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
