Mr. Collins, the Bennets' cousin, is a handsome, amiable gentleman, much to the surprise of his relations at Longbourn. He and Elizabeth easily fall into a close friendship. Mr. Collin's growing affection for Elizabeth does not go unnoticed by Mr. Darcy, prompting new twists and turns in this classic romance. (Elizabeth/Darcy HEA)

Nature's a fickle thing. When four days of rain occur earlier in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice to trap Elizabeth and Jane at Netherfield Park, new romances, misunderstandings, and alignments are made. Volatile tempers never did well cooped up together.

Ten years have passed since Darcy's disastrous marriage proposal to Elizabeth Bennet. Despite the regrets they both came to feel, they moved on with their lives. Now Elizabeth Fitzwilliam is returning to England a widow, and there may be a chance of rekindling a lost love.

Regency Alternative Universe. Mr Bennet's leg was badly damaged in a carriage accident when Lizzy was 16. She takes over running the estate and her father sells it to her to avoid it leaving the Bennet family after his death. Elizabeth Bennet refuses to marry to retain Longbourn for her family, happy in her duties and family life. But what is she really giving up? FD/EB HEA.

An alternate tale of a classic love story had the protagonists' characters and circumstances been a little different.

"If only I had learnt to be a lady," Elizabeth whispered, "then perhaps I might be fit to marry, but as it is, I am not." Is it possible for a man, even one such as Fitzwilliam Darcy, to change her mind?

The curate's words haunt Darcy, "So, perhaps, young master, you were born a Darcy because you were not strong enough to be born a farmer." These words ringing in his ears Pemberley's young master struggles to act on the good principles he has been given.