrangement was made for Darcy to marry the first Miss Bennet, Jane? What would happen if, years later, Darcy meets Elizabeth, thinking that she is Jane?

In this Pride and Prejudice variation, Elizabeth Bennet unexpectedly inherits a large fortune as the story begins. The effects of this surprising situation are, at first, delightful. Elizabeth is able to provide her sisters with suitable dowries as well as a delightful shopping trip in London. As the realities of her situation set in, however, her male friends and neighbors turn into fortune hunters, swamping her with unwanted attention. After a few dangerous scrapes, Elizabeth decides to try her luck in London, hoping that by keeping her good fortune a secret, she can find a suitable ...

A Pride and Prejudice variation. Elizabeth Bennet and Georgiana Darcy were friends of long standing when they ventured a trip together to Ramsgate. While there, they are kidnapped by George Wickham, taken on a waiting ship which was to take them to Portugal. But these plans are waylaid by a storm which destroys the ship, leaving the young ladies on the shores of war torn France. While Georgiana's brother rushes to find them, could there be someone still in England who was mysteriously behind Wickham's behavior?

A Pride and Prejudice variation. After the Netherfield Park ball, and the departure of its inhabitants, the Bennet family was struck with a devastating event. Elizabeth Bennet is determined to take a position as a lady's companion, which leads to her life being put in jeopardy. Will the culprit bring about her ruination or even succeed in his plot to eliminate her?

A Pride and Prejudice variation. Elizabeth Bennet is engaged to the man who owns her heart, Fitzwilliam Darcy. All should be exciting, as they prepare for their future, until an express arrives from Lady Matlock. While on holiday, in Ireland, Lord Matlock took gravely ill. Lady Matlock pleads with her nephew to come to Ireland, to assist her. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes in a different manner, as Darcy's ship sinks and all are believed to be dead. How will Elizabeth survive the devastation, and take care of Georgiana Darcy, now left under the guardianship of Elizabeth and Colonel Richard ...

A Pride and Prejudice Variation Elizabeth has lived at the estate of her uncle all of her life. Her mother died at her birth and her father died before her first birthday. As she meets and begins to fall in love with Fitzwilliam Darcy, secrets from her past come to the surface, secrets that were kept to protect her from someone who wishes her dead. Will Darcy stand beside her when he learns the truth? What will happen when the one man who desires her death, learns of her location?

I much prefer the sharp criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. - Johannes Kepler When she arrives at Hunsford Cottage for a visit with her long-time friend Charlotte Collins, Elizabeth Bennet does not expect the melodrama awaiting her at Rosings Park. Mrs. Anne Darcy, nee de Bourgh, has passed, and Rosings Park is, by law, the property of the woman’s husband, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy; yet, Lady Catherine de Bourgh is not ready to abandon the mansion over which she has served as mistress for thirty years. Elizabeth holds sympathy for her ladyship’s ...

The village of Meryton has been taken over by the militia. First the officers demanded money to “keep the citizens safe”. Then the females of the area begin to disappear. Elizabeth Bennet refused to stand by when her sister, Lydia becomes one of those who vanished, confronting the officers for the return the young girl. This leads to Elizabeth being taken by the officers. Unlike the other females, Elizabeth is not taken to be sold to men in other countries, she has caught the eye of the man in charge of the criminal activities. In her escape, she meets the Darcy siblings. Will they be ...

A Pride and Prejudice Variation. The Netherfield Ball became a crime scene. All Elizabeth Bennet wanted was fresh air and to think of what she had learned from Mr Darcy. But she was not alone in the gardens of Netherfield. Darcy searches for Elizabeth, only to find her on the ground, unconscious, with a bloody knife in her hand. Nearby was the body of her cousin, Mr Collins. Will the truth come out, or will Elizabeth be put on trial for murder? Who committed the murder, and will there be more deaths?

One warning, two cautions, and a note: WARNING: In deference to a truth universally acknowledged that men do not behave the same when no women are present as they do in mixed company, this vagary does have occasional uses of profanity. The men in my life would consider it amusing but naïve to afford the same semantics of conversation for wholly different circumstances such as these, or they would should one of them choose to read it. This vagary proposes an alternate telling of the original Pride and Prejudice and considers what may have happened should the characters have been afforded a ...