The Wit & Wisdom of Wilde — Michelle M

It's a saying, not ever uttered, that irony loves to strike the same place twice. Yet, when my dear friend spoke this, I had no choice but to agree. The legendary tale of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberly and Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn will always be a legend, and Mr. Darcy's disastrous proposal to Elizabeth is as well -- yet what if the roles were reversed? What if Elizabeth had been the one to do the slighting when they first met, and Mr. Darcy was so offended, that when Elizabeth finally accepted that she had feelings for him, Mr. Darcy was too resentful to accept her? In the year 1893, at the height of the Victorian Era, Elizabeth Bennet, the second oldest of a set of sisters, is an actress in a theater company, when she finds herself having to work through the agony of being rejected by Mr. Darcy, the only man that she has ever fully loved. Yet when seeing that their relationship needs only a little more encouragement, Lizzy Bennet's friend and fellow theater comrade, Oscar Wilde, the famous writer of 'The Importance of Being Earnest', intervenes, and works his charms to bring them together, where over time they begin to develop a bond and Mr. Darcy finds himself unable to resist the woman who he thought that he resented for so long. And Elizabeth learns that there is always hope for second chances.