56Peonies



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Charles Bingley takes residence of Netherfield Park for one reason: to give his friend Darcy a peaceful sanctuary after a brutal year. After Wickham’s scheme was revealed, Georgiana’s attempted suicide left her crippled and catatonic. Darcy, blaming himself, fell into self-destructive despair that even his closest friend could not break through. It is only when Darcy is alone in the countryside near Meryton that he finds a reason to hope: a beautiful young woman, walking alone, who he deliriously thinks is an angel. D/E, J/B - Trigger warning, discussion of suicide, depression and alcohol abuse.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    144,756
    Chapters:
    85/85
    Comments:
    1,379
    Kudos:
    1,617
    Bookmarks:
    150
    Hits:
    73,936

    06 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    This is a reference guide intended to help writers of Regency-era stories by providing a quick place to check whether a certain phrase was in use in the era, and if so, how it was used. The earliest attestation dates of phrases that postdate the Regency era might also make this guide useful to writers of neo-Victorian fiction.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    52,286
    Chapters:
    31/31
    Comments:
    63
    Kudos:
    111
    Bookmarks:
    136
    Hits:
    3,175

    28 Jul 2025

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Pride and Prejudice canon divergence. Darcy has asked Elizabeth to marry him, she has refused. And yet, instead of going their separate ways they share a passionate embrace. When they're caught, they're forced into an arrangement neither one expected.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    65,313
    Chapters:
    21/21
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    625
    Kudos:
    6,572
    Bookmarks:
    1,450
    Hits:
    183,094

    18 Jul 2025

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    One would think that having the name of one's soulmate appear on one's wrist on one's sixteenth birthday would make matrimony much less complicated. It mostly does not. And not at all for Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourne.

    (A deconstruction of the "soulmate identifying mark" trope, using "Pride and Prejudice." Trigger warnings in the tags.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    190,537
    Chapters:
    19/19
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    3,967
    Kudos:
    6,079
    Bookmarks:
    2,445
    Hits:
    291,539

    11 Feb 2024

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy plan a quiet country wedding. Darcy's aristocratic relatives interfere.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    20,197
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    120
    Kudos:
    1,316
    Bookmarks:
    433
    Hits:
    28,364

    11 Feb 2024