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Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

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In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live openly, centering queerness in a well-known story of longing and subverting society's patriarchal and cisheteronormative expectations.

London, 1812. Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations. The world-and the vast majority of his family and friends-think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone's wife.

But Oliver can't bear the thought of such a fate. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out of his family's home and explore the city rightfully dressed as a young gentleman. It's during one such excursion when Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky young man who had been rude to "Elizabeth" at a recent social function. But in the comfort of being out of the public eye, Oliver comes to find that Darcy is actually a sweet, intelligent boy with a warm heart. And not to mention incredibly attractive.

As Oliver is able to spend more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares begin to hope that his dream of love and life as a man could be possible. But suitors are growing bolder-and even threatening-and his mother is growing more desperate to see him settled into an engagement. Oliver will have to choose: Settle for safety, security, and a life of pretending to be something he's not, or risk it all for a slim chance at freedom, love, and a life that can be truly, honestly his own.

The Remixed Classics Series
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa

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ISBN9781250869807
PublisherMacmillan USA
Publication Date05/01/23
Pages294

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  • solangelo
    solangelo

    11 Followers

    4.0

    English isn't my first language so this review isn't perfectly written! Sorry

    It was really amazing! I read the book in just two days and the only reason why I didn't read it in one sitting, was because I sadly need sleep. On top of that I hadn't read anything in the past weeks and the book pulled me out of my readingblok. Another aspect. I didn't like the ending because the mother just changed her whole charackter on one site.I would still recommend it if you want to read a bl book but some historical things are overshadowed or ignored, so if you're a lot into history don't take it to sireusly. Another thing I must mention is that I never read pride or prejudice so I don't know how close it is to that book.

    Oct 18, 2025

  • letters.by.lena
    letters.by.lena

    20 Followers

    2.0

    Das Buch war leider eine verpasste Chance...

    Ich hatte ziemlich große Hoffnungen in/ Erwartungen an die Story, da Stolz & Vorurteil wirklich eine grandiose Vorlage ist, aber leider konnte das Buch nichts davon erfüllen :/ Der/ die AutorIn hat es sich für mich leider zu leicht gemacht, und sowohl die damalige Lebensrealität als auch die Charaktere einfach nach seinem/ ihrem Willen gebogen. Und zwar so, dass es immer einfach gut in den gewünschten Plot passt. Das Problem mit Olivers langen Haaren wird zum Beispiel einfach so gelöst, dass er sie beim ausgehen unter einen Hut steckt. Dass er diesen Hut beim Essen am Tisch theoretisch abnehmen müsste, weil die Etikette es erfordert, wird einfach ignoriert (genau so, wie zum Beispiel es auch sein könnte, dass ihm der Hut im Regensturm vom Kopf geblasen wird...). Die Reaktion von Mrs. Bennett am Ende des Buches hat sich auch gar nicht authentisch angefühlt weil sie einfach eine 180-Grad-Wendung gemacht hat und dass innerhalb einer Seite... Der größte Konflikt besteht nur in Oliver selbst (was auch vollkommen berechtigt ist, das möchte ich hier auf keinen Fall klein reden!!) und wie schwer es für ihn ist, nicht er selbst sein zu können. Der Rest seiner Umwelt wird von dem/ der AutorIn einfach nach Belieben gebogen. Das hat für mich dazu geführt dass es viele Logiklücken gab und sich das Buch irgendwie total halbherzig angefühlt hat, OBWOHL es ja so eine gute Story hätte sein können... Anm. d. Red.: sobald ich rausgefunden hab, welche Pronomen der/ die AutorIn bevorzugen, wird der Beitrag angepasst!

    Nov 17, 2024

  • enna_fo
    enna_fo

    6 Followers

    4.0

    Wholesome and warm

    I picked up this book because I love pride and prejudice, and the whole empowered character that Elisabeth is in the original. Also because the plot of this book sounded very intriguing. After finishing the book it just left me with a very warm feeling in my heart and water in my eyes. Of course the book is fiction and has a few plot holes here and there but I loved to read about Oliver and his story. I thoroughly enjoyed papa Bennett being the most accepting man ever and how the story was spun. It is a great book for in between and sth you can just read for comfort.

    Feb 6, 2025

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