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Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice continued (Pride and Prejudice Chronicles)

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'Georgiana Darcy's Diary' perfectly captures the world that Austen created, giving us a romantic and engaging tale from the perspective of Darcy's little sister, Georgiana. The book begins with Georgiana's own uncertainties about her future, and though she knows what she wants, she lacks confidence and is too shy to express her wishes. It is only through helping her cousin, Anne, spread her wings, that Georgiana discovers her own. Anna Elliott's sequel to Pride and Prejudice is a delight from beginning to end. Highly recommended.

Georgiana Darcy was mentioned several times in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice but we never got to know much about her other than she was a great piano player and she was very shy. This book gives us a deeper look into the young girl's life through her diary entries. When it begins, a year has passed since Darcy and Lizzie got married. The great hunt for a husband for Georgiana has begun with Lady Catherine at the helm. She is determined to get Georgiana engaged before she goes back to Rosings. Georgiana, however, is already in love...with someone she has known most of her life. The only problem is that she thinks he'll never see her like she sees him.

I felt like the author kept the characters true to their Pride and Prejudice selves. At least, no one acted so wildly out of character that they stuck out. The character of Georgiana went through a pretty big change in a short period of time. In the beginning of the book she was the shy, timid character we met before but by the end she was standing up to Lady Catherine herself. It felt a little fast to me, but not so fast that it was unbelievable.

The only thing that kept me from giving this four stars was that it dragged a little from time to time and the ending felt very incomplete to me. I kept hoping it wasn't really the end and there was an epilogue somewhere. This book really needed an epilogue to truly finish the story. As it was left, we assume we know what happened but we don't know for sure. I like to know for sure. :o)

Georgiana Darcy's Diary begins in the Spring of 1814, a pastime that Georgiana takes in response to the aggravation and boredom she feels at her Aunt de Bourgh's insistence on finding her a suitable, reputable husband. Georgiana is 18 years old, and Pemberley, the home that she shares with her brother and his wife Elizabeth, is bustling with guests, most of whom have been invited by Aunt de Bourgh to rustle for Georgiana's hand in marriage.

But Georgiana Darcy doesn't want to marry just anyone, and she certainly isn't going to marry someone who has no interest in her save for her fortune. Georgiana wants the romantic dream that her brother Fitzwilliam and his wife Elizabeth found in each other, yet she fears the man she is in love with will not feel the same of her.

Georgiana starts out as a shy and insecure girl not quite ready to step into womanhood. However, as the story develops so does Georgiana: Through her associations with the Pemberley guests, Georgiana becomes more open, more confident, and more certain of what it is she wants, and more determined to secure it. in discovering her own voice she is able to move on from her indiscretion with George Wickham; helps her sickly cousin Anne discover life and love; stands up to her demanding Aunt de Bourgh; and at the end of the story declares herself a woman who has found her perfect gentleman.

In writing Georgiana Darcy's Diary, Anna Elliott has taken an important yet undeveloped character from Austen's masterpiece and given her those sentiments I would have expected her to have had Austen developed the character more herself. A quick read, Georgiana Darcy's Diary was a fun Regency romance that left me smiling, just as Austen's Pride & Prejudice has done so many times before.

A compelling story, with all the characters you love, and all the characters you love to hate. A lovely continuation of Jane Austen's story!

I was thoroughly entertained by this story about a character I always wanted to get to know better. There were some fun surprises in this story, and Georgiana grew into someone I would have liked to have as a friend. She may have been a little too aware of some things that an unmarried woman of her class would know, but as she said, she has lived in London.

Although I knew who she was going to end up with, it was charming to see it happen, and with a lot of unexpected things happening in the meantime. There were a few loose ends I would have liked to see dealt with at the end of the story, especially some of Georgiana's suspicions about a couple of the characters.

Although not written as much in the language of the era as Ms. Austen's books, the author has kept Ms. Austen's humor intact. Rarely does a book make me want to laugh out loud as this one did in certain scenes. Great job. I'd love to see more from this author. Buy the book and enjoy it!

if you can get past the language (which is NOT written in anything closely approximating regency period English), you should really enjoy this book. Georgiana's love story was very sweet and just the kind of thing *I* want in a P&P story . The parts concerning Caroline Bingley and Lady Catherine were really stretching my credulity. All in all, certainly worthy of the price paid (3$).

This book is so adorable and so fun to read!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

Worth every penny.

I really enjoyed reading all the same characters in Pride and Prejudice

changing and developing. Georgiana is almost as good as Elizabeth as far as likablity after this book!

Anna Elliott uses her own unique writing voice to recreate Jane Austen's world of Pride and Prejudice through Georgiana Darcy's Diary. The characters are magnificently brought back to life with new ones added in, and Austen's story is continued through Elliot's very capable words. Georgiana's Diary was a pleasure to read, and I look forward to more works by Anna Elliott.

I enjoyed every minute of this book. Anna Elliot did an excellent job of developing Georgiana Darcy's character along with several others' from Pride and Prejudice. If you are a Jane Austen fan, or even just a great literature fan, you will love this book. I can't wait for the next one!

I am an admitted Jane Austin fan. Many books written about her characters are unworthy of reading. However I found this book to be delightful. Ms Elliott is not pretending to be Jane Austin. I liked the growth of the characters throughout the entire book.