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Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
By Helen Halstead

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When Elizabeth Bennett marries the brooding, passionate Mr. Darcy, she is thrown into the exciting world of London society. She makes a powerful friend in the Marchioness of Englebury but the jealousy among her ladyship's circle threatens to destroy Elizabeth's happiness. Elizabeth is drawn into a powerful clique for whom intrigue is the stuff of life and rivalry the motive, and her success, it seems, can only come at the expense of good relations with her husband. This novel also continues the stories of other favorite Pride and Prejudice characters including Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennett, each of whom have amusing adventures of their own. Told in the language of the era and bringing Regency society vividly to life, Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride recalls Austen's theme of the necessity of individual growth in the maintainance of lasting bonds.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #128276 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-03-23
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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Whew - a good P&P sequel!5
I've read every P&P sequel I can get my hands on - the good, the bad, and the really atrocious. This is almost my favorite. (My favorite was Pamela Aidan's trilogy). This one gets a little harlequin-romancy sometimes, with un-Astenesque emphasis on what color gown was being worn, what look the characters were exchanging, Darcy's fingers in Elizabeth's hair, etc, but overall, it was a good story. I loved the character development of all involved - the characters were actually DEVELOPED, without straying beyond belief. Too many sequels out there do personality transplants on Elizabeth et. al., but in this story, we watch the newlyweds grow as a couple, we watch Elizabeth take on higher society, and we care about what happens to the main characters, other familiar favorites, and some new ones. A truly enjoyable read. Well done!

Can love last?4
I, too, am a lover off all things Pride and Prejudice. Waited almost 4 months for this book to arrive. Elizabeth is everything we know her to be - witty, charming and nearly fearless. This is one of the best sequels I have ever read in its conveyance of her wit. You have real understanding of how she could be well received in spite of her lack of fortune. And unlike some others that would have her repeatedly make poor choices, this Lizzy does not. That pleased me tremendously. I think some authors want to give Lizzy modern sensibilities in the Regency period.

Still, there's something wrong with the ending. It's as if the author ran out of paper and had to wrap it up quickly. And the one sadness seemed unnecessary to the plot to me. I do love Wickham's outcome in this novel. I also want to thank one reviewer for saving me $40 in buying this book under another name. I've done that once with Linda Berdoll's novel.

This was well worth the read and I'd give it a 4+ but not perfection.

3 Plus stars for a pretty good book3
Author Helen Halstead gets quite a bit right in this novel. Lady Catherine was properly narcissistic, Elizabeth was properly witty, and others were true to the portrayal first made by Austen. Other characters were off-course, for example Kitty. A few ill-placed coughs in Pride and Prejudice turns into a weak constitution in this novel. There were quite a few new characters, and sometimes keeping them separate was hard, and these characters at times had to drive too much of the plot. Still, the author captured the class judgments from the time period quite well. Overall, a fun book and rates three 1/2 stars.