Monday, April 12, 2010

Right now, I am rereading one of my favorite books ever. It is call An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan. Basically, it is Pride and Prejudice written from Mr. Darcy’s point of view. I don’t know if anyone else is a Jane Austen fanatic (I actually really doubt it), but I really like this book because Austen really only focuses on Elizabeth’s perspective. I think that this book really answers a lot of questions her book leaves out. However, from what reviews I have read, Jane Austen fans either love this book, or hate it. Some may think that it is an insult to mimic her work, but others, like myself, love that fact that this book could just keep on going. The best and worst part of this book is the ending. Aidan very strategically made this perspective of Pride and Prejudice last for three books. So this is the first installment in a set of three. I’m not quite there yet, but I think it ends somewhere near Elizabeth’s visit to Charlotte after she has married Mr. Collins. Even having read this book about five times, I haven’t bought the other two. I really need to and plan to finally do that this summer. I’m really excited about it.

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