Darcy and Elizabeth, seems a bit much, as she was married only a few months before Elizabeth. Misunderstandings amount to an excessive degree and every time Elizabeth perceives something in Darcy that reminds her of his prideful nature he does something that pieces how much he loves her and yet she distrusts him which is frustrating! I never thought of her as a jump-to- conclusions kind of girl in the real story—over-eager to believe the worst in someone, if it suits her, sure. Elizabeth is led to believe that Darcy fell in love with a French woman he met during the war three years before they met, had a child with this woman, and then the woman died. Now, after eleven years of reading numerous Pride and Prejudice -inspired novels that have been published in its wake — I have re-read it with an entirely new perspective — with an open heart and a sense of humor. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a fan in search of a good sequel can safely skip anything by Emma Tennant. 
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I love everything about it: Mar 18, Mullgirl rated it did not like it. Especially sad is how cowed she gets around some of the more assertive characters tejnant the first novel - especially Bingley's sisters and Catherine de Bourg. When would he have the time to bother with Georgiana's drama and his supposed French baby mama drama?
Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued by Emma Tennant
Goddard, Mistress of a School in It was pretty boring, to say the least. I usually am open-minded to much of JAFF. Thoughtless younger sister Lydia, her ner-do-well husband George Wickham and their four children are continually in debt and an embarrassment to Elizabeth and her family. The book deserves a place in my Austen library, but I was sadly disappointed.
If you can, take yourself back to I needed something light after reading Le vide and indeed to was. I remember being irked by this the first time around, and the second time did not sit as well either.
There is no one to like in this book. And, as been pointed out, the timeline is all wrong.
Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued
Side note - I don't think Georgiana's character would have enjoyed Caroline's sarcasm as portrayed in this novel and Jane Austen wouldn't have approved of Bingleys past being how it was portrayed. If so, it would mean that the Darcy family and his pemberey a Fitzwilliam were related in earlier generations.
Yet, although parallels can be cited and influences suggested, her work is strongly individual, the product of an intensely personal, even idiosyncratic, attempt to create an original type of highly imaginative fiction. Any fans of Pride and Prejudice will recognize the irony of the guest list. As an added bonus, another complaint is that the author jumps POV in one chapter too much that I'm usually confused as to whose thoughts and opinions I'm actually reading.
The plotline is unbelievable and not in keeping with the personalities of Austen's original characters.
Jane will also journey with her husband and his sisters Miss Caroline Bingley, Mrs. Bennet departed this life but nine months ago, she intends to marry Colonel Kitchiner, a cousin and a crush from her youth whose father was a business partner of her father in Meryton.
By the time I read it in it had gotten a bad rap all-around by media reviewers and pleasure readers. Thank goodness that the other "sequel" I picked up at a book sale is at least by a different author. I read this quite a while ago. What the bleep happened? Now here is a sequel that satisfies and delights on every level, I felt!
Refresh and try again.
Guess I won't be in any rush to read them! If you can, take yourself back to We find it interesting that the movie chooses to portray the families with less class differentiation, empowering Elizabeth smma to hesitate in her criticism of Darcy.
Adams definitely a favorite. Being in the right frame of mind I suppose helps.
Okay, kids, if you find this funny, you will be laughing out loud while reading this book. I have read it, and it is neither. I recently gave it a reread to see if it was as bad as I remembered.
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