Virginia D. (vldbookworm) -
Helpful Score: 1
This is one of the better Austen spin-offs that I've read. It does pull in characters
from all the novels, and assumes that you know their backstories, so you'll be totally
lost if all you know is "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility". The
characters' behavior is generally consistent with what we already knew of them, and
various incidents from the novels are echoed in this one. We get at least a little
of all the heroines, plus everyone's favorite villainess, Lucy Steele.
The story follows Georgiana Darcy, who naturally ends up married, and there are
three other couples paired up along the way, after varying degrees of difficulty.
I found the lack of proof-reading in this book distracting. It's a reprint of the
1913 first edition, so I'm not sure if the problems were introduced then or now. It's
not a matter of typos, such as you get with books that have been scanned, but whole
words missing or repeated or mistaken. Some examples: "Mrs. Garret" where "Mrs. Grant"
is meant. "I ... have come to the conclusion that it would not be bad at all a bad
thing." "...he would believe that she did not care for him and did not want to care.
What a wonder if his feelings towards her underwent a change!" (Here what is meant is
exactly the opposite; it would be a wonder if his feelings didn't change.)
from all the novels, and assumes that you know their backstories, so you'll be totally
lost if all you know is "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility". The
characters' behavior is generally consistent with what we already knew of them, and
various incidents from the novels are echoed in this one. We get at least a little
of all the heroines, plus everyone's favorite villainess, Lucy Steele.
The story follows Georgiana Darcy, who naturally ends up married, and there are
three other couples paired up along the way, after varying degrees of difficulty.
I found the lack of proof-reading in this book distracting. It's a reprint of the
1913 first edition, so I'm not sure if the problems were introduced then or now. It's
not a matter of typos, such as you get with books that have been scanned, but whole
words missing or repeated or mistaken. Some examples: "Mrs. Garret" where "Mrs. Grant"
is meant. "I ... have come to the conclusion that it would not be bad at all a bad
thing." "...he would believe that she did not care for him and did not want to care.
What a wonder if his feelings towards her underwent a change!" (Here what is meant is
exactly the opposite; it would be a wonder if his feelings didn't change.)
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