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Post by Carma on May 31, 2007 5:48:51 GMT -5
just wondering.. I saw this book at the library (Mr. Darcy's Daughters - by Elizabeth Aston ) and I was wondering if anybody has read it? and if it's good?
it's a sequel to pride and prejudice.. but not written by jane austen herself...
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on May 31, 2007 6:39:12 GMT -5
I've never been into the Pride and Prejudice sequels. There are a lot of them out there, and I'm sure some of them are good. But I've just never wanted to read any.
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Post by Isa on May 31, 2007 8:59:07 GMT -5
Same for me, I've never read any. But I know Kristie has, and if I remember correctly she said "Mr. Darcy takes a wife" was good.
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Post by Kristie on May 31, 2007 14:20:45 GMT -5
You're right Jefie! I really did enjoy Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, but it was VERY un-Austen like. I liked the story, but Linda Berdoll's style was very different. At the beginning of the novel, you can tell she's trying to keep it more Austen-ish, but by the end I think she found her own style and was more comfortable in it. There is a book further after that by Berdoll called Darcy & Elizabeth which I have yet to read. (To forewarn you about Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, there is lots of sex in it, which is really what makes it un-Austen like. But if you don't mind that, like I don't, I think you'd enjoy it.)
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Post by Michelle on May 31, 2007 16:04:44 GMT -5
I've read Mr. Darcy takes a Wife as well. I enjoyed it for what it was. I had an inner struggle with whether or not to read it or not. I just view it as an optional ending.  I've seen Mr. Darcy's Daughters, but I haven't really looked into it. I also own Darcy and Elizabeth but haven't read it yet. |
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Post by Kristie on May 31, 2007 17:25:17 GMT -5
Memccart, you described it perfectly: an optional ending. When I was reading it I definitely didn't take it as what Austen would've had in mind and I know there are plenty of other sequels out there to P&P. It's just an ending that could be.
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Post by sagedautumn on May 31, 2007 17:26:59 GMT -5
i haven't read any of the P&P continuations either
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Post by dreamer112 on May 31, 2007 22:55:01 GMT -5
I've seen it around and heard that it is really good, but I don't think I will ever read a P&P continuation, or sequel. I think that it would end up ruining the whole book for me.
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Post by Carma on Jun 1, 2007 4:06:23 GMT -5
yeah, I kind of have the same feeling.. cos it's different from what Jane Austen would've written (probably..) and I'd like to think of my own ending instead.. I think...
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Post by Lu on Jun 1, 2007 6:18:43 GMT -5
I like thinking of my own ending too, that's why I've never read any P&P sequel...although I'm curious to know some optional endings someone else had imagined...*I'm having an inner struggle*...but I think I will end up reading them.
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Post by dreamer112 on Jun 5, 2007 15:18:01 GMT -5
yeah, I kind of have the same feeling.. cos it's different from what Jane Austen would've written (probably..) and I'd like to think of my own ending instead.. I think... Exactly, and no writer will ever be able to finish it off as good as Austen could have. |
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Post by singinbanana on Sept 28, 2007 5:04:47 GMT -5
I've read one P&P sequel thing, and, like Memccart said, they're definately only optional endings. The one I read was called "An Unequal Marriage", by Emma Tennant. As I remember, it had practically the same storyline as P&P (very imaginative  ), but the next generation's version. Darcy and Elizabeth's son turned out to be a little sh*t (excuse the language, but that's what he was  ), as the Wickham character. I can't remember much of the rest, so you can see that it really had an impact on me.  I think it's interesting, though, to see other people's takes on what might have happened after P&P. It seems to me like literary fanfiction. If anyone can recommend a good P&P sequel I'd love to read it. |
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Post by Halie on Jul 7, 2009 13:36:05 GMT -5
I have to say that I hated Mr. Darcy's Daughters. I really liked the idea behind the book, that the Darcys settled in, had a few kids and went off traveling, because Elizabeth would love that. But in my mind, I always thought that Elizabeth and Darcy would make really good parents, both of them caring, obviously, but Darcy would have a firm hand (if necessary) and Elizabeth would show them the beauty of books and learning, etc. (I know that I think way too much about this, but don't you?)
Anyways, the daughters in the book were TERRIBLE. I disliked all of them, save one or two. They were catty, wild and unintelligent! The one who wasn't like that was unsociable and prudish. I really think that the Darcys would never raise children like that, especially not ones in the first category.
But, I did like the writing style. It wasn't necessarily Austen-ish, but it had its own charms.
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I've seen Mr. Darcy's Daughters, but I haven't really looked into it. I also own Darcy and Elizabeth but haven't read it yet.
), but the next generation's version. Darcy and Elizabeth's son turned out to be a little sh*t (excuse the language, but that's what he was 
), as the Wickham character. I can't remember much of the rest, so you can see that it really had an impact on me. 
