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1. The garden jewel and the praying mantis by Adorathedruid

   Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Mary Bennet/Original Male Character(s)
   • Catherine "Kitty" Bennet/Original Male Character(s)
   • Catherine "Kitty" Bennet
   • Mary Bennet
   • Mrs. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
   • Mr. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
   • Jane Bennet
   • Mr. Bingley Sr. (Pride and Prejudice)
   • Charlotte Lucas
   • Caroline Bingley
   • Mr. Collins Sr. (Pride and Prejudice)
   • Slow Burn
   • Arranged Marriage
   • widower
   • Second marriage
   • Dancing
   • balls
   • Entomology
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Ocean
   • Marriage of Convenience
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con

   Summary

   Mary Bennett was a woman who was always stuck. Stuck between the silly world of Kitty and Lydia, and the financially secure world of Jane and Lizzy. Three sisters gone, only Kitty left, the 25-year-old woman was still stuck. And she had resigned herself to remain stuck as an old maid until her grave.

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