{"product_id":"cinder-liza-a-pride-and-prejudice-vagary-paperback","title":"Cinder-Liza: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShana Granderson A. Lady\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** \u003c\/b\u003eThere is \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e fairy-godmother or magic in the story although there is some imagery we would expect to see in a Cinderella adjacent story - my apologies to those who thought there would be magic based on the title.\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e Mr. Thomas Bennet married the love of his life: Miss Fanny Gardiner. She gave him three children, Jane, Elizabeth and Tommy. 2 years after Tommy, Fanny was taken from her loving family birthing a second son, who was stillborn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnother branch of the Bennet family, cousins to the Longbourn Bennets, are titled, the Earl and Countess of Holder, who live in Staffordshire with their 5 children. The two families are extremely close and after Fanny dies Bennet's cousins, at his request, keep and raise Tommy. In his grief Thomas Bennet doesn't think he can raise a 2-year-old at the same time as his two daughters. He also feels Tommy needs a mother figure in his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartha Bingley is the widow of an honourable tradesman, Mr. Arthur Bingley, who had died of a heart attack. Bingley senior was a minor partner of Edward Gardiner in Gardiner and Associates. They had three children, Charles, Louisa, and Caroline. Unlike canon, the Bingleys are not very wealthy, and the girls have small dowries of  2,000 each. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBennet is introduced to Martha at his brother-in-law's house. The Bingleys live in a leased house a few houses down from the Gardiners on Gracechurch street. Martha has always dreamed of climbing up the social ladder, raising her family above their roots in trade, so she compromises Bennet as he is a landed gentleman with an estate. Being an honourable man, and against advice of friends and family, he marries her.\u003cbr\u003e Our '\u003ci\u003eprince\u003c\/i\u003e' in the story is of course none other than His Grace Fitzwilliam Darcy, Duke of Derbyshire, Earl of Lambton. Like canon his parents have already passed away. \u003ci\u003eDear \u003c\/i\u003eold Lady Catherine de Bourgh will do anything to make her sickly daughter with a nasty disposition a Duchess. At some point the Duke purchases Netherfield to be closer to London so his sister, Lady Georgiana, will have her preferred music master close by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBennet never reveals the existence of his son, or his relations, who are peers of the realm, to his new wife, who he dislikes intensely. The neighbours, none of whom like the new Mrs. Bennet or her children, keep the Bennet's secrets without question. Bennet allows his new wife to believe the entail on Longbourn is away from the female line giving her the impression that on his death, she and her three spawn will be evicted from the estate by a distant unnamed cousin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometime after sending Jane to live with his cousins, for reasons which will be revealed in the story, with Lizzy refusing to leave her father's side, Bennet has an accident which kills him. When no heir presents himself to throw her and her children, still at Longbourn, into the hedgerows, the stepmother feels more secure at the estate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeveral of the usual suspects are present as well as some other characters. This is a story of hope and survival and the eventual triumph of good over evil.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52987701362995,"sku":"9780473585167","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZzdNQZ0b9W9780473585167.webp?v=1769068582","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/cinder-liza-a-pride-and-prejudice-vagary-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}