[Pride and Prejudice] The Wealthy Lady

[The story is now marked complete. Please leave a good review~~ I'll post extra chapters at irregular intervals!] A soul from the modern world is swept into a black hole and, by a twist of fate, receives all the memories of the aged Lady Elizabeth Darcy. When she opens her eyes, she has become sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth Bennet: Money, a man's courage, a woman's looks. Attend a private school for girls; Help Mother restore her health; Earn more money than the Bennet family's original fortune; Set her sisters straight and help them save and manage their dowries; Buy property, do charity work, and establish an asylum that protects the dignity of its patients; Transform and develop the Longbourn farm, following a sustainable path to prosperity... An unconventional English gentlewoman's rich and eventful life in the late eighteenth century: [You know some birds are not meant to be caged. Every feather of theirs shines with freedom.] Reading notes: This story could also be called: How to Make a Lady One Hundred Ways to Ruin a Perfect Match Money, Money, Money: The Lifeblood of a Woman Desperate to Marry A Guide to Getting Rich at the End of the 18th Century [Please follow my upcoming story] The Lady [Anna Karenina] At first, I never thought of loving this man. I only wanted to play him. Later... Are older men appealing? Yes! Karenin, the longest con I've ever pulled was your love. Karenin thought the wife he needed should be gentle, respectable, and virtuous. As long as she met those requirements, almost any woman could become Mrs. Karenin. But he discovered that his new wife was passionate, willful, and bold, even alluring, seductive, and uninhibited. She was exactly the kind of woman upright officials must never marry, and would do best not even to associate with. This is probably a comedy about a socialist flower who sets out to play a rigid, by-the-book old aristocrat, only to tame and change him in the process, while the old man in turn gradually nurtures and envelops the flower with tenderness, affection, and love. Updated daily, with occasional bonus chapters. I'll post a notice if I need to take a break. Daily updates. Fish seeks a loving home: The line in the first set of brackets is from The Shawshank Redemption. Theme: In late eighteenth-century British society, where wives were entirely subordinate to their husbands, an unconventional English gentlewoman carves out a different life.