Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen

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Summary: This book is only OK
Review: After reading Pride and Prejudice, and watching the BBC miniseries, I was simply hooked on the story and wanted more, so I ordered this book. I must say I was somewhat disappointed.While the author certainly did keep the style and tone of Jane Austen's writing, the portrayal of some of the characters seemed awkward, especially Lady Catherine. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy do not have any of the witty "repartee" that I was so looking forward to, and there was none of the gentle humor seen in Pride and Prejudice. And there are simply TOO many characters introduced from other Austen novels, with not near enough details given about the characters I loved so much from P & P. This book concerns Georgiana, Kitty and also Col. Fitzwilliam, and those characters, while fairly interesting, are not the ones that had captured my heart and imagination and left me wanting more. I have not read any other Austen "sequels", so I can't compare this one to any of them, I only know that this book didn't satisfy my urge for more Lizzy and Darcy!! Perhaps I was expecting too much!!

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Review: I found the story to be all over the place. It is based around the love lives Georgiana Darcy, Kitty Bennett,and Colonel Fitzwilliam. I found that there were too many of the characters from other books and that the story was extreamly poor the I could make out the ending before I got to it. I am extreamly glad now that I have not wasted my money on this book but managed to borrow it from a friend. The best characters were mentioned occasionally Elizabeth and Darcy were in the book but hardly mentioned. Altogether it was a total disappointment

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Summary: Old Friends and New Fancies:
Review: I found the story to be all over the place. It is based around the love lives Georgiana Darcy, Kitty Bennett,and Colonel Fitzwilliam. I found that there were too many of the characters from other books and that the story was extreamly poor the I could make out the ending before I got to it. I am extreamly glad now that I have not wasted my money on this book but managed to borrow it from a friend. The best characters were mentioned occasionally Elizabeth and Darcy were in the book but hardly mentioned. Altogether it was a total disappointment

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Summary: Trying too hard
Review: This book is only worth reading if you are a Jane Austen fanatic like myself. If you just have to get more of your favorite characters you might enjoy this. It has charcters from all of Jane Austen's completed novels except Lady Susan. It is primarily concerned with the love lives of Georgianna Darcy, Col. Fitzwilliam and Kitty Bennett so it is mainly a Pride and Predjudice sequel. What I did not like about the book was that it tried too hard to include too many characters from too many novels. There are so many characters in the book that many of them have become rather bland. If you love Jane Austen and can never get enough you may enjoy this book. If you're not a die hard fan this probably isn't for you. There are several better written sequels than this one.