this was indeed lovely. I'll hvae to admit skimming some, as it was rather long and I need my sleep, but your descriptions of all the bennets and dashwoods and darcys were quite fascinating, and it was good to see both Lydia and Wickham doing some sort of good for once ;-) and I very much like the redemption of kitty.
do keep writing.
rhie

that was a beautiful story i almost cried reading it thank you

This is such a cute story. I admit, it doesn't have the spice which makes P&P so endearing, all the Darcy and Elizabeth bantering and misunderstandings.=D But its a fantastic what-if version. I like the fact Elizabeth runs the estate, but certainly, it is humiliating to discover Darcy's "pity".
I thought she would've slappe him for sure lol! I always thought mary and Mr Collins would make a good match lol, but he way too pompous and certainly eyed the prettiest girls before finding that his suite to the good looking girls may be harder than he thought.

I wonder if there are any stories in which Elizabeth is independant of through her own will, and intelligence/courage. That would make Darcy regret her even more, I'm sure ELizabeth would have survived very well, despite those awful times for women, if Darcy never came into her life. The question is how?

Anyway thanks for the good read.=D