So well done and thank you to this author for increasing my library of books that I can read and re-read! There are not too many of them. This Darcy is at times a bit soppier than I would like but the story is an excellent chronicle of what might have happened under these new circumstances. The story begins with Elizabeth accepting Darcy's proposal at Hunsford (eventually) for altruistic reasons and continues on a new path from there.

I was pleasantly surprised! This author has kept the characters almost as Jane Austen wrote them. I have tried many P&P variations over the years only to be hugely disappointed by each and every one of them, including P.D James' Death Comes to Pemberley, so it was with trepidation that I bought this one. He says he can accept that - but will either of them ever be truly happy in a relationship of unequal affection?ĭiverging from Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice at the proposal in the Hunsford parsonage, this story explores the kind of man Darcy is, even before his 'proper humbling,' and how such a man, so full of pride, so much in love, might have behaved had Elizabeth chosen to accept his original proposal. The incentives for her to accept him are strong, but she is honest enough to tell him that she does not return his affections. She, on the other hand, is poor, and can expect a future of increasing poverty if she does not marry. What she knows is that he is rich, handsome, clever, and very much in love with her. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men - until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed.

Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same.

Unequal affections lara ormiston