My Virtual Darcy 🏆 2021 Wattys Shortlister

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Parts 32
Time 4h 50m

Reads 28,198
Votes 2,324
Parts 32
Time 4h 50m

What would you give up to dive into your favourite story?
    
    Romantic, sharp-tongued, with a tendency to fall in love with tall, dark-haired, brooding men--Leah is the archetype of the "Pride and Prejudice" fan. TV series, movies, comics, musicals: she has seen and read them all.
    
    For her birthday, Leah's friends and family pool together to get her the ultimate Janeite gift: the Bridge, a virtual-reality gaming device.
    By granting access to her five senses, she can live her favourite novel as the iconic Elizabeth Bennet!
    
    As she explores Regency England and quarrels with the infamous Darcy, Leah cannot help but digress from the original plot to suit her modern-woman convictions.
    The longer she plays, the weirder her beloved characters act, until the lines between fiction and reality blur.
    
    ⚠️ Content and/or trigger warning ⚠️
    
    This story contains one scene of (unsuccessful) sexual coercion, and mentions domestic violence and death by domestic violence, which may be triggering for some readers.
    
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What would you give up to dive into your favourite story?
    
    Romantic, sharp-tongued, with a tendency to fall in love with tall, dark-haired, brooding men--Leah is the archetype of the "Pride and Prejudice" fan. TV series, movies, comics, musicals: she has seen and read them all.
    
    For her birthday, Leah's friends and family pool together to get her the ultimate Janeite gift: the Bridge, a virtual-reality gaming device.
    By granting access to her five senses, she can live her favourite novel as the iconic Elizabeth Bennet!
    
    As she explores Regency England and quarrels with the infamous Darcy, Leah cannot help but digress from the original plot to suit her modern-woman convictions.
    The longer she plays, the weirder her beloved characters act, until the lines between fiction and reality blur.
    
    ⚠️ Content and/or trigger warning ⚠️
    
    This story contains one scene of (unsuccessful) sexual coercion, and mentions domestic violence and death by domestic violence, which may be triggering for some readers.
    
    📖 Featured 19 times! Seen on: 📖
    
    @beauty
    @SpeculativeFiction
    @Humor
    @ContemporaryLit
    @retold
    @WattRevenge
    @ScienceFiction
    @mystery
    @StoriesUndiscovered
    @WattpadGaming
    @ChickLit
    @Fanfic
    @NA
    @generalfiction
    @classicauthors
    @WattpadHistoricalRomance
    @HistoricalFiction

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