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Mr. Darcy And The Secret Of Becoming A Gentleman (2011)

by Maria Hamilton(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1402244185 (ISBN13: 9781402244186)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Landmark

review 1: I enjoyed reading Ms. Hamilton's version of this classic love story. It took me a while to really settle in to the book, but I believe that came from my preconceived idea that this book would be the same story line told from another character's perspective. Which it is not, in fact it is an alternate tale of our beloved Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Without giving too much away, I will say that I did enjoy the more modern approach - it was quite a departure from Jane Austen's original style - perhaps even a little scandalous.
review 2: Honestly, I hadn't expected this novel to be as good as it was. I have a weakness for Austen profic, but I usually don't *buy* it, getting it at the library or wherever instead. But, hey, birthday :). Anyway, this one was surprisin... moregly well-written! A lot of Austen spinoffs just chuck in gratuitous sex scenes and make the female characters weaker/better fitting the Romance fiction archetype, but this did neither, generally, and I found it plausible enough, with good reasons for its AU turn. less

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