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Summary: Pfft!
Review: I picked this up from a local library about a year ago after having read a number of very positive reviews...all I can say is I'm very glad I didn't spend money on it. I didn't find the characterizations to be as "on the money" as so many other people seem to. For example, at one point in Presumption, Lady Catherine castigates Georgiana for the unnecessary expense of traveling with 2 servants, whereas in P&P she says to Mrs Collins that "When my niece Georgiana went to Ramsgate last summer, I made a point of her having two men servants go with her" for the sake of propriety (and display). There were other errors as well (how EXACTLY did Anne de Bourgh find out about Georgiana's almost-elopement when knowledge of it was limited to those who wouldn't talk about it? Are we expected to believe Col. Fitzwilliam blabbed, or what?). This may seem unnecessarily picky, but I wanted to make the point that my problem isn't simply a matter of not agreeing with characterization, 'cause that's a matter of perception...Several of the elements of this book directly contradict the evidence of Austen's text. The book is readable, certainly, but it just isn't good. (Regardless of factual errors, it isn't all that well-written, and the central relationship isn't developed at all.)
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Summary: Cavils and Other Corrections
Review: Author's Comment:A cavil currently reproduced online, hence for the wide world of the Internet, requires correction. It is the suggestion that in concluding Chapter IV of PRESUMPTION: An Entertainment, we watch as seven people sit down to whist. It ought to be clear even at a cursory glance that Miss Bingley in this scene is rather more eager to play cards than carry on small talk. She applauds a suggestion that the company set a game to while away the time before Georgiana's ball. The group assembled was more than the required four players. Yet why not assume that some of them enjoyed themselves watching? Regarding the research for these works, I like to think I have been scrupulous. It's always possible to err- especially, when striving to evoke a time and place and society hundreds of years in the past. On the other hand, and particularly, in reference to this whist assembly, (and any further specification in the text of proper arrangements for that table) I always say that research is something like a lady's slip--it may provide a smoother form - but it should never be allowed to show! I do regret having given the name of Darcy's mother as Lady Susan in PRESUMPTION. It should have been Lady Ann. I tried to have it corrected in the 2nd and 3rd printings, and hoped it would be altered in the paperback version but could not prevail upon my publishers to incur the expense. On the other hand, in THE THIRD SISTER: A Continuation of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, when I mistakenly referred at the close to Barton Park as a favorite place in my couple's future, I was able to have that error corrected in the paperback version, and send them happily back to their own beloved Delaford. Julia Barrett
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Summary: An entertaining read
Review: This is the first sequel to P&P that I've read. I was slightly skeptical, but based on the other reviews, I expected a decent story. And I wasn't disappointed. It's certainly not from the pen of Jane Austen, but the author does a fair job of capturing Jane's spirit and style. Some of the characters, particularly Lady Catherine de Bourgh, are exaggerated and come across as caricatures of their original counterparts, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The author has obviously done her research, right down to the stolen-lace incident involving Aunt Phillips that actually happened to Jane's own aunt--that was fun to discover. I'm on to more P&P sequels now--but Presumption has set a pretty high standard.
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Summary: Entertaining and well-written in an admirable tribute to JA
Review: I've read the book twice and have been pleased both times. I certainly loved P&P more, but I did find this book a sequel that seemed to flow better from the original than some of the other sequels I've read. This is the one I come to when I wish there was more to P&P... I think detractors are expecting too much - JA was quite unique in her style and narrative (and humor). Unless the dead can pen stories, we are left with the efforts of others. And I liked this one quite a bit!!
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Summary: Pretty good effort to duplicate the one and only Jane Austen
Review: this was the first Pride and Prejudice sequal I have ever read and I thought it was pretty good. My hopes for it were high, since Pand P is my favorite book. The style was very much in keeping with Jane Austen, especially Lady Catherine, who remained very much herself. I thought it ended a little quickly, though - maybe a coouple more chapters so that we understand more how Georgiana fell in live with James Leigh-Cooper. Heyward was a perfect scoundrel. Elizabeth was still very witty and perspective. I hear that Letters From Pemberly by Jane Dawkins is supposed to be very good - all the reviews were five stars so I'm checking that one out next.
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Summary: A very entertaining book.
Review: My sister and I read this book and found it a nice continuation of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. We found it very well written with interesting and engaging characters.
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Summary: Not recommended to Jane Austen fans
Review: Those of you who have read Pride an Prejudice and are excited to find a sequel to the book, I suggest you forget about this one. I expected this book to focus on the lives of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy but this is too focused on Georgiana. Elizabeth is missing for more than half of the book and it doesn't go into details. For example, in Pride and Prejudice, it tells how Mr. Darcy is falling in love with Elizabeth while Presumption doesn't even explain how James Leigh-Cooper falls in love with Georgiana. He just says he has loved her from when they first met. If you're a Jane Austen fan I recommend you not to read it.
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Summary: Fans of Pride and Prejudice will love this book!
Review: I bought the book based on positive reviews by other readers. A big thank you to them! Since I am a fan of Eliza Bennett, I thought I might be disppointed by the book's plot, and focus on Georgiana. I wasn't at all. There was enough room in the story line to accomodate all of the characters so that their personalities shone through. The characters, their thoughts, and dialogue were consistent with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was enough to take me back in time. As an avid reader of all of Jane Austen's novels, I recommend Presumption to those who want to curl up and be entertained. I hope the author writes another sequel.
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Summary: who is lady susan?
Review: The book starts out well following the story almost to a "T". I belive that it might be a toleratable book had they had Darcy's mothers name right. Her name was Ann not Susan. It is basicaly the same as pride and prejudice with the family honor at stake and Darcy coming to the rescue. No new plot coming at all. Basically if you have read Pride and Predjice you have read this.
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Summary: Dissident voice
Review: Perhaps I am alone in thinking that Presumption is a fitting title to this horrible work. However, I have conferred with a Jane Austen scholar and several ladies in my JASNA chapter and realize, I am not alone. It is presumption indeed to expand upon anything a GREAT novelist has written and insulting to even categorize this book as comparable. I was disappointed by this book, to say the least, and appalled at the content. It was forced in style and phrasing, thin on plot and characterization, and certainly did not capture the laugh out loud irony which characterizes Austen's work. Jane Austen masterfully captured the irony and wit of pre-Victorian English society. No amount of research or clever phrasing can replace talent. My suggestion to Ms. Barett is that she stick with what she knows (as Jane Austen herself did) and leave Jane Austen books alone!
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