βIf the thought of us being destined for one another is what caused you to laugh, then I shall laugh with you. Ours is more a story of mutual desperation than of love.β
MATRIMONY IS THE LAST THING on Elizabeth Bennetβs mind when she arrives at Netherfield Park to tend to her ill sister. When proud Mr Darcy acts rashly to thwart a compromise and tells her that the entire household believes they are engaged, she dismisses him outright and refuses his offer of marriage.
BUT MORE SURPRISES AWAIT her at Longbourn. Mr Collins is ready with an offer of marriage and it is not only her mother who thinks it a fine match; Mr Bennet is willing to press the point until Elizabeth makes clear such a connexion is impossibleβbecause she has accepted an offer of marriage from Mr Darcy.
IT IS AN INAUSPICIOUS BEGINNING, an engagement neither desires, driven to by the machinations of others. Yet what begins as a forced alliance soon changes into something quite different. Will it be enough to lead them into love?
So Material a Change is a novel length Pride and Prejudice variation based on the beloved characters of Jane Austen.
Categories:
- Averting threatened marriage to Collins
- Altered events following Meryton assembly
- Alterations in Mr Collins
- Wickham as a good guy
- Caroline set-downs
- Extracting someone from a predicament
- Mr Collins does not inherit Longbourn
- More responsible Mr Bennet
- Elizabeth groomed to be Mrs Darcy by his relatives
- Original scenes or dialog recast into new contexts
- Elizabeth's or Darcy's life is threatened
- Averting threatened marriage to Caroline Bingley
- Caroline gets her just deserts
- Caroline tries to compromise Darcy
Non-Canonical Relationships:
- Charlotte Lucas / ORIGINAL Character
- Colonel Fitzwilliam / ORIGINAL Character
- Caroline Bingley / ORIGINAL Character