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Title: Presumption: An Entertainment: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice
by Julia Barrett
ISBN: 0-226-03813-0
Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd)
Pub. Date: October, 1995
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $13.00
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Average Customer Rating: 3.05 (59 reviews)

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Rating: 2
Summary: I am too harsh.
Comment: It is not so much that I did not think the plot plausable, but the characterizations are untrue to the original book. I feel not enough time and care was taken to move the plot within the parameters of the characters as set by JA. Miss Darcy, although entertaining, becomes a pale shade of Elizabeth Bennett. Lady Catherine becomes flaccidly comic (has she become a vicar or even transposed with Mr Collins?) It pains me also to see the most interesting and engaging characters of Elizabeth and Darcy pushed so far into the background. I also take issue with the use of Lizzy and Fitzwilliam as the familiar names the couple uses when refering to each other. I am almost certain that Elizabeth would always be Elizabeth in Darcy's eyes and that none of the characters in P&P would have used anything but Darcy's surname. All of this censure aside, it was a good attempt. I thought the phrasing and meter of the work to pay homage to Austen. I also admire the care taken in research of the subject matter and time period. I would recommend this book as what it is aptly titled ":An Entertainment".

Rating: 1
Summary: Not for anyone who loves P&P
Comment: This book is really not worth reading if you like Jane Austin. I agree with the editorial reviewer who said that it is a restatement of the P&P plot with different characters. What fan of P&P would believe what the authors tell us happens to Caroline Bingley and Mary Bennet? Both were totally out of JA's character creation. It just doesn't make sense. I love the idea of a sequal to P&P because I want to know more and more about the characters, especially Georgiana, but this was not even close to what would have happened had JA written it.

Rating: 1
Summary: Pretty Bad
Comment: I am quite a Jane Austen fan and have enjoyed a few of the attempts made by modern authors to finish her uncompleted novels; but I really don't have one good thing to say about this book. It's a mess. Don't waste your money or your time. If you want a really great completion of one of Austen's novels that captures her wit and style, try to find The Watsons, by John Coates (1958). It is hard to find, but worth the search.

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