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Mr. Darcy's Diary
Mr Darcy's Diary
Author: Amanda Grange
Grange retells Austen's Pride & Prejudice from Fitzwilliam Darcy's point of view. Her device for doing so is an imagined diary of a clever sort: Grange reproduces, word for word and comma for comma, conversations from the original novel, but shifts the perspective to reported speech in Darcy's first-person, with his commentary on...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781402208768
ISBN-10: 1402208766
Publication Date: 4/4/2007
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 104 ratings
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Mr. Darcy's Diary on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 8
I have read P&P and it was a very difficult read for me. HOWEVER, this book was very easy for me to read.

Told in Darcy's voice it was a funny and droll read. I did laugh at parts that i did not expect to. It does explain things a little more clearly than austen's work, in my opinion.

I highly recommend it for any P&P fan. A nice compliment to austen's work. Ms. Grange does a good job.
superdupar avatar reviewed Mr. Darcy's Diary on + 115 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
I love Pride and Prejudice! This is a fun, clean "Darcy" version of the events in the book. Most of the dialog is Austen, but Grange imagines what Darcy's thoughts could be. It is (mostly) realistic to how Darcy acts. The end does include some scenes after Elizabeth and Darcy are married that are less realistic.
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Helpful Score: 3
As a fan of Jane Austen, I was very disappointed by this book. It's just a rehashing of Pride and Prejudice with almost the same dialogue. Very little of it was new or innovative. Mostly it just seemed like Grange was trying to improve on Austen's impeccable work. In short, a complete travesty.
canadianeh avatar reviewed Mr. Darcy's Diary on + 242 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This seems shorter than the original because less lengthy description is included, making it an easier faster read. Maintains the integrity of the original well and includes what Darcy thought of events as they unrolled. Not many other surrounding events are explored: I would have liked to see more of the Wickham story and more about what the men do when they are at "business" (what did they do anyway?!). Highly recommended for P+P fans! Yes!
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cheryl-momofthree avatar reviewed Mr. Darcy's Diary on + 5 more book reviews
Very good. I have to admit this is the first sequel to P&P I've read. I almost forgot I was reading a novel by another author... If you'd like to read more about the story this is very true to the original story and the characters as written by Austen. I loved it! BTW my husband did too!
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Retelling of P&P from Darcy's perspective by way of diary entries. Nice, easy read but I felt Pamela Aidan's trilogy was much more satisfying.
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A great story - told via his diary - from Mr. Darcy's perspective.


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