Martha P. (MartyP) reviewed on + 10 more book reviews
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I'm a Janeite who likes my Austen un-retouched. I don't need modern authors to create new adventures for Austen heroines, thank you very much. I selected Darcy's Story precisely because several of the reviewers complained that they didn't learn anything new from the book. That's precisely the point.
Darcy's Story does NOT change the story, and only creates a few new scenes. What it does is offer a new point-of-view from which to consider the actions of the Austen characters. I must admit that I, who thought I knew P&P backwards and forwards, learned new details from reading this book.
Darcy's Story suffers in that the conversations added by Aylmer use entirely different language -- much simpler words, much less thoughtful speech -- than those conversations taken from the original. But perhaps Aylmer did this on purpose -- it is, after all, very obvious which words are Austen's and which are hers, even to readers who do not know P&P almost verbatim.
Darcy's Story does NOT change the story, and only creates a few new scenes. What it does is offer a new point-of-view from which to consider the actions of the Austen characters. I must admit that I, who thought I knew P&P backwards and forwards, learned new details from reading this book.
Darcy's Story suffers in that the conversations added by Aylmer use entirely different language -- much simpler words, much less thoughtful speech -- than those conversations taken from the original. But perhaps Aylmer did this on purpose -- it is, after all, very obvious which words are Austen's and which are hers, even to readers who do not know P&P almost verbatim.
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