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Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters/Pairings: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger
Rating: M
Length: 182k
Creator Links:  [fanfiction.net profile] Aurette 
Theme: historical AU, novel-length, regency AU, courtship, kidfic (has kids),

Summary: A witch struggles to conform in a society that restricts her. A wizard thinks he has nothing to offer anyone but his duty and, ultimately, his life. An SS/HG Regency Tale. As AU as you get. M for later chapters.

Reccer's Notes: Sometimes, it is painfully obvious that the author of a Regency AU knows nothing about the Regency period in general and nothing about Regency Romance conventions in particular. This is not that fic. The author knows how to adapt both Hermione and Severus' backgrounds to their Regency equivalents, and how to use Regency romance tropes to their best effect. (Penniless ladies dependent on evil relations! Governesses! Scandal! Unexpected inheritances!) At the same time, [fanfiction.net profile] Aurette also knows the Harry Potter universe, and has done an excellent job of extrapolating a late-Regency version of them.   [fanfiction.net profile] Aurette describes the fic as "an amalgamation of Jane Austen, Anne Bronte, Charles Dickens, and Elizabeth Gaskell, with a smidgeon of Wm. M Thackeray and a very healthy dose of J.K. Rowling." All in all, a wonderful fic that is one of the very best Regency AUs that I know.

Fanwork Links: Of Muggles and Magic

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