Fandom: JANE AUSTEN (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE)
Pairing: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Length: 189,200 words
Author on LJ: not to my knowledge.
Author Website: Tanya's fic at Mrs. Darcy.
Why this must be read:This rec and the next couple are not
personal favourites per se, but they are very well written examples of the typical crack of this fandom: Brotë-resque plots. The first example for today, kids, will be Elizabeth as a
governess companion.
If you're a stickler for canon-ness (is that a word?) this probably isn't the fic for you, but if you can let that go, I can promise you will enjoy it. It is great fun while being at the same time a very strong reflection in the disparity of the gentlewomen's powerlessness when (almost) stripped of their social class.
I was deeply impressed the first time I read Emma at Jane Fairfax's comment about the governess' work:
"(...) offices for the sale, not quite of human flesh, but of human intellect." That, if nothing else, relates Jane Austen with the Brontës, and puts this story in a good context.
( An excerpt. )(post edited by the OP for initial lack of tact.) A Singular Proposition.