Title: Mr. Darcy's Letter: A Pride & Prejudice
Variation (Pemberley Variation Series)
Author: Abigail Reynolds
Review: I love Jane Austen and have read every book
she had written many times over. This
had lots of the same dialogue as the original book, but a few
modifications. I liked the way things
changed in the book and saw the changes as adding a different dimension to the
love story.
I was a bit shocked at the sex that came out of nowhere and it was quite
the steamy little bammmmm!!! The rest of
the book was what I expected from Pride and Prejudice. The way that everything came to the same
ending had to go around and around it several circles before getting
there. I did like the changes and
enjoyed the story again.
This has made me want to look at other Jane Austen variations to see how
they are the same or different.
Published: Published November
21st 2011 by Intertidal Press (first published 2011)
ISBN: 9780615571416
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 264
Quick Review: 4 stars (out of 5)
Where I Obtained
the Book: Purchased at Amazon
for Kindle.
Synopsis: A lady's reputation is a fragile thing. If
anyone ever discovered that Miss Elizabeth Bennet had received a letter from a
single gentleman, she could be ruined... or forced to marry a man she detests.
In this "Pride & Prejudice" variation, Elizabeth takes the safer
course and refuses to read Mr. Darcy's letter of explanation. Returning home
unaware of Wickham's true nature, Elizabeth confesses everything to him, putting
both Mr. Darcy and herself in grave danger from Wickham's schemes.
Authors
Information: Abigail Reynolds has spent the
last fifty years asking herself what she wants to be when she grows up. This
month she is a writer, a mother and a physician in a part-time private
practice. Next month is anybody’s guess. Originally from upstate New York, she
indecisively studied Russian, theater, and marine biology before deciding to
attend medical school, a choice which allowed her to avoid any decisions at all
for four years.
She began writing Pride & Prejudice variations in 2001 to spend more
time with her very favorite characters. Encouragement from fellow Austen fans
convinced her to continue asking ‘What if…?’, which led to seven other
Pemberley Variations and two modern novels set on Cape Cod. Her most recent
releases are WHAT WOULD MR. DARCY DO?, A PEMBERLEY MEDLEY, and MORNING LIGHT.
She is currently at work on some book or other, and will let the world know if
she ever figures out what it is. A lifetime member of JASNA, she lives in
Wisconsin with her husband, two teenaged children, and a menagerie of pets.
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