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2006
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Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley:
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Darcy &
Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley*
*INDEPENDENT
PUBLISHER'S BOOK AWARDS - 1st Place
HISTORICAL FICTION 2007.
From
Booklist
Readers and writers can't let go of literary
maven Jane Austen. In this latest addition
to the canon of continuations featuring
reticent yet passionate Mr. Darcy and his
wife, the spirited Elizabeth, the happy
couple is enjoying their new twin infants,
their abundant estates, and their lust for
each other.
In the first
chapter alone, the author goes to great
lengths, using the most civilized language,
to describe Darcy's, well, length and his
pent-up desire for his buxom spouse. Therein
lays the plot, thin but entertaining, yet
written with such mirth that readers won't
care. Enticing back stories have been
crafted for characters old and new. Shrewd
villainess Lady de Bourgh and degenerate
dilettante Wickham reappear to meddle in the
lives of the happy couple.
Although the
florid prose is packed with the historical
details, descriptions, and familiar
characters fans appreciate, the plot trots
along at a good pace. A frothy historical
dessert following a meaty entree of a
classic, suitable for fans of Regency
romance who don't mind a little spice.
Kaite Mediatore
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