Shadows Over Longbourn
Jann Rowland
- The
- approaching
- death
- of
- Mr.
- Bennet
- threatens
- to
- leave
- his
- five
- young
- daughters
- at
- the
- mercy
- of
- the
- vengeful
- Mr.
- Thaddeus
- Collins.
- But
- Mr.
- Bennet
- plays
- one
- final
- desperate
- card
- before
- he
- passes,
- calling
- on
- his
- distant
- relatives—the
- Darcys—to
- provide
- his
- children
- with
- a
- home.Removing
- themselves
- to
- Pemberley
- after
- their
- father's
- death,
- the
- girls
- are
- protected
- by
- the
- estate's
- current
- master,
- Mr.
- Fitzwilliam
- Darcy,
- who
- looks
- after
- them
- as
- conscientiously
- as
- he
- does
- his
- own
- sister.When
- chance
- takes
- the
- Bennets
- and
- their
- Darcy
- relations
- to
- the
- estate
- leased
- by
- Mr.
- Bingley,
- little
- do
- they
- know
- that
- their
- father's
- thwarting
- of
- Mr.
- Collins
- has
- only
- fanned
- the
- flames
- of
- his
- envy
- and
- hatred.
- He
- is
- determined
- to
- secure
- a
- Bennet
- daughter
- as
- a
- wife
- for
- his
- son,
- and
- he
- will
- stop
- at
- nothing
- to
- accomplish
- his
- goal.Elizabeth
- has
- become
- consumed
- by
- love
- for
- Mr.
- Darcy,
- but
- since
- he
- remains
- oblivious
- to
- her
- feelings,
- Elizabeth's
- desperation
- forces
- her
- to
- consider
- going
- into
- service
- as
- a
- governess,
- if
- only
- to
- obtain
- some
- distance
- from
- the
- object
- of
- her
- affection.
- But
- Mr.
- Collins
- has
- no
- intention
- of
- letting
- Elizabeth
- escape
- his
- grasp
- so
- easily,
- and
- everything
- finally
- comes
- to
- a
- head
- when
- he
- meets
- with
- her
- in
- an
- explosive showdown.
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