Subject: Thanks, this is great.
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Posted on: 2008-10-05 12:11:00 UTC
I'll check all of these out - unfortunately, though, my teacher has just told me I can't do it, since I have to look only at the book. I'll definitely read them, though, since I'm looking for decent fanfic anyway. Thanks!
Basically, for part of my GCSE coursework, I'm going to be writing an essay comparing how Austen writes her characters compared to how Fanwriters do the same. Since I have both a copy of the book and a badfic, I'm halfway there. But what I'd love to do is to find a Pride and Prejudice goodfic, and compare how a fanwriter with demonstrated knowledge of the P&P-verse writes the same characters to how a Suethor writes the same ones.
So, this brings me to my main question: has anyone found any Pride & Prejudice goodfic out there? Obviously, I'll be looking as well, but since a lot of you have probably been in fandom in general a lot longer than I have, I figured that you might have found a couple of things that are archived on more obscure websites (such as a personal LJ that not many people visit)?
Sorry if I've come across as condescending, lazy, etc., but I'd really love to go that step further and get an A*, and I figure that you'd be the people who'll have found that gem among the horseshit, forgive the metaphor.
Thanks in advance!
They're not all brilliant, but I'll just list 'em
Love and Disappointments
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2595216/1/
- follows P&P; can be a bit dragging and sappy, but more or less in character
Mr Bennet's Quiet Evening
http://www.pemberley.com/derby/katja.mbqe.html
and
Mr Bennet's Favourite Daughter
http://www.pemberley.com/derby/katja.mbfd.html
- Mr Bennet's POV of Darcy's proposal, and following events
In A Different Style
http://www.pemberley.com/derby/leonore.iads.html
- HILLAROUS story told in letter format by multiple people. Not finished, though, and I doubt it ever will be. Still worth reading.
Battle of the Letters
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1243200/1/
- Also letter format; Elizabeth and Darcy correspond while he's away on business. Rather cute and romantic, also VERY funny.
And... let me know if that's good enough. I have more if you really want.
I'll check all of these out - unfortunately, though, my teacher has just told me I can't do it, since I have to look only at the book. I'll definitely read them, though, since I'm looking for decent fanfic anyway. Thanks!
Yes, I was looking on the Pit. I'll check both those websites out, thanks!
I'd reply to your post, but the HTML's gone all screwy so I'll post here instead. -_-
Just don't look for it on fanfiction.net. Most of the bad stuff infests the Pit. If you want to check out goodfic, go to:
http://www.austen.com/derby/
and start reading. Almost all of those stories have few, if any, annoying original characters. In fact, about 85% of them are plausible AUs. Be sure to go to Epilogue Abbey, though, because Fantasia Gallery hosts the "modern" P&P adaptations.
Another good site is the Republic of Pemberley's fanfic.