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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780743243971
ISBN number: 0743243978
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: May 06, 2003
Publishing house: Touchstone
Sale Popularity Level: 100441
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Picking up twenty years after Pride and Prejudice left off, Mr. Darcy's Daughters begins in the year 1818. Elizabeth and Darcy have gone to Constantinople, giving us an opportunity to get to know their five daughters, who have left the sheltered surroundings of Pemberley for a few months in London. While the eldest, Letitia, frets and the youngest, Alethea, practices her music, twins Georgina and Belle flirt and frolic their way through parties and balls and Camilla -- levelheaded and independent -- discovers what joys and sorrows the city has to offer an intelligent young woman. Readers will delight in the return of such beloved Austen creations as Elizabeth's old nemesis Caroline Bingley (now Lady Warren), the ever-reliable Gardiners and wayward Aunt Lydia.
Charming, beautifully written and full of societal intrigue and romantic high jinks, Mr. Darcy's Daughters is a tale that would please Austen herself.
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I enjoyed the story, writing and characters. The sisters seem an interesting mix of "silly sisters", headstrong, and one with moralizing to match Mary. The story is mostly told from the perspective of one of the sisters, and she is a heroine who you can both love and emphathize. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth never come into the story, but it is believeable that even they could have children of this much variation in character, just as Elizabeth and Jane and their sisters were all so different. I really enjoyed it, and the subsequent book in the series focusing on the younest Darcy daughter is my favorite. I am in the middle of the forth book, and enjoyed the thrid also. As to if the author completely replicates the feeling of reading Pride and Prejudice again -- no, but then Jane Austen's books have survived and gone on to still be wonderful reads because replicating her talent would be near to impossible. Needless to say, I loved these "sequels", even if Jane didn't write them.
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These novels have been great fun to read. The only one that is not A+ is "The Darcy connection", but every series seems to have at least one not so great book in the series.
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If you love Jane Austen, you will hate this book. It is nothing like Jane Austen's writing, with her subtle, witty observations of personalities and moralities. In this book, the dialog is awkward and most of the characters unlikable. I was so angry that I wasted money on this book that I threw it in the trash.
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This book is well written. The main characters are well-rounded and interesting. Many of the side characters are a little flat when it seems as though the author intended them to be round.
I am a big fan of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." I picked this book up knowing it would never be Austen's book, but hoping for a little fun with the lives of Aston's Darcy daughters.
The parents of these young ladies play no role in this novel, which was a bit of a disappointment. Even though it wouldn't have been Jane Austen's words, it would have been nice to see Mr. Darcy and his beloved Elizabeth again.
The book is entertaining and well written. Aston could have achieved the same ends, however, by using characters unrelated to Austen's masterpiece.
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Ms. Aston writes with a heady ear for Austen's voice and with an equal ear for the modern Austen aficionado; she can comment on the unmentionable facts of life which Austen avoided due to decorum or ignorance, and wink at the delights of those lovable modern women with more overt appreciation. It's wonderful to revisit the period with such knowlegable detail and wonderful as well to have familiar characters (Lady Warren, Lydia Bennett as was, in particular) without them being overshadowed by the leads of Pride and Prejudice. It's funny and enthralling and witty and everything an Austen fan could hope for.
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