Happier in her Friends than Relations: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jayne Bamber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In this P&P variation (plus characters from nearly all the other Jane Austen's books) Jane Bennet does what every sensible young lady should do when faced with an offer of marriage from the heir to the family estate. She says yes to Mr. Collins. Elizaeth lacking understanding, in a temper falls out with Jane, and in a huff goes and stays with the Gardiners. So she forgets her family for the 'better' option.
But Jane is not the agreeable Jane of canon as she threatened never to house Elizabeth at Longbourn, and her character does not improve with the story.
Various characters features on the journey of Darcy and Elizabeth to their happy ending. I only hope that Lady Catherine is told the truth in the next installment.
Overall an enjoyable very long well-written story with several different plots.

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