Snow Over Netherfield: A Pride & Prejudice Vagary

My dear Aunt Gardiner, ...We are all gathered in Netherfield's front sitting room, watching the snow drift past the frosted windowpanes. Mary plays; Mr. Collins talks; Miss Bingley surveys us all as though we were an infestation of rodents. Mr. Darcy stares out the window. Perhaps the force of his disapproving glare will frighten off the clouds? Meanwhile, I am escaping conversation by writing this letter to you. By the end of this ordeal, you may find yourself in possession of a whole bundle of plaintive, impertinent missives from Your most affectionate and beleaguered niece, Elizabeth When an untimely snowstorm traps the entire Bennet family at Netherfield after Mr. Bingley's ball, Elizabeth and Darcy find themselves locked in a battle of wits. She is determined that Bingley will have the opportunity to propose to Jane; he is equally resolved to prevent an engagement. As their struggle leads them beyond the bounds of civility, they must confront their own deficiencies and mutual misconceptions. But can they reach an understanding before the snow melts? Or will their deepening feelings remain unspoken, recorded only in a series of unsent letters? Snow Over Netherfield is an epistolary Christmas novella, full of romance, yearning, and a dash of comic misadventure. It is a clean Pride & Prejudice retelling of 28,000 words with a happy ending for Darcy and Elizabeth. View Less