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Mar 05, 2011
Kate
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Did someone say Colonel Fitzwilliam? YES! A minor character is getting and given some love. Did someone say bromance? Yes, A bromance between Fitzwilliam Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam. I’m sold. Plus the cover is divine. I came, I saw (read), I was extremely satisfied. READ THIS BOOK!
Volume I- Darcy and Elizabeth
I found myself a bit board by the first part of the book, which is no fault of Wasylowski. It has to do with my being sick of reading about Darcy and Elizabeth. T More...
Volume I- Darcy and Elizabeth
I found myself a bit board by the first part of the book, which is no fault of Wasylowski. It has to do with my being sick of reading about Darcy and Elizabeth. T More...
Sep 15, 2011
Tarrin
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Let me first say I am not a big fan of the original Pride and Prejudice and found it mind numbing in parts. So I normally would never read a book like this, but all my friends kept talking about how good Mrs. Waslowski's book was. I caved to the peer pressure and gave it a read. To my surprised I really enjoyed it, I found it had a great deal of humor and was very clever. I assumed Darcy was just mad because he had a girls name, but instead it seems he really has some unresolved issues with
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Jan 09, 2012
Mary
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Hmm, I'm not 100% sure about this one. I'd like to give it 2.5 stars, but since I can't I'll go with 3. I liked the overall concept of the story, I wasn't crazy about the way the book was laid out and the Epilogue seemed like an after thought.
I don't understand authors who wish to continue the story but need to make Elizabeth a green-eyed shrew. She never doubted herself in the original, so why, after she's married to Darcy, does she all of a sudden have self doubt? It makes no sense More...
I don't understand authors who wish to continue the story but need to make Elizabeth a green-eyed shrew. She never doubted herself in the original, so why, after she's married to Darcy, does she all of a sudden have self doubt? It makes no sense More...
Jan 02, 2012
Elizabeth
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The book wins points for originality in that someone finally cares about Colonel Fitzwilliam, but this book would have been better if Elizabeth and Darcy were kept out of it. I read a great deal of Pride and Prejudice fan fiction and I can go along with new imaginings. One of my favorite titles is a fantasy inspired Pride and Prejudice. But Darcy, Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam just deviate too far, with no explanation, from established characterizations in Jane Austen's world.
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Oct 17, 2011
Sophia
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I rec'd this book as a prize in a give away at English Historical Fiction Authors blogsite. And I was so thrilled because I have had my eye on it for a while as a TBR.
Darcy and Fitzwilliam is a P&P sequel, but this sequel though it contains the ladies like Lizzy and Lady Catherine, it focuses on Darcy and his cousin. Darcy's story is about the first few years of his marriage. Fitzwilliam's story is about surviving the war though fragile mentally after the experience and finding hi More...
Darcy and Fitzwilliam is a P&P sequel, but this sequel though it contains the ladies like Lizzy and Lady Catherine, it focuses on Darcy and his cousin. Darcy's story is about the first few years of his marriage. Fitzwilliam's story is about surviving the war though fragile mentally after the experience and finding hi More...
Oct 06, 2011
Will
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I couldn't make myself finish this book. I read about 1/3 of it, and just couldn't take any more. I'm a sucker for novels inspired by Pride and Prejudice, and I'm willing to try almost any of them I come across, but I'm almost always disappointed. In this case, the author makes zero attempt to recreate the classic Regency style of the original. The tone does not match at all. She has Darcy and his cousin, Fitzwilliam, using foul language to each other (out of the hearing of the ladies, of course
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Aug 04, 2011
Deborah
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I am not a particularly fanatical Austen fan, certainly not a purist, but I do like the wit of Jane Austen, and so was ready to embrace the tale of Darcy and his cousin with open arms. I was not disappointed. What impressed me most about this book was that it has the feel of Austen, but updated. It is very difficult to be funny in an Austen-esque way and still be fresh. Too often the humour doesn't properly succeed. But the impact that Austen must have had in her day is all here, in this la More...
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Feb 28, 2011
Linda
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Laugh until your sides ache and then laugh some more with Karen V. Wasylowski's delicious DARCY AND FITZWILLIAM: A TALE OF A GENTLEMAN AND AN OFFICER. This absorbing, fast-moving romp of a book catalogs the often hilarious ups and downs in the enduring affectionate friendship of those brothers-in-spirit, cousins Fitzwilliam Darcy and Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam.
Darcy and Elizabeth have married, but nothing comes between the lifelong regard of Darcy and Fitzwilliam. Each always the More...
Jan 27, 2011
April
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DARCY AND FITZWILLIAM: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer by Karen V. Wasylowski is a intriguing historical romance set in 1813 London. It is well written with details and depth. It has romance, love, family, friends,blood relatives,misunderstandings, witty banter, heartbreak and responsibilities. This is another Jane Austen story continued.This is the relationship between Darcy and Fitzwilliam(cousins who are like brothers) who are not only united by family,friendship and allies,but are also
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Feb 17, 2011
Beth
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This was a surprising little book. It's cleverly written, at times frustrating, with unexpected bits of humor throughout. There is a decidedly masculine feel to the narrative, a dramatic, soap-opera-esque plot, and a few characters are sort of turned on their heads. Caroline Bingley is a villanous tramp, Lady Catherine is more of an eccentric, amusing matriarch rather than the pompus, overbearing relation who so abused our Lizzie. I loved Darcy's loving/antagonistic relationship with his cousin
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Aug 22, 2011
Grace
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An engrossing read; Ms Wayslowski endows Austen’s characters with a new vitality.
It’s often struck me that in the 19th century, people must have had the same human urges as we do today and indeed, Ms Wayslowski goes behind closed doors to show the playful relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. In this clever book, two tender love stories run in parallel: Darcy for his beloved Lizzie, who he fears to lose in childbirth, and Fitzwilliam, the jaded war hero who makes sense of life through More...
It’s often struck me that in the 19th century, people must have had the same human urges as we do today and indeed, Ms Wayslowski goes behind closed doors to show the playful relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. In this clever book, two tender love stories run in parallel: Darcy for his beloved Lizzie, who he fears to lose in childbirth, and Fitzwilliam, the jaded war hero who makes sense of life through More...
Aug 21, 2011
Antonia
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...tripe...
well. that was a waste of time, frankly. so many things did not make sense. lady catherine??? never... and the characters of lizzy and darcy were a disaster, not like anything they were like in "pride and prejudice". the little story enveloping them (with caroline bingley) was irrelevant at best. useless. and so not necessary as the romance with colonel fitzwilliam was nice enough, getting close to any historical romance with huge hulking men with battle scars an More...
well. that was a waste of time, frankly. so many things did not make sense. lady catherine??? never... and the characters of lizzy and darcy were a disaster, not like anything they were like in "pride and prejudice". the little story enveloping them (with caroline bingley) was irrelevant at best. useless. and so not necessary as the romance with colonel fitzwilliam was nice enough, getting close to any historical romance with huge hulking men with battle scars an More...
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Sep 09, 2011
Shuffy2
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We know about Darcy and Elizabeth but what about Col. Fitzwilliam, how does he fit into a tale of happily ever after? [return][return]Karen Wasylowski, not only fills us in on Darcy and Lizzy after the big event but also tells about the relationship between the happy couple, his cousins and his famously brash aunt. Does Catherine De Bourgh and Darcy mend fences? Does Col. Fitzwilliam want to be like Darcy and live happily ever after, or is he set in his bachelor life? And the most important ques
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Aug 06, 2011
ayrdaomei
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I'm really not the kind of girl who reads Pride & Prejudice spin-offs, but something about the title and the cover art on this grabbed me. I told myself I was getting it for my girlfriend (who loves Austen), but she passed on it. Glad I decided to read a few pages before taking it back to library!
Darcy & Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer explores the relationship between Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pride & Prejudice fame, and his cousin, Col. Richard Fitzwilliam, who is a m More...
Darcy & Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and an Officer explores the relationship between Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pride & Prejudice fame, and his cousin, Col. Richard Fitzwilliam, who is a m More...
Feb 08, 2011
Laura
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Fitzwilliam Darcy and Colonel Richard Fitzwilliam are cousins and friends in Pride and Prejudice. While Mr. Darcy is rich, proud and reserved, Colonel Fitzwilliam is the second son of an Earl, poor and lively. In Darcy and Fitzwilliam, this friendship is explored.
Volume I, Fitzwilliam Darcy: A gentleman, the story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth continues directly after their marriage. Colonel Fitzwilliam has come to visit his beloved cousin after returning home from the Napoleonic w More...
Volume I, Fitzwilliam Darcy: A gentleman, the story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth continues directly after their marriage. Colonel Fitzwilliam has come to visit his beloved cousin after returning home from the Napoleonic w More...
Mar 23, 2011
Megan
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There is a booming business in Jane Austen sequels - esp. Pride & Prejudice ones. Some are decent; this is not one of them. I didn't even finish it. Normally, I wouldn't post a review of a book I didn't bother completing, but I feel a duty to warn any of my Austen-loving friends about this one. The characters are not very consistant with their originals. This can be overlooked if you think of them as new characters instead of pre-existing ones. The book starts out not great, but fairly ent
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Aug 05, 2011
Bronwyn
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My expectations made this book extremely difficult to read. When I saw this on display in the library my thoughts went immediately back to Pride and Prejudice, and so I was expecting certain characteristics in the characters in this story. However, Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth do not remind me of their Jane Austen counterparts. In fact, Lizzie really reminded me more of her sister Lydia than of the Jane Austen Elizabeth Bennett. The more I read of this book the more I was able to
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Apr 06, 2011
Heidi
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I had such hopes. Now I have such disappointments. I couldn't make it past 70 pages. Skimmed here or there. Read the epilogue. And I just didn't want any more. I read a review that pretty much said exactly how I felt--in just those few pages! (http://austenprose.com/2011/02/06/darcy-...)
Others liked it for its originality and the author's own take of "realism" with the characters. But I am very particular about Austen spin-offs. And there is a reason I typically don't do P& More...
Others liked it for its originality and the author's own take of "realism" with the characters. But I am very particular about Austen spin-offs. And there is a reason I typically don't do P& More...
Sep 16, 2011
Aik Chien
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It has been a long time since I last read Jane Austen's classic, Pride and Prejudice. I think I read it when I was 12 years old. I have almost forgotten all the characters in the story, with the exception of the protagonists, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Darcy and Fitzwilliam by Karen V. Wasylowski is a continuation of the original story, but I'd rather not compare it with the original and rate it as a stand-alone novel.
Albeit apprehensive of how things might turn out, gi More...
Albeit apprehensive of how things might turn out, gi More...
Dec 09, 2011
Karla
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Absolutely lovely! Very funny!
I won this title from a giveaway and I'm so glad for the opportunity to read it, because otherwise I may have never heard about it.
I've never been much of a Jane Austen fan, but I loved this 'sequel' to Pride and Prejudice. LOL
The cover is absolutely gorgeous, the writing is fluid and fun, the intimate / romantic scenes between Darcy and Elizabeth are so cute, and there are SO many great quotes!!!
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I won this title from a giveaway and I'm so glad for the opportunity to read it, because otherwise I may have never heard about it.
I've never been much of a Jane Austen fan, but I loved this 'sequel' to Pride and Prejudice. LOL
The cover is absolutely gorgeous, the writing is fluid and fun, the intimate / romantic scenes between Darcy and Elizabeth are so cute, and there are SO many great quotes!!!
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Feb 09, 2011
Maria Grazia
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What is absolutely new in Karen Wasylowski' s spin-off story based on Pride & Prejudice is its being a modern bromance set in the Regency period. This modern term refers to a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men . It is a story of special , close friends which, in ancient times already, Aristotle described as “ those who desire the good of their friends for the friends' sake that are most truly friends, because each loves the other for what he is, and not for any inciden
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Apr 05, 2011
Angela
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Darcy and Fitzwilliam is highly original for a Pride & Prejudice spin off. While maintaining the core of Jane Austen’s characters, the author has in a sense liberated them from the restrictions of the era in which they were penned. Jane Austen was said that she did not write any scenes in which men were alone because she did not know what they spoke about or how they acted, in some ways that put a limit on her novel, being that we only see things from a woman’s point-of-view. Now with Darcy and
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Nov 25, 2011
Kim
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Divided into two volumes, Karen Wasylowski’s debut novel, Darcy and Fitzwilliam: A Tale of a Gentleman and An Officer tells the story of our beloved characters after the marriage of Darcy to Ms. Elizabeth Bennet. Col. Fitzwilliam, just back from the Peninsular war, returns to rejoin his boyhood friend (and biological cousin) Darcy and his new bride. Although their reunion is lighthearted and filled with jokes from their past, some unfinished business lurks beneath the laughter as Darcy and Fit
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Feb 10, 2011
Meredith (Austenesque Reviews)
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Colonel Fitzwilliam – what do we know of him? In a direct manner, Jane Austen tells us that Colonel Fitzwilliam is “not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman.” In addition, we see his charismatic and genial nature in his conversations with Elizabeth; and can assume that he is responsible and conscientious since he was selected to be Georgiana's guardian. But that is hardly enough, is it? Colonel Fitzwilliam is right up there with Captain Wentworth and Colonel Brandon
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Aug 31, 2011
Donna
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Wonderful continuation of the story of Lizzy and Mr. Darcy into marriage. The story focuses more on the relationship of cousins Darcy and Fitzwilliam of course, as the title states, and further into the life of Fitzwilliam and his new love. I loved the relationship that is told between the two men. The characters are strong as one would expect around Lizzy and Darcy. Lady Catherine is prominent as well. Maybe we like her a little more??? Its a fun read. Lots of wonderful funny scenes.
Dec 16, 2011
Sruts
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A quick read, it begins with the undertone of Jane Austen like writing, but quickly gives way to a rather Americanized telling of one of the most famous love stories in literature.
It is a well written book, but in my head I termed it more of a 'fan-fiction' like novel than even a 'fun sequel', because that's what it seems like! I like the focus on Darcy's and Colonel Fitzwilliam's relationship, but it seemed to me that a lot of the storyline could have been framed better because there are More...
It is a well written book, but in my head I termed it more of a 'fan-fiction' like novel than even a 'fun sequel', because that's what it seems like! I like the focus on Darcy's and Colonel Fitzwilliam's relationship, but it seemed to me that a lot of the storyline could have been framed better because there are More...
Aug 10, 2011
Nat
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I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong. I had hopes, when I realized that Fitzwilliam was going to be such a well-colored character--but then the romance hit. Like a bomb. It was very romance-bookish (in the least flattering way), and honestly not very believable. I was saddened. But there were still some comedic moments and I enjoyed it on the whole.
Jun 07, 2011
Tamra
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Wasn't quite what I expected. The book was divided into two parts - first part about Darcy and Elizabeth, second part about Fitzwilliam and trying to find new love. I liked the friendship between the two men although sometimes the behavior of them and Elizabeth Bennett-now-Darcy seemed incongruent with the original Jane Austen characters. Still happy endings are always welcome and this definitely fit the bill.
Sep 12, 2011
Isabelle
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My number one favourite thing about this book is Lady Catherine. No more a despicable old bat, this woman has been transformed into the ultimate feminist girl-power rock star. What a feat! In fact, she is so impressive she rather steals everybody else's thunder in this book. But what else would you expect?
Jul 23, 2011
Rebecca
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Not one of my favourite Jane Austen spin-offs. The first half of the book is interesting, but the second half bombs with a contrived Mary-Sue plot. Blech! Only for the die-hard Austen fans. Otherwise, not one I'd recommend.
For the longer review, please go here:
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For the longer review, please go here:
http://www.epinions.com/review/Karen_V_W...
