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It Hardly Signifies by Kent (PG-13)
Fandom: JANE AUSTEN (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE)
Pairing: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Length: 18,200
Author on LJ: not to my knowledge.
Author Website: Kent's stories at DWG and at 50 Miles.
Why this must be read:
And now, for something completely different.
I've read from Kent that he likes P&P for being 'too bright and sparkling,'* and his stories certainly show so. His characters laugh and joke a great deal oftener than it's usual to find in the fandom, and though his humour is nothing like Austen's--rather more modern--it's delightful in its own right. Kent's prose is easy to read and its simplicity serves him well, letting the characterization and dialogue shine through undiluted.
I read Kent for his humour, but don't let that deceive you: the characters' emotional arcs are not ignored, and this story has one of my favourites variations in Elizabeth's realization. Kent always writes what-ifs: this one in particular entails the lack of the Hunsford proposal due to the changed circumstances, taking over the story during Chapter 33.
*Jane Austen's own words about the novel.
It Hardly Signifies
Pairing: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy
Length: 18,200
Author on LJ: not to my knowledge.
Author Website: Kent's stories at DWG and at 50 Miles.
Why this must be read:
And now, for something completely different.
I've read from Kent that he likes P&P for being 'too bright and sparkling,'* and his stories certainly show so. His characters laugh and joke a great deal oftener than it's usual to find in the fandom, and though his humour is nothing like Austen's--rather more modern--it's delightful in its own right. Kent's prose is easy to read and its simplicity serves him well, letting the characterization and dialogue shine through undiluted.
I read Kent for his humour, but don't let that deceive you: the characters' emotional arcs are not ignored, and this story has one of my favourites variations in Elizabeth's realization. Kent always writes what-ifs: this one in particular entails the lack of the Hunsford proposal due to the changed circumstances, taking over the story during Chapter 33.
She finally resolved not to think on him any more---after all, she would probably never see the man again, so her opinion of Mr. Darcy hardly signified.
*Jane Austen's own words about the novel.
It Hardly Signifies
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Kent is one of my favourite authors. In a fandom that tends to the dramatic and Brontë-resque plots despite the original books' humour, he is a breath of fresh air. :D