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The Darcys and the Bingleys (Pride & Prejudice Continues) (Paperback)

by Marsha Altman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc (30 Jan 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1402213484
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402213489
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 14.5 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 121,022 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Three days before their double wedding, Charles Bingley is desperate to have a word with his dear friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, seeking advice of a most delicate nature. Bingley is shocked when Darcy gives him a copy of the Kama Sutra, but it does tell him everything he needs to know... Eventually, of course, Jane finds this remarkable volume, and in the utmost secrecy shows it to her dear sister Elizabeth, who goes searching for a copy in the Pemberley library... By turns hilarious and sweet, this book also presents an intriguing view of Miss Caroline Bingley, who has such good reasons for being the way she is that the reader can t help but hold her in charity. Georgiana Darcy makes a most eligible match, and in spite of his abhorrence of being asked for advice, Darcy s friendship with Bingley is solid and full of fun.


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Marsha Altman is a historian and expert on Jane Austen sequels, having read nearly every single one that's been written.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, 14 Dec 2008
By Sm Drew "dingalongcow" (Colchester, Essex) - See all my reviews
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I read Linda Berdoll's two books before I read this one which may have negatively affected how I viewed this book. Whilst Berdoll tries to keep the language and structure of Austen (not completely successfully) I found that this sequel by Altman started well but slipped into almost modern vernacular by the second half of the book and the story seemed a little at odds with how I perceived Austen's original characters.
Having said that it was much lighter and faster paced than Berdoll's two doorstopper books and I really did enjoy it. It took me about 8 hours to read the whole thing and I put the book down feeling satisfied at the resolution of the story (whereas with Berdoll I felt like I was still waiting for something else to happen). Despite the references to the Kama Sutra in the blurb which almost put me off buying the book, there is much less explicit sex in Altman's book than Berdoll's; its implied and 'after the fact' rather than accompanying the characters through a sweaty coupling in every room of Pemberley. The whole Kama Sutra theme seems to be less of a plot point than some of the more exciting aspects of the story (which arent mentioned on the back cover).
Wickham is virtually ignored, the villain's role is taken by a different character and several other characters take a definite step back which I found quite refreshing, but as I said, no-one behaved quite as I envisioned them doing.
Overall this is a sweeter and lighter sequel to P&P, a romantic following of the lives of our favourite characters with a little bit of excitement and adventure thrown it. I
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars So many P&P sequels....., 20 Feb 2009
By Mrs. D. J. Smith "eowyngreenleaf" (Luton, England) - See all my reviews
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... so little time!

This one was OK and I quite enjoyed reading it. Thinking about it afterwards though, some of the events seemed to me more and more unlikely - and I mean physically unlikely in the real world, not just the Austen universe! I'm not sure this is one I will be reading again.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Was it "really hard" to mind the vocabulary?, 22 Jun 2009
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The book started with good promise, but became boring very quickly... The only good thing about it is Elisabeth Bennet whom the author managed to portray as the lively and witty young woman she is supposed to be (even though often unfashionably and un-Austenably nosy), a seemingly easy task no other P&P pre- or sequel I've read has managed to pull off... But why does she - and all the other characters, for that matter - have to speak modern American English?! If researching Regency English was too much work, a more neutral language could have been used, to spare us the uncomfortable anachronisms on every page...
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