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Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued (Pride & Prejudice Chronicles #1)
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Anna Elliott (Goodreads Author)
Mr. Darcy's younger sister searches for her own happily-ever-after.
The year is 1814, and it's springtime at Pemberley. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have married. But now a new romance is in the air, along with high fashion, elegant manners, scandal, deception, and the wonderful hope of a true and lasting love.
Shy Georgiana Darcy has been content to remain unmarried, living with...more
The year is 1814, and it's springtime at Pemberley. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have married. But now a new romance is in the air, along with high fashion, elegant manners, scandal, deception, and the wonderful hope of a true and lasting love.
Shy Georgiana Darcy has been content to remain unmarried, living with...more
Kindle Edition, 236 pages
Published
April 20th 2011
by Anna Elliott
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I'm sorry that I cannot give this book a higher rating. I love Pride and Prejudice, and I enjoyed reading about Pemberley again in this book. I appreciated the author's note at the beginning--that she "simply can't get enough of Jane Austen and her world." She stated quite frankly that she couldn't "begin to match Jane Austen's immortal style, and wouldn't even pretend to try." I like her honesty, and as an author I understand the predicament, and I kept her statement in mind as I read. However,...more
This was a free kindle book on amazon, so definitely worth it. Don't read the introduction of the book until the end if you don't want the ending ruined for you.
This book started out so well. I mean I was feeling very impressed with the authors writing style. Especially since she had made the disclaimer that she wasn't trying to be Jane Austen, she was just writing a story about Jane's characters.
Here's what impressed me:
I liked seeing all the ideas she had gotten from Austen's other books. I wo...more
This book started out so well. I mean I was feeling very impressed with the authors writing style. Especially since she had made the disclaimer that she wasn't trying to be Jane Austen, she was just writing a story about Jane's characters.
Here's what impressed me:
I liked seeing all the ideas she had gotten from Austen's other books. I wo...more
This was such a lovely read!
Often I am concerned with a diary format that the book will be devoid of any action, but this wasn't at all the case with this novel. Georgiana tells the story from a first person perspective, re-living events for us, with each date entry acting as a new chapter. It was very similar to the poplar choice of novel where the narrator is looking back over their life's events, with the main difference being that in this novel the reader is finding out about the events mere...more
Often I am concerned with a diary format that the book will be devoid of any action, but this wasn't at all the case with this novel. Georgiana tells the story from a first person perspective, re-living events for us, with each date entry acting as a new chapter. It was very similar to the poplar choice of novel where the narrator is looking back over their life's events, with the main difference being that in this novel the reader is finding out about the events mere...more
I started and finished this book today. I admit that that is no big accomplishment as this book is not a thick tome, but I say it because this was a really really good book and even now I am sitting here a little bit awe-struck! I am not much of one for the 'continuing saga of Pride and Prejudice' books. Most of them that I have skimmed through have seemed to me to be less about the characters and more about Darcy and Elizabeth's romance and sex life. This book, however, intrigued me first by it...more
I have read all of Jane Austen's books. Of her six books, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice are tied for my favorite. I always wanted sisters, but only had brothers (love you guys). The thought of so many sisters to comfort each other and squabble with each other was a dream come true to me. I have read these books over and over and always wished there were more. What happened after Elizabeth wed Mr. Darcy? Did Edward and Elinor live happily ever after? And what of the more minor cha...more
Generally interesting, but falls completely flat with both plot and language. I loved the idea of this book and high hopes for it, but was very disappointed. Generalized spoilers follow.
As an avid Austen fan, one of my favorite things about her books is her incredible vocabulary and the beauty, eloquence and intelligence of everyday conversations between her characters. This book fails miserably in that area, with characters using modern language that immediately brings your imagination to a scr...more
As an avid Austen fan, one of my favorite things about her books is her incredible vocabulary and the beauty, eloquence and intelligence of everyday conversations between her characters. This book fails miserably in that area, with characters using modern language that immediately brings your imagination to a scr...more
Yes, I am the one who HATED P&P. Had to usher at a play "Pride @ Prejudice", so made myself listen to the original as an audio book and HATED it. Got so much flak from women-friends. Then saw the Kiera Knightly movie and thought it was OK... then saw clips with Colin Firth and it grew on me even more... So when this free NOOK book showed up I decided to give it a try. And it turned into a guilty pleasure. Guilty because it is still a frothy light weight chick lit. Not even tongue in cheek. B...more
This was apparently free on Nook Books, so I downloaded it simply for that reason--and also that it had to do, at least in extension, with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
I was a bit leery about reading it because of the reputation Austen spin-offs have for being mediocre and god-awful excuses just to write gratuitous romance for Elizabeth and Darcy, but this one surprised me.
It was a quick read, and Elliott's use of language still retained the regency feel without making it too difficult to...more
I was a bit leery about reading it because of the reputation Austen spin-offs have for being mediocre and god-awful excuses just to write gratuitous romance for Elizabeth and Darcy, but this one surprised me.
It was a quick read, and Elliott's use of language still retained the regency feel without making it too difficult to...more
4.5
This was great. I'd gotten so used to P&P sequels being aggressively mediocre on every front (plot, character, technical writing, etc) that I was shocked to find myself genuinely enjoying this book so much.
One of the reasons so many other P&P sequels fail is because they attempt to focus on characters whose stories are already finished. So many books focusing on Elizabeth and Darcy run out of steam in the first 1/3 to 1/2 because it's clear that the authors don't really know what to d...more
This was great. I'd gotten so used to P&P sequels being aggressively mediocre on every front (plot, character, technical writing, etc) that I was shocked to find myself genuinely enjoying this book so much.
One of the reasons so many other P&P sequels fail is because they attempt to focus on characters whose stories are already finished. So many books focusing on Elizabeth and Darcy run out of steam in the first 1/3 to 1/2 because it's clear that the authors don't really know what to d...more
Georgiana Darcy’s Diary: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Continued is a sequel that focuses on, as the title suggests, Darcy’s younger sister, Georgiana. Miss Darcy lives with her brother and his wife, Elizabeth, at Pemberley and is relatively content with her unmarried state (she is still pretty young as it’s only a few years after the end of Pride and Prejudice). Her aunt Catherine de Bourgh is not quite as content to have Georgiana single and has decided that a house party and ball at Pembe...more
This pair of novels by Ann Elliott was a fantastic weekend read! Told from Georgiana's perspective, the novels follow Georgiana as she gains strength, courage, and love. The first novel, Georgiana Darcy's Diary, begins with Lady Catherine pushing eligible suitors upon Georgiana, when the only one she has ever loved since the age of six is her guardian and cousin, Colonel Edward Fitzwilliam. After coming back from war Edward is scarred with the terrors of his past. In efforts to protect Georgiana...more
At first I was very excited to read another P&P continuation. However, the more I read, the more dissapointed I became. The plot I interesting at the beginning, but being less than halfway through, I had no problems figuring out how it would end.
Most of the characters are fairly "in-character", but I can't believe the huge changes Georgiana has gone through. The same with Lady Catherine and Caroline Bingley (what were they doing at Pemberley given her history with the Darcys?!) - it would s...more
Most of the characters are fairly "in-character", but I can't believe the huge changes Georgiana has gone through. The same with Lady Catherine and Caroline Bingley (what were they doing at Pemberley given her history with the Darcys?!) - it would s...more
This is the May installment of my twelve months of Pride and Prejudice celebration-tacular. This book was pretty cute - I liked the writing and I thought Georgiana's character was believable. Also, I think the author made a wise choice to use the diary format, since as she said in the forward - she never would have been able to reproduce Jane Austen's wit - this was made obvious by Elizabeth's character which just wasn't as delightful as in P&P. But speaking of the forward - why would she st...more
I was quite surprised by the amount of negative comments on this book. Maybe it's because I compare this book not that much to P&P, but to other modern rewritings, sequels etc. And within this group, Georgiana Darcy's Diary is one of the best books I've read. I really don't care that it does not follow all the hints that Austen gave us about Georgiana and the other characters at the end of P&P. Maybe I have low standards, but the book was not vulgar, the characters were more or less beli...more
Final Rating 2-1/2 stars
This was, as the author promised in the Author's Note, "an entertainment, written for those readers who, like me [the author], simply can't get enough of Jane Austen and her world." I like that she chose to write a continuation of Georgiana Darcy's story, because, as an added bonus, we get to see how Lizzie and Darcy are doing in their married life. The story started off well, and I did enjoy the read. (I'd rate this PG, which is how I like my Austen fanfic to read.) But,...more
This was, as the author promised in the Author's Note, "an entertainment, written for those readers who, like me [the author], simply can't get enough of Jane Austen and her world." I like that she chose to write a continuation of Georgiana Darcy's story, because, as an added bonus, we get to see how Lizzie and Darcy are doing in their married life. The story started off well, and I did enjoy the read. (I'd rate this PG, which is how I like my Austen fanfic to read.) But,...more
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
- Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice
Georgiana Darcy’s Diary: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice continued, is a compelling continuation of Jane Austen’s world expressed through the diary of Fitzwilliam Darcy’s younger sister, Georgiana. Georgiana was one of the background characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prej...more
- Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice
Georgiana Darcy’s Diary: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice continued, is a compelling continuation of Jane Austen’s world expressed through the diary of Fitzwilliam Darcy’s younger sister, Georgiana. Georgiana was one of the background characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prej...more
"The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them." - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Had Jane Austen taken the minor character of Georgiana Darcy, younger sister to Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice and filled her out with thoughts, opinions and substance, it would not have surpr...more
Had Jane Austen taken the minor character of Georgiana Darcy, younger sister to Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Pride and Prejudice and filled her out with thoughts, opinions and substance, it would not have surpr...more
You know how I love me some Pride and Prejudice. I thought this would be a cute little follow up in the voice of Mr. Darcy's younger sister. And it was. It was cute and it gave a good continuation to the story as we know it. I liked that the author stated in the beginning that she wasn't going to attempt to write in the style of Jane Austen because I find that when authors do try it, they fail miserably. So we got a cute little story with some familiar characters that didn't feel like it was goi...more
I was actually surprised how much I liked this novel. I have always been intrigued by by the characters in "Pride & Prejudice" especially Georgiana Darcy. Anna Elliott does the character justice and helps us explore more of Pemberley through the eyes of Georgiana.
I loved how this novel was told in journal entry stories and focused on the secondary characters from the original "Pride & Prejudice", allowing you to be consumed once again into this world. This is what I enjoyed most about th...more
I loved how this novel was told in journal entry stories and focused on the secondary characters from the original "Pride & Prejudice", allowing you to be consumed once again into this world. This is what I enjoyed most about th...more
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3.5 stars.
I actually couldn't put this down and finished it over two nights. I thought the writing was close enough to Austen's style not to jar, but just wasn't quite right. I felt Georgiana to be very like my imagination of her from P&P (I was quite surprised to read reviews elsewhere saying the opposite, actually).
For the most part, I don't think it read like a diary and many scenes would have benefited from being told without the attempts to remain in those confines. But I did really lik...more
I actually couldn't put this down and finished it over two nights. I thought the writing was close enough to Austen's style not to jar, but just wasn't quite right. I felt Georgiana to be very like my imagination of her from P&P (I was quite surprised to read reviews elsewhere saying the opposite, actually).
For the most part, I don't think it read like a diary and many scenes would have benefited from being told without the attempts to remain in those confines. But I did really lik...more
While not an outstanding piece of classic literature, Georgiana Darcy's diary continued the story line of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," focusing on minor characters and taking them through some interesting twists and developments. This book is written entirely in diary style, and does not purport to be written in Jane Austen's inimitable manner. The cleverness and ironies of Austen's prose are not mirrored here, but the characters are recognizable, their motivations plausible, and their c...more
A quick and easy read, good for those that like light historicle romance. This gains an extra star simply for bucking the trend of attempting to modernize, rewrite, or inject science fiction elements and excess sexuality into regency romance. The author notes before the novel that she can't begin to recreate Jane Austin's prose and language, but I believe she does a relatively good job for a modern woman. The characters and (on some level) language does evolve as the novel goes on to become more...more
As the title suggests, this is a continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It takes place in Pemberley, England in 1814. The main character is Georgiana, Mr. Darcy's youngest sister. Georgiana lives with her brother and his new wife, Elizabeth. An aunt has seen fit to have Georgiana married off. Of course, none of her aunt's suggestions are acceptable to Georgiana.
The story has good character development, taking Georgiana from a shy girl to a more mature woman in a matter of months. Th...more
The story has good character development, taking Georgiana from a shy girl to a more mature woman in a matter of months. Th...more
This was a free book on Amazon (I read it on my Kindle), so I didn't really have high hopes for it. For the most part, I find "sequels" to Pride and Prejudice to be ... well, not good. This was a pleasant surprise. First, the author did not try and write in the tone of Jane Austen. She knew she wouldn't be able to recreate that and didn't even try.
There were some character changes that I didn't like - Caroline and Lady DeBurgh come to mind - but if you don't mind a little deviation from the orig...more
There were some character changes that I didn't like - Caroline and Lady DeBurgh come to mind - but if you don't mind a little deviation from the orig...more
I should write a longer review but here is the gist. This short book was fun to read.
I love Pride & Prejudice and will cling to any continuance of the story an author can provide me. However, I have two not so positive things to say about this particular text.
First, the author uses the phrase, "shook his head as if to clear it" so many times that it stuck out like a sore thumb. Second, she uses way too many contractions. Men and women during the 1800's England would not be using contractions...more
I love Pride & Prejudice and will cling to any continuance of the story an author can provide me. However, I have two not so positive things to say about this particular text.
First, the author uses the phrase, "shook his head as if to clear it" so many times that it stuck out like a sore thumb. Second, she uses way too many contractions. Men and women during the 1800's England would not be using contractions...more
I liked this book though the language and some of the situations did not feel period-appropriate. In fact, I almost stopped reading it early on, but as I progressed I got more and more invested in the story and I did enjoy the ending. I especially liked the relationship that developed between Georgiana and her cousin, Anne. I felt like Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth were very static characters-- just there because they were supposed to be-- and they had a very obvious-from-the-beginning plot developmen...more
This book is a view into Georgiana Darcy's mind and what she thought of things after her brother got married. Its a good and entertaining insight into what happens to Georgiana and how she is looking for love but also how careful she is in looking for love and trusting people.
She is able to help her cousin to come out of her shell and able to help her get married to someone her mother disapproves of because of his lack of money. The book is a view into lives of all the characters that were in th...more
She is able to help her cousin to come out of her shell and able to help her get married to someone her mother disapproves of because of his lack of money. The book is a view into lives of all the characters that were in th...more
Okay, so this kept me up way too late last night reading it. Even though the characters became more and more modern and, sadly, two-dimensional as the story progressed. And while a true sweet romance, the plot deviated more and more from anything Jane Austen might have written until it did become embarrassing for the characters. And the hero's character development was not only non-existent, it went into reverse; he became not only two-dimensional and formulaic, but a bit of a boor at the same t...more
I was prepared to not like this book as too many spin offs are usually disappointing. I think the author captured the essence of the time period however, and in my head I could picture the people, the clothing, the houses, etc. and could sense the formality and attitudes of the people during the Napoleonic wars. It is not as intellectually stimulating as a Jane Austen novel and you don't have to get into the rhythm of the language as you sometimes do in a Jane Austen novel, but that didn't bothe...more
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A longtime devotee of historical fiction and Arthurian legend, Anna Elliott was expecting her first child when she woke up from a very vivid dream of telling her mother that she was going to write a book about Modred's daughter, Isolde. She was very grateful to her daughter for being an excellent sleeper even as a newborn and allowing her the time to turn her dream into a finished book! She now li...more
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