Becoming Catherine Bennet: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel Of Lizzy, Kitty, and Miss Anne de Bourgh

On June 20, 1815, rumours of Wellington's victory in what history would come to call the Battle of Waterloo reach London. Among the townspeople celebrating first the rumour and then the confirmation of victory are Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy (and their son, Fitzy) and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bingley, who live a few blocks apart in Mayfair in London. The news became bleak for the families, however, when they soon received a dispatch that Captain George Wickham had been valiantly killed in battle. His pregnant widow, Lydia, and sister-in-law, Kitty (or Catherine), will come to London to be with their families, joined by their parents who come down from Longbourn. (The remaining sister, Mary, will remain in northern England near the Scottish border with her husband, a vicar.) Imagine the world of London and passing by Darcy House in Mayfair on June 20, 1815 is a parade of all manner of London life, celebrating the rumour that Wellington has crushed Napoleon at Waterloo. But then, amid the celebration when the rumour turns out to be true comes word from Captain Wickham's commanding officer that he was killed in the battle and that his pregnant widow, Lydia, will be coming to London to live with Jane Bingley.With her comes Kitty, or Catherine, Bennet who, notwithstandng what was said at the end of P&P, went to be with Lydia and her sister. And she confesses to Elizabeth that she, too, is pregnant. How is Elizabeth to help with the baby and how will Mr. Collins, released from Lady Catherine's shadow by that poor widow's untimely death in 1813 via a stuck chicken bone, and Charlotte provide hope and a refuge for the boy. And what role with Anne de Bourgh play?This is the story about how Kitty became Catherine Bennet and found love in two creatures.