![]() He is ecstatic, she tries to make the best of things as the events carry her unwillingly but inexorably into marriage with a man she does not know and does not love. When FD proposes, he gives EB no chance to refuse because he kisses her, is observed, she is compromised, and they must marry. I would have given it no stars in any category if I could have.ĭarcy Gets What He Wants - So He Thinks.!! It is nothing short of a total travesty to be marketed as anything to do with one of the greatest novels ever published. I have hesitated for a long time to read any of these variations and shall not be reading any more. ![]() ![]() The characters were unrecognisable and absolutely untrue to those of Pride and Prejudice apart from (almost) bearing the same names. ![]() This is pure Mills and Boone and nothing whatsoever to do with Jane Austen. Marketed by Mills and Boone, and with the names changed it would have been tolerable as a romantic frippery but as a variation to Pride and Prejudice I would cut it all and take it off the shelves. If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Mr. ![]() Mispronounced Eliz-i-beth instead of Eliz-A-beth which annoyed me every single time she said it. How did the narrator detract from the book? Keeping him true to the character Jane Austen created instead of this unrecognisable, insipid creature.Ĭertainly not a Prise and Prejudice variation. ![]()
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