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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781402202735
ISBN number: 1402202733
Label: Sourcebooks Landmark
Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 476
Printing Date: May 01, 2004
Publishing house: Sourcebooks Landmark
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'Whoa, Darcy!'
'Some parts are hilarious and some a walk on the wild side for Austen characters. Curl up and enjoy!'
'Tells the tale I always wanted to hear...how the Darcys lived happily ever after...'
'The only fault I found with this book was that it ended.'
Every woman wants to be Elizabeth Bennet Darcy-beautiful, gracious, universally admired, strong, daring and outspoken-a thoroughly modern woman in crinolines.
And every woman will fall madly in love with Mr. Darcy-tall, dark and handsome, a nobleman and a heartthrob whose virility is matched only by his utter devotion to his wife.
Their passion is consuming and idyllic-essentially, they can't keep their hands off each other-through a sweeping tale of adventure and misadventure, human folly and numerous mysteries of parentage.
Hold on to your bonnets! This sexy, epic, hilarious, poignant and romantic sequel to Pride and Prejudice goes far beyond Jane Austen.
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Good grief, I've not ever come across a book peppered with so much sex. Really, I read several of the more ripe paragraphs out loud to my husband and we howled with laughter. I zipped through this novel with one eyebrow raised in disbelief as it seemed almost a parody. The plot relies heavily on graphic details of Darcy and Lizzie's sex life, beyond that it's not a bad book, but it is a generic bodice ripper. I did enjoy it for the shock value, but serious Jane Austin fans will be horrified.
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This book is not worth your time or money. If the author wanted to do a sequel to P & P couldn't she have at LEAST taken the time to get to know who the characters where and what they were about? Everything was completly over the top and full of eye rolling moments. Very pathetic!
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I absolutely loved this book! In fact, I am in the middle of rereading it for the second time. I consider myself a Jane Austen fan, but I can look outside the box to see how I think even she would have written in a different time. I do indeed believe there was great chemistry between Lizzy and Darcy. I don't think it would have ended with their verbal interactions. I believe Lizzy and Darcy would have gone on and had a very, very erotic marriage. Ms. Berdoll shows us the story of how both of them contain feelings so deep and reserved separately, but together they are free to let those feelings free. Even Lizzy being of course inexperienced in such areas, I believe, would have fully set herself free with Darcy and explored every area of love in her usual curious, sometimes brash way. What I believe is the most lovely thing in this book is the constant way in which Darcy at every instance possible is only concerned with Lizzy and what is best for her, what he can do for her, and what will make her happy. He has not changed his life, nor his personality, just allowed the door of this part of him to stand open without reservation. By the same token the author shows us that Lizzy, while still independent and free-thinking, does take into consideration her husband's feelings and wishes and for the sole reason of complete and total love, wants him to be happy too. I think Linda Berdoll has done an excellent job of carrying on the story we all love. If some people think the author takes too many liberties with the "conubial" tellings of the Darcy's marriage....I think they just may be jealous!
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I was always leery of any "sequel" to P&P. My mom recommended this particular series of sequels after she read them both. I started reading cautiously, but soon found myself completely absorbed with household chores left wanting for attention. I was a little surprised at the passions described, but I soon relished it and found it very satisfying that marriages could be truly satisfying in that time period. I have to question those who criticize this book so harshly and why it is they cannot appreciate a passionate marriage. Linda does an excellent job retaining the true personalities of each character and I believe she does them justice. I recommended these books to my coworker who is also a P&P fan. She read them voraciously as well. If you are in doubt, read a few pages if you can and see if you don't disagree with the critics.
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Let me preface this review with the fact that I did *not* purchase the book - I checked it out from the library. For free. Even free I absolutely regret the time I put into reading the very first 20 pages.
The characters are portrayed in ways that do not ring true to either the book of Pride and Prejudice or to the A&E/BBC miniseries, both of which I adore. If it were possible to believe that the author was intentionally writing the book from Lydia's character and tainting all of the other characters through Lydia's imprudent and uninformed lens, then perhaps these liberties with the characters could have been forgiven. This is not the case, however, which leads me to the conclusion that this book is just poorly conceived.
Just in the very first 20 pages I encountered errors in word usage and in basic references to the original Pride and Prejudice (Lydia's per annum allowance is actually 100 pounds, not 50 pounds per annum). The other reviews make reference to the "howbeit" problem, and I concur and having read P&P and watched the miniseries several times, the language that the author uses just *isn't* Austen or anything like it. It is almost as if the author never even read P&P, or certainly not very carefully.
If you admire Austen's use of language and the spirit of Pride and Prejudice, do yourself a favor and just spare yourself the pain of reading this book. Don't even check it out from the library.
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