Jane Austen’s work is very popular fodder for current fiction writers. The Jane Austen Book Club, Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued… I know there’s more, but I’m blanking on the titles right now. I read a romance novel awhile back based on Pride and Prejudice, featuring Elizabeth Bennet as a hotshot lawyer and Mr. Darcy as her not-so sober judge, but I can’t remember what it’s called.
Like most living, breathing, decently-educated women, I love Jane Austen. (Evidence: Sense and Sensibility.) This leads me to try some of these knockoff books every once in awhile. Sadly, I have not yet read one that comes close to living up to Jane Austen’s name. Granted, those are pretty high stakes, but if the author is going to make the attempt, he or she can’t complain that the bar is too high. Last week I read this recent addition to the Jane Austen line:
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