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Summary: Charming
Review: A lovely, gentle tale. Through the somewhat sketchy medium of letters, the author implies rather than narrates the story. She allows us to draw on our previous experiences with Jane Austen's characters to fill in the blanks.
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Summary: BO-RING!
Review: Aargh, this book was painful. Basically, it takes plot points and character descriptions from Austen's other novels, and repackages them almost without modification into letters between Lizzie and Jane after their marriages. A complete waste of time.
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Summary: Sweet, but unsatisfying...
Review: As a Jane Austen enthusiast I've finally turned to Austen-extension books like this sequel and the new series of Jane Austen-as-sleuth novels. Letters from Pemberly did a good job at maintaining the mood and flow of Ausen's work, but failed to draw me into the story itself. The one-sided letter writing format of the piece put a barrier up that was tough to get past. And, while it was interesting (in an academic sort of way) to figure out which Austen character was being alluded to (characters from other Austen novels are incorporated into this piece using different names)I found it more of a distraction than a benefit to the story.I don't want to sound completely critical, since I did enjoy this pleasant book...I had just hoped for more. I suppose I hoped for the magic of Austen, which is too tall an order for this author.
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Summary: A Great Continuation
Review: Finally, a book that JA herself could have written. Austen fans should love this one, a series of letters written by Lizzy to Jane concerning her first year of marriage to Darcy. Cleverly interwoven are characters with names changed, borrowed from JA's other novels, or a word-play on their original name. You'll have fun guessing. Lovely to read! Heartily recommended!
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Summary: Uninteresting
Review: I found the book light and easy to read and the characterizations were consistent with Jane Austens'. The problem was that I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, and it never really did. I also felt like there was not enough about Mr. Darcy.
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Summary: Surprised and Pleased!
Review: I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed reading this book, because I had noticed some of the more negative reviews and wondered about them. Thankfully, I read enough other reviews to
peak my curiosity so that I went out and bought Letters. Of course, one knows you can't please all of the people all of the time. I noticed that the majority of positive reviews far out-weighed the others, so I began reading with an expectation to be entertained and delighted. I was not disappointed. Letters from Pemberley is a fascinating respite from the woes of our current world. I was transported back in time to Austen's English countryside and manners. Though not Jane Austen, as the author herself claims in her introduction, she has come close to
capturing the nuances of the Austen style. True, though I would have liked very much to see more inter-action between Lizzy and sister Jane, and between Lizzy and Darcy, rather than a "telling in letters," I was, apart from that one dismay, charmed by the recounting of Mistress Darcy's first year. I wished to see more interaction because I wanted the book to be longer! My disappointment was in the fact that it ended just as I was set to inhale more. So I would hope that Jane Dawkins writes yet another continuation, so I can once again immerse myself in the world of Austen. Perhaps a book about Elizabeth and Darcy in their later years would fulfill all our yearnings!
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Summary: Terribly boring. . .
Review: I wish now that I had followed the advice of the other reviewers. This was a quick read, but boring. Nothing of interest happens in the letters to Jane from Elizabeth. As a sequel, it would be better to read Bar Sinister or Presumption. The book could not stand up on its own as a literary work.
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Summary: Letters from Pemberley the First Year
Review: Not so great - due to my expectations? You'll find the characters and (sort of) the language style you're used to; but where is the sardonic wit that is the core of Austen?
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Summary: Not bad
Review: One must keep in mind that the author is NOT Jane Austen, nor does she claim to be! With that said, this little book is satisfying in its own right. The letters Elizabeth writes to her sister Jane are sweet and interesting, though not overly exciting as we might wish Austen's to have been. Jane Dawkins, however, does an admirable job of painting the first year of married life for Elizabeth and Darcy. I could only wish that we heard more from sister Jane and husband Darcy, and definitely more of the headstrong Lydia. But when all is said and done, this is a delightful little book, and thoroughly enjoyable for those of us who still crave more of Jane Austen's world. Try it and you'll like it!
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Summary: handwriting class
Review: This is one of the more insipid P&P spinoffs, better used for handwriting class. The author lacks imaginiation and creativity and writes letters too banal for words. The idea of populating the book with other Austen characters is good, too bad she fails to do anything with them. Is this all there is? This book have us all asleep before the fire, right along with Bingley's brother in law!
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