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  Fandoms: The Other Bennet Sister (TV), The Other Bennet Sister - Janice Hadlow  

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  02 May 2026

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  • Mary Bennet/Tom Hayward
  • Mary Bennet
  • Tom Hayward (The Other Bennet Sister)
  • Caroline Bingley
  • William Ryder (The Other Bennet Sister)
  • Ann Baxter (The Other Bennet Sister)
  • Mutual Pining
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Inspired by Poetry

  Summary

  "And much it grieved my heart to think
  What man has made of man."
  – Wordsworth, 1798

  Ever since childhood, Mary had often found herself torn between desire for the attention her sisters effortlessly achieved in any company they graced, and desperation to disappear entirely.

  (What if Mary had not been called to Pemberley?)

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  English

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