Darcy's Reckoning: Experience Pride and Prejudice from the Gentleman's Perspective by Virginia Somerset. ★★★☆☆
By its very nature, the book contains a great deal of the text from Jane Austen’s original.
The author has woven new elements into the story in a seamless manner.
Thus, we are introduced to Darcy’s first love and heartbreak. This does much to explain Darcy’s later suspicion of Jane Bennet as a fortune hunter.
Anne de Bourgh is given the opportunity to show a delightful inner world, hidden by her ill health and overpowering mother.
Caroline Bingley is as rude as ever but we see how her upbringing influenced her desperation to marry Darcy. There is also a possible chance for redemption.
I would not say that this is the best retelling from Darcy’s perspective, but it a creditable effort and a good read.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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