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Dear Mr. Darcy: A Retelling Of Pride And Prejudice (2012)

by Amanda Grange(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0425247813 (ISBN13: 9780425247815)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley Trade

review 1: I love Jane Austen and continue to buy and read most adaptations, modern or historical, with the exceptions of zombies and vampires. I've read Grange's books before and this one did not disappoint. As always she has a fresh way of telling a familiar story, this time in letter format. It was fun to see her fill in some of the "gaps" that we're not privy to in Austen's book and to imagine being a friend of Lizzy or Darcy or Georgian or Lydia or Mary or Mr. Collins and receiving the letters. I found it an enjoyable way to watch the story unfold while still remaining true to Austen's story.
review 2: This book was written through letter correspondence between all of the P&P characters as well as a few new ones. I had some consideration about this format becoming mo... morenotonous, but it didn't. The further I read the more complex everything became and the author captured the personalities of the characters. You can feel the silliness, (Lydia and Mrs. Bennett), urgency, (Jane's letter to Lizzy), ridiculous conceit, (Catherine de Bourgh and Mr. Collins), frustration, (Lizzy), etc. of each character/letter. There was only one thing that Lizzy wrote (at the end of the book), that I wished the author had left out, but I'd still recommend the book. less

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