Ormiston acquits herself well while she is no Jane Austen, this was much better written than some of the P&P spin-offs, sequels, etc. I know it sounds incredibly lame, but I was totally swept up in the story and the alternate history of it. The rest of the book follows their month-long engagement and tells of how Elizabeth grows to love him as much as he does her. She does let Darcy know, however, that she does not share his feelings. Rather than rejecting him vehemently as she does in P&P, Elizabeth gives serious consideration to the proposal and ultimately accepts it. I very much enjoyed this 'Pride & Prejudice Retelling.' It opens with Darcy proposing to Elizabeth in the parsonage at Hunsford where she is visiting the Collinses.

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.

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