The Marriage of Georgiana Darcy and Charles Bingley
I suppose I ought to warn readers that there are spoilers in this
guest post about one of the situations from my new Pride and Prejudice
variation, A Covenant of Marriage, but I’ve probably already let the cat
out of the bag by the title of this post. This particular variation on Jane
Austen’s signature work revolves around the summer holiday planned by Elizabeth
Bennet’s aunt and uncle, who invited her to accompany them. In P&P,
the original plan was for an excursion to the Lake District for six weeks in
June, but the tour had to be delayed and shortened to four weeks because of Mr.
Gardiner’s business. So, instead of journeying to the Lakes, they decided on a
shorter vacation to Derbyshire, with the result that Elizabeth coincidentally
meets Darcy when her party is visiting his estate of Pemberley, which leads to
events critical to the happy ending of the novel. My thought was to allow the
original tour to take place as planned and see what develops.
