Alone with Mr Darcy A Pride Prejudice Variation (Audible Audio Edition) Abigail Reynolds Elizabeth Klett Books
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Elizabeth Bennet can't imagine anything worse than being stranded by a blizzard in a tiny cottage with proud and unpleasant Mr. Darcy. But being trapped there for days - and nights - with an injured and confused Mr. Darcy who keeps saying the oddest things about her is even worse. At least he possesses the useful ability of lighting a fire to keep them from freezing to death. But when he puts his arms around her, she discovers the hearth isn't the only place he knows how to build a fire. And the little half-frozen kitten he finds in a woodpile isn't proving to be much of a chaperone.
She doesn't really believe his promises to marry her if anyone finds out they spent two nights alone together, especially after learning he was betrayed by another woman in the past. When her worst fears are realized and her reputation is in tatters, she isn't surprised to discover Mr. Darcy has vanished into thin air, leaving her no choice but to find a husband as soon as possible before her whole family is ruined. Any husband will have to do, no matter how much she dislikes him. Even if she can't stop thinking of Mr. Darcy....
Alone with Mr Darcy A Pride Prejudice Variation (Audible Audio Edition) Abigail Reynolds Elizabeth Klett Books
I really, truly, hope that I have misunderstood a key plot element in this novel. In Chapter 7, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth part ways. Elizabeth heads to a tavern, where, if I am not mistaken, she encounters a group of milita (soldiers) raping the younger sister of her dear friend Charlotte Lucas. She leaves without intervening and before she is spotted. She runs back towards where she parted ways with Mr. Darcy. Upon encountering her, and noting that she is distraught, Mr. Darcy coaxes the information from her. He starts to go and try to intervene on the girl's behalf to stop the rape, but Elizabeth stops him, saying that there are too many soldiers. Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth then head off to what I can only assume is another tavern (?) or maybe the same tavern, and they have a bite to eat, then head on their merry way,l the while exchanging flirtatious repartee, and remarking that Snowball, the cutest little cat, followed them in the snow!First off, were things really this rough in Napoleonic times? Could the militia, while on leave (and don't forget, they have been around town and are know to the locals), just make off with and rape a gentlewoman (this is Charlotte Lucas' little sister) in a public tavern out in the open for all to see?
And does anyone think for a minute that an author can write a viable heroine and hero who would leave a young girl being gang-raped, and head in the opposite direction? Darcy talks about "making things easier on her", presumably by making one her gang-rapists marry her. But what about what is going on at that moment? They are flirting and chatting and the little sister of Elizabeth's best friend is being gang raped nearby? What if the men murdered her? Why are both main characters so sanguine about a gang-rape?
Bonkers. Just bonkers. Not sure if the author wrote in a rape, then forgot that she'd written in a rape, and got side-tracked by the cat. Not 5 pages later, roughly 1/2 hour time-wise I reckon, Darcy is chuckling at Eliza's jokes about floundering around in the snow.
What. The ever-loving. God. This book literally had Elizabeth Bennett witness a gang-rape, walk out the door, and flirt with Darcy in the span of an hour. How?
At first I thought that it must not have been a rape that Elizabeth witnessed. Then her sister remarks that Ms. Lucas was seen walking through town, weeping, pulling her torn dress together. What am I missing here?
Please, some of you folks who really enjoyed this book, please explain it to me. What got you over this hump (it's relatively early in the book)?
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Alone with Mr Darcy A Pride Prejudice Variation (Audible Audio Edition) Abigail Reynolds Elizabeth Klett Books Reviews
Writing 4 Stars
Characters 4 Stars
Plot 3 Stars
Entertaining 3.5 Stars
Read Again? Not likely.
What I love about Reynolds' books is that she takes the beloved characters of Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and throws them into a "What if...?" variation of the story. However, with this book I feel she has blackened Mr. Bennet outside of his character -- making him mean-spirited, dishonest, and dishonorable. I feel that such a character could never have raised a woman as lovely as Elizabeth. I cannot forgive her the alteration.
I also feel there were too many subplots Mariah, Georgianna, Richard, Anne... Then there was no resolution regarding Jane and Mr. Bingley!
I feel the book began well, but that the subplots have taken it off course. As a result, instead of a natural conclusion, I feel the end was patched and rushed. The subplots were also not explored to the fullest. Instead there was a lot of "telling"and not "showing".
I think this book would have been better if Reynolds had one or two meaningful subplots that complemented the story.
As an avid fan of Jane Austin I was anxious to read a different angle to the Elizabeth and Mr Darcy saga. I liked it almost as well as the original. I recommend it to all lovers of Jane's writings. And the story twists are so enjoyable. I am anxious to find some of the other writings of Ms Reynolds of Elizabeth. I have all versions of the movies of this story and regularly watch them all!
It's no secret that I love Abigail Reynolds. She's written a dozen P&P variations, and each is different than the last. What I love about her writing is that some stories are more explicit than others, and others introduce events not in the original story. This novel is one of the latter. In this variation, Liz finds Darcy hurt on the roadside as a snowstorm blows in. She helps him to a vacant cottage and she and Darcy are stranded for a few days. (The timeline is post-Charlotte marrying Collins, but pre-Darcy proposing to Lizzy.) Darcy, afraid her reputation will suffer, offers to marry her since she's been "compromised" by being alone with him. She refuses, thinking no one will know. The story snowballs from that point. (See what I did there? *waggles eyebrows*)
I liked this novel particularly because of how Darcy and Liz get to know each other during the storm. They are just so cute together! They hash out the whole "you screwed over my sister" and Wickham plot devices while trapped, leading to a quicker resolution of those misunderstandings. But I enjoyed all the deviations from the traditional tale. Some of the differences include Darcy has an "evil stepmother", the Bingley's hardly make an appearance, Anne de Bourgh has a totally surprising ending, Colonel Fitzwilliam hates the army. It keeps things interesting, since even though you "know" the story, you'll be surprised by the way these differences affect the tale.
The one part I hated (in a "I loved it but hated it" way) was Mr. Bennet's character. Don't get me wrong--Reynolds wrote him extremely well, and gave some convincing reasons for his actions towards Lizzy (and towards his wife). But oh, did his actions make me mad! I just wanted to shake him! But that should tell you how good the writing is in this novel, if it can make a reader get into the story that much.
All in all, this ranks as one of my favorites from Reynolds. I tend to gravitate to her more explicit works, because she writes so well and doesn't just throw in sex to titillate like many other P&P authors. But even though this book lacks those delicious scenes, I still adore it. So no matter if you prefer your romances clean or dirty, you'll like this one.
I read some of her other stories and they were enjoyable. This one was just weak, and i am not sure why a gang rape was necessary for plot development, and then so callously addressed even for the time period.
I really, truly, hope that I have misunderstood a key plot element in this novel. In Chapter 7, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth part ways. Elizabeth heads to a tavern, where, if I am not mistaken, she encounters a group of milita (soldiers) raping the younger sister of her dear friend Charlotte Lucas. She leaves without intervening and before she is spotted. She runs back towards where she parted ways with Mr. Darcy. Upon encountering her, and noting that she is distraught, Mr. Darcy coaxes the information from her. He starts to go and try to intervene on the girl's behalf to stop the rape, but Elizabeth stops him, saying that there are too many soldiers. Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth then head off to what I can only assume is another tavern (?) or maybe the same tavern, and they have a bite to eat, then head on their merry way,l the while exchanging flirtatious repartee, and remarking that Snowball, the cutest little cat, followed them in the snow!
First off, were things really this rough in Napoleonic times? Could the militia, while on leave (and don't forget, they have been around town and are know to the locals), just make off with and rape a gentlewoman (this is Charlotte Lucas' little sister) in a public tavern out in the open for all to see?
And does anyone think for a minute that an author can write a viable heroine and hero who would leave a young girl being gang-raped, and head in the opposite direction? Darcy talks about "making things easier on her", presumably by making one her gang-rapists marry her. But what about what is going on at that moment? They are flirting and chatting and the little sister of Elizabeth's best friend is being gang raped nearby? What if the men murdered her? Why are both main characters so sanguine about a gang-rape?
Bonkers. Just bonkers. Not sure if the author wrote in a rape, then forgot that she'd written in a rape, and got side-tracked by the cat. Not 5 pages later, roughly 1/2 hour time-wise I reckon, Darcy is chuckling at Eliza's jokes about floundering around in the snow.
What. The ever-loving. God. This book literally had Elizabeth Bennett witness a gang-rape, walk out the door, and flirt with Darcy in the span of an hour. How?
At first I thought that it must not have been a rape that Elizabeth witnessed. Then her sister remarks that Ms. Lucas was seen walking through town, weeping, pulling her torn dress together. What am I missing here?
Please, some of you folks who really enjoyed this book, please explain it to me. What got you over this hump (it's relatively early in the book)?
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