Toil and Trouble

A Pride and Prejudice Retelling

by Jamie Lackey

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Pub Date Jun 10 2024 | Archive Date Jun 30 2024

Romance | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

Lizzie and Mary Bennet were raised by a witch after their mother traded them away to ensure that her youngest child would be a boy. They've spent almost twenty happy years living simply, learning ritual magic, and honing their unique witch-gifts. But when their witch mentor is bitten by a venomous snake and frozen in stone to save her life, they must return to Longbourn and weather polite society while they struggle to find a way to heal her.

Toil and Trouble: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling is a 110,000 word LGBTQA+ fantasy retelling of Jane Austin’s classic novel.

Lizzie and Mary Bennet were raised by a witch after their mother traded them away to ensure that her youngest child would be a boy. They've spent almost twenty happy years living simply, learning...

A Note From the Publisher

Jamie Lackey lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and their cats. She has had over 200 short stories published in places like Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, and Escape Pod. She has a novella and two short story collections available from Air and Nothingness Press, and she’s created six successful crowdfunding campaigns to self-publish a novel, two novellas, a novelette, and three short story collections. In addition to writing, she spends her time reading, playing tabletop RPGs, baking, mushroom hunting, and hiking. You can find her online at www.jamielackey.com.

Advance Praise

"You think you know all the contemporary takes on Austen? You think you know how this is going to go? You do not. Lackey does more than just take a classic and add a twist. She reinvents the whole damn thing, and the genre is all the better for it."

— Hammond Diehl, author of "The Skinwalker's Ball"

"Fast-paced, imaginative, and very fun to read, Toil and Trouble is an absolutely delightful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. The plot bubbles with magic and queerness while staying true to the original in humor and romantic sensibility. Prepare to be enchanted by Claudius Bennet and his witchy older sister Mary, the Bennet daughter you never really knew.”

—Lisbeth Campbell, author of The Vanished Queen

"Everyone has a favorite version of "Pride and Prejudice," and "Toil and Trouble" is now at the top of my list. Jamie Lackey's trademark humor and whimsy shine through in her delightful retelling, which will enchant fans with new insights into the Bennet family. And if you ever wanted to read Austen with queerness and gobs of magic woven into her worlds, here's your chance."

—Aimee Picchi, author of "Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math"

"You think you know all the contemporary takes on Austen? You think you know how this is going to go? You do not. Lackey does more than just take a classic and add a twist. She reinvents the whole...