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What if Mr. Darcy never had the opportunity to propose to Elizabeth Bennet at Hunsford, and did not meet her again until her circumstances were reduced? In Mr. Darcy's Obsession, Mr. Darcy has an even greater social distance to bridge if he wishes to marry Elizabeth. Add in some Fitzwilliam relations the loose morals typical of Regency high society who feel that Elizabeth is the material of which mistresses, not wives, are made, and Mr. Darcy has to make a painful choice between the demands of a decadent society and his personal moral sense. The background of this novel is the morally bankrupt ton which Jane Austen knew well, but did not describe in detail in her novels, perhaps because it was a given to her and her contemporaneous readers. Against this backdrop, the characters of Mr. Darcy and Miss Bennet shine brightly as they seek to find an alternative to the bounds of decorum that constrain Darcy's usual marital prospects. The more he tries to stay away from her, the more ...

My very first Casablanca blo g - how exciting! I’m Abigail Reynolds, and I've been publishing with Sourcebooks for several years. For those who don’t know me, I’m a Jane Austen fiend and I’ve written seven Regency Pride & Prejudice variations, as well as a modern women's fiction set on Cape Cod. For this first blog, I thought I’d answer a few common questions about my books.


 What is a Pride & Prejudice variation, anyway? If you’ve ever read a novel and wanted a character to do something differently, that’s the beginning of a variation. What if Mr. Darcy wooed Elizabeth Bennet after her first refusal? That’s To Conquer Mr. Darcy . What if Elizabeth had to marry Darcy against her will? That’s Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World . What would have happened if Mr. Bennet had died and his family was tossed out by Mr. Collins? That’s Mr. Darcy’s Obsession , my new novel coming out October 1.


 Why write variations anyway? That’s easy. It’s because Jane Au...