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A More Prosperous Trial of the State
Several months after the wedding of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy thwarted her ambitions, Caroline Bingley is introduced to Mr Rushworth, a man with a noble estate and an even larger income. Despite his fortune and fine houses, however, Mr Rushworth turns out to be somewhat dull and under the influence of his mother, and he is divorced. A number of other new acquaintances and potential suitors come into Caroline's life in the year that follows, as she learns a few lessons about her own shortcomings and what is truly important in the life of a Regency lady. This novel, reflecting the times of Jane Austen as closely as possible, is a sequel to Pride and Prejudice and to Mansfield Park, and brings together many characters beloved and not so beloved in both novels.
About the Author
Having interests in two very different realms, I'm both a retired computer programmer and a wannabe author. Perhaps the Austen fanfic world knows me best as the creator and webmaster of the Jane Austen FanFiction Index, an endeavour born out of an obsession with making lists. I'm also the author of a handful of stories set in Austen's universes. A More Prosperous Trial of the State, at 700 pages, is by far the longest of these and the only one published as a book; my earlier The Fortune He Ought to Have, with its intimations of canon-meddling, may be the most notorious, and is slated for a revision - when I once again have time, for I have recently had to come out of retirement.