What if Mr. Darcy made his abysmal proposal to Elizabeth in a letter before the Netherfield Ball? And what if she composed a letter backβrefusing him abysmally in return?
Thus begins Mr. Darcy's secret correspondence with his Elizabeth...
Elizabeth is shocked when she reads Mr. Darcy's proposalβone so insulting as to call their potential marriage a βhighly reprehensible connection.β Further, she is incensed when he doesn't even have the decency to ask for her handβhe simply expects her to accept without question!
Elizabeth writes back and gives her answer, a resounding βNo.β But, upon giving him her reply, she feels uncertain. Indeed, Mr. Darcy is a man of consequence. He's also very handsome, and she reluctantly realizes that she may even find him desirable. Her uncertainty after her initial refusal causes her to reconsider him and realize that she might want to get to know this man before refusing him flat.
On the night of the Netherfield Ball, she has a plan: she wishes to continue their secret correspondence, a scandalous notion if anyone should ever find out.
Read on to discover a burgeoning romance in the passing of secret letters between a man already in love and a woman in danger of falling...
...in Hailey Jones's debut Pride and Prejudice variation novella
Mr. Darcy's Secret Correspondence
Categories:
- Darcy and Elizabeth hide their relationship or engagement
- Earlier resolution for hero and heroine
- Exchanging of letters/notes (like in, courtship)
- Altered events following Jane's illness at Netherfield
- Altered events at or following Netherfield Ball
- Darcy doesn't interfere in/promotes Bingley&Jane's courtship
- Insult not made, or apologized for at Meryton assembly
- Altered events due to clandestinely reading diary or letters
- Altered or no Wickham and Lydia elopement