Life after Mr. Darcy

Are there any other fans out there of Jane Austen and her Novel "Pride & Prejudice"?

It is one of my favorites and holds one of my favorite characters, the infamous Mr. Darcy.

My favorite movie for the novel  is the one starring Keira Knightly.  My favorite scene is at the end and Mr. Darcy saunters across the field between the estate he is staying at and Lizzie's house.  Keira looks beautiful in the dawn light and Mr. Darcy, well, I get speechless. Favorite, favorite, favorite!  Have I said it enough? 

In the movie he says, "You must know... surely, you must know... it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I'd scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love.... I love... I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on."

Give that man an award!  God knows he deserves one! 

I love this story!  And the movie is just as wonderful to me for a quick refresher instead of reading the book.  I popped it in the dvd player the other night and had this reaction after the credits rolled (be warned that multiple questions are stated below that many have asked before me):

Can I be so bold as to ask what happens after Mr. Darcy?

Do he and Lizzie live happily ever after?  Or not?  She is a headstrong woman greatly connected to her "inferior" family and friends.  He is a man greatly connected to his rank in elite society.  When he walked her into a ballroom did everyone greet her with kindness and affection?  Or did they snub her and whisper about her?  Were they kind to her face yet patiently waiting for her to do something that they considered absurd  in the ways of their high society?

Would Darcy have someone over to the estate to teach her all the things she did not know about his type of people and manners?  Would Lizzie even stand for that?  She never pretended to be something different in front of him and he fell in love with her.  Would she be okay with changing or adapting her head strong nature to make life easier for him in front of his equals?

Would they have certain days when they invited only her family over?  Was her family even allowed to visit Pemberley?  Did they travel to see her family alone - where no one could witness it?  Did they even visit her family at all?

This isn't a multi millionaire marries some floozy and they are both welcomed open armed to the best places in town, this was hard core old English upper class.  They did not welcome new comers unless you were born into their wealth.  I mean, didn't we fight a war to separate from this among many other old world customs?

Perhaps Darcy's elite friends snubbed them both?  Separating themselves from Lizzie and Mr Darcy for deciding to marry her, leaving them out of the social circles to fall madly in love with each other.  He had those huge homes and his younger sister and they could all get lost in one of them together.  Then their children's children could try to ease their way back into elite society by some "advantageous" marriages.

Seriously, what happened after?  How happy were they together 20 years later when the decision they made to marry each other had taken its toll?

This is an excellent love story, but it would definitely change them both over the course of time. 

I discovered there were some conclusions written to the story by other authors.  Life after marriage and such, something I might look into in the future, but I sort of like just wondering about it.  I'm a happily ever after girl so I am going to stick with that until my cynical side pops out again.