Pemberley (Hardcover)

by Emma Tennant (Author)

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Nov 4 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0340598816
ISBN-13: 978-0340598818
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g

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Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,210,786 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A sequel to "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen in which the original characters are brought back to life and in which their pasts catch up with them, yielding dramatic results.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A very disappointing sequel, Nov 8 2002

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This review is from: Pemberley: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice (Audio Cassette)

Anyone who adored Pride and Prejudice should stay far away from this book! The plot was very predictable and hardly entertaining at all. Worse than that was the fact that Emma Tennant seemed to re-write the final chapter of "Pride and Prejudice" to suit herself. Although in "Pride and Prejudice" Jane and Elizabeth were married on the same day, in "Pemberley" Jane had a 1 year old child and another on the way when Elizabeth had been married only 1 year. And Lydia had 4 children by this stage! Mr Bennet was quickly killed off in "Pemberley" before he or his wife had been invited to visit Mr & Mrs Darcy, but in "Pride and Prejudice" it says he delighted in going to Pemberley. Also disappointing is what Emma Tennant does to Georgiana, who seemed so devoted to Elizabeth in "Pride and Prejudice" but teamed up against her fairly easily with Miss Bingley in "Pemberley".
Going straight from "Pride and Prejudice" to "Pemberley" I found these discrepancies extremely annoying, but it may not seem quite so bad to someone who hasn't read "Pride and Prejudice" for a while. Even so, I don't think these changes can be justified, as they certainly did nothing to improve the plot.
Although I don't think anyone could truly do justice to a "Pride and Prejudice" sequel, I enjoyed "Presumption" by Julia Barrett far more than "Pemberley".

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