Elizabeth Bennet and her beloved sister Jane are inveigled in the matchmaking schemes of their mother when Meryton sees two of the neighboring estates rented to families with eligible gentlemen. With a bevy of bachelors nearby, Mrs. Bennet has grand plans for all her daughters. First the Bertrams arrive at Purvis Lodge; though retrenching after the baronet’s heir bankrupts the family with his extravagant spending and expensive debauchery, the Bertram brothers still figure into Mrs. Bennet’s matrimonial designs for her dear girls. Ere long Mr. Bingley, Mr. Darcy, their sisters, and Colonel Fitzwilliam arrive at Netherfield, accompanied by Lady Susan Vernon and the Crawford siblings. As cousins to the Bennets, Mary and Henry Crawford have all the credit of bringing this large party to the area – and their own motives for doing so. The bonds of affection between Jane and Elizabeth Bennet and their Crawford cousins are put to the test over the course of a summer filled with more fine society than Meryton has ever seen. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bennet has met her match in Lady Susan Vernon, a masterful manipulator who is infinitely Mrs. Bennet’s superior in subtlety, and who brings out the schemer in Mary Crawford. Even Mr. Bennet is tempted to a little light trickery of his own when Mr. Collins comes to town. Fitzwilliam Darcy wishes only to cheer his broken-hearted sister Georgiana and his bereaved cousin Richard, and in his endeavors he becomes embroiled in intrigue. Conflicting desires surround him as his friends at Netherfield all form opposing plans of their own, which threaten to keep any of them from a clear path to Happily Ever After….

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