Yeah see if we put it together and started to think for a while then we can come up with great sequels, sometimes we should look beyond the problem to find the solution.

I agree with Austen Fan. For example, how many times would Wickham show up in different ways in their lives and with different ways of milking money from the Darcy's. OR....how Mrs. Bennett and Lady Catherine become friends, only because they realize that they are basically have the same views and thoughts. Ugh...that would be a fearsome thing to behold
Just a thought.

Yeah this is really nice we all have excellent ideas we are great brain-stormers that is a really fun thing to do after we finished the story if some of us did

I hate the sequels that emulate her style of writing. although I can understand JA, I find these are just plain confusing. That is why I dislike Emma Tennet's sequels.

In my sequel, I would kill off Wickham and have Lydia happily married off for the second marriage. Although she had flaws, I still liked her and I never saw her as completely bad. I always saw Lydia as sort've as I saw Emma, she had some serious flaws but she could be a better person with the right guidance. Lydia needs a "Mr. Knightly"!

I would like to see that she "learned the hard way" from her impulsive marriage and the next time she would make a better choice. We would still see her flaws of character, but they would not be as obvious.


Since Wickham is such a scroundel, I can see a couple of ways of killing him off

1) his being murdered by a jealous husband, after he is caught with the man's wife.
or
2) his running up so many debts that Darcy bails him out by paying his passage to Bermuda or the West Indies to keep him out of debter's prison and we later learn Wickham becomes a drunk and drinks himself to death!

I like the 2nd one best! or perhaps a combo of the first and second-in other words he would have run up a bunch of debts and his superior officer has gotten wind of him dallying with the said officer's wife-so Wickhma must run away.

In that scenero I could see Darcy GLADLY paying Wickham's passage to be rid of Wickham once and for all!

Of course we could have Wickham die of smallpox or some other disease but I would prefer for him to die in a form of "reaping what he sowed". He deserves a scroundel's death and not a death from illness.

After years of hating period drama - specifically Wuthering Heights - I discovered J.A. in Marcy 2009. And I immediately fell in love with Mr. Darcy. After reading the Annotated P&P, I started reading the sequels. This was surprising because I have read less than a handful of novels in 20 years. (I prefer to read non-fiction).

Although the sequel authors do not have J.A.'s amazing talent, their stories are engaging and they obviously have a love of J.A.'s character. Yes the sequels include sex, something that J.A. did not explicitly discuss. But let us be realistic ladies. This is the 21st century. We can talk about and have sex now without embarrassment. This is something that J.A. would have approved if she lived in this century. Remember she advocated greater rights and privileges for women. And a woman can enjoy the experience of sex and still remain a lady especially if her partner is the considerate and respectful Mr. Darcy. That is what I particularly appreciate about these sequels. They show a man having sexual fun with his partner - treating her as a sexual equal - while still making her feel like a lady. And so Darcy is able to maintain his status as a romantic hero. And isn't that what we ladies want?

I have read the sequels of Berdoll and Grange and I'm currently reading Reynolds. Since I have never been to England it would be nice to read a sequel that takes the story into the lake country. I envision that the Darcys honeymooned there.

Although Darcy made an effort to change after his first proposal, there are sure to be times when he reverts to poor behavior which must sure cause conflict in the marriage. Reynolds addresses this. But I believe that with two headstong people like Darcy and Elizabeth, a significant schism can occur as with Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester.