The Plight of the Darcy Brothers by Marsha Altman

October 16, 2010 by Christina

Fiction — print. Sourcebooks, 2009. 359 pgs. PaperBackSwap. Not knowing much about this novel — other than it’s the sequel to The Darcys and the Bingleys — I was puzzled by the title. The Darcys brothers? There’s only one Darcy so I assumed the novel covered Elizabeth and Darcy’s sons since they did have a little boy in the first book of this series, Geoffry. Not quite. Altman has imagined a tale where not only is Wickham the brother of […]

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The Darcys and the Bingleys by Marsha Altman

August 27, 2010 by Christina

Fiction — print. Sourcebooks, 2008. 417 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. I’ll admit it. I was scared away from Altman’s sequel to Pride and Prejudice by the blurb on the back of the book stating that “Bingley is shocked when Darcy gives him a copy of The Kama Sutra — but it does tell him everything he needs to know” and “Jane finds this remarkable volume and it utmost secrecy shows it to her dear sister Elizabeth, who goes searching for […]

Categories: 2010 Reads, Austen Inspired, Europe, Fiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Marsha Altman