Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!_x000D_
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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._x000D_
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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._x000D_
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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._x000D_
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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._x000D_
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The Remixed Classics Series_x000D_
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So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow_x000D_
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi_x000D_
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri_x000D_
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore_x000D_
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron_x000D_
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig_x000D_
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline_x000D_
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa