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Pleasantness and Propriety by melpothalia
Fandoms: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1995), Sense and Sensibility (TV 1981), Sense and Sensibility (TV 2008), Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types, AUSTEN Jane - Works
07 Jul 2026
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I explored the ending proposed by Jane Austen: three years after the end of 'Sense and Sensibility', we find Elinor married to Edward, and Brandon to Marianne.
But unlike the 'and they lived happily ever after' finale the original plot suggests, temperaments clash and conflicts arise. Due to disappointment in their respective marriages, Elinor and the Colonel grow closer.
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(This sequel to S&S answers the question: 'Can Elinor and Brandon get together after the book's ending?' — yes, they can.) -
A Second Chance by melpothalia
Fandoms: Die Verwandlung | The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka, KAFKA Franz - Works
14 Jun 2026
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At the end of the book, we are told that the charwoman disposes of Gregor’s body — How? Where? Nobody knows. Let us imagine for a moment that she threw it into her courtyard; and that he wakes up human again the next day.
This is the story of Gregor Samsa’s second chance at life — and a chance he won’t waste.
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March, 1987. A cyber-attack is about to be launched, prompting a rebellion in Oceania. The opportunity to escape repression has arrived at last.
(Two years after they last saw each other, Julia is able to reach out to Winston through a series of clues and hidden messages. Together, they escape to the Golden Country.)
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'It was all he needed to know. He moved over to sit beside her and his hand delicately found hers. All they had to do now was wait for the moment when their eyes would scan the horizon and begin to discern in it the first prelude of the Golden Country.' -
At the Eleventh Hour by melpothalia
Fandoms: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1995), Sense and Sensibility (TV 1981), Sense and Sensibility (TV 2008), Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types, AUSTEN Jane - Works
12 Mar 2026
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When Marianne shows the first symptoms of a cold at Cleveland, her sister, yet too dismissive of the danger, attempts to tranquillise the Colonel. But what began as an ordinary late-hour conversation soon turns into an admission of secrets and sorrows. The telling of a lacking scene in S&S that ends up changing the course of events.
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So Active a Part by melpothalia
Fandoms: Emma - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works, Emma (1996), Emma (TV 2009), Emma. (2020)
08 Mar 2026
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An incurable matchmaker, Emma (Woodhouse) Knightley puts her talents at Anna Weston's disposal, encouraging a most advantageous match with her nephew Henry. But when her younger, shyer nephew John is found to nurture feelings for Miss Weston, Emma is left to deal with the consequences of her actions.
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(A comedic tale of Emma's doings, where everything goes terribly wrong and Mr. Knightley gets very angry.)
Recent series
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Gentlemen: Of Messrs., Capts. & Cols. by melpothalia
Fandom AUSTEN Jane - Works, Emma (1996), Emma (TV 2009), Emma - Jane Austen, Emma. (2020), Persuasion (1995), Persuasion (2007), Persuasion (2022), Persuasion - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1980), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1995), Sense and Sensibility (TV 1981), Sense and Sensibility (TV 2008), Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
02 Aug 2025
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A series of works focused on the lacking scenes in Jane Austen's novels, revealing the male characters' perspectives.
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S&S: The Subtleties of Sentiment by melpothalia
Fandom AUSTEN Jane - Works, Sense and Sensibility (1995), Sense and Sensibility (TV 1981), Sense and Sensibility (TV 2008), Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types, Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
11 Mar 2025
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A new reading of S&S, in which every event of the novel remains exactly the same (except the very end), and Austen’s glorious writing will entirely remain unaltered up until chapter 49.
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Prudence by Bow for jusrecht
Fandoms: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1995), AUSTEN Jane - Works
10 Dec 2016
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Elinor made sure the hothouse flowers lasted, too.
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by melpothalia
15 Oct 2022
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― 'Elinor made sure the hothouse flowers lasted, too.'
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An Unexpected Attachment by umbrafix
Fandoms: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, AUSTEN Jane - Works, Sense and Sensibility - All Media Types
22 Jan 2020
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While Marianne was ill at Cleveland, Colonel Brandon was everything that was kind and attentive to Elinor.
Bookmarked by melpothalia
22 Mar 2023
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— ‘She did not even realise she had been falling until an arm caught her, a band of iron to lean against as the world valiantly attempted to right itself.’
— ‘She tilted her head and pressed a kiss to his palm, and this time it was his breath that caught.’
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A Tale of Vengeance by Chaos_Order
Fandoms: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Le comte de Monte-Cristo | The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
21 Dec 2022
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Edmond Dantès was once a normal man before he was falsely imprisoned for treason. Now, witness his downward spiral as he hunts for nothing but revenge in poetry form.
AKA: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo written as a poem from a Third Person POV.
Bookmarked by melpothalia
22 Mar 2023
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— 'And was deceived so callously by the sea he had trust.'