Pemberley: The Sequel to Pride and Prejudice [Import] [Paperback]

Emma Tennant (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Sceptre; New Ed edition (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034060963X
• ISBN-13: 978-0340609637
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,232,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Darkness falls on the Shades of Pemberley, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pemberley (Hardcover)

If you love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and are hungry for more, keep looking. This book is a terrible rip-off of Jane Austen's masterpiece. Do not be fooled by the title of Emma Tennat's book, just because the names of the characters are the same, as is the setting, it does not necessarily qualify it as a sequel. If you are looking for a book that more closely mirrors Jane Austen's style, and character development, read Julia Barrett's PRESUMPTION. But, whatever you do, do not waste your time or money on this book, you will be sorry you did, I know I am. I also feel that I need to add that I rated the book as one star, this being due to the lack of negative stars.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A very disappointing sequel, November 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pemberley: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice (Audio Cassette)

Anyone who adored Pride and Prejudice should stay far away from this book! The plot was very predictable and hardly entertaining at all. Worse than that was the fact that Emma Tennant seemed to re-write the final chapter of "Pride and Prejudice" to suit herself. Although in "Pride and Prejudice" Jane and Elizabeth were married on the same day, in "Pemberley" Jane had a 1 year old child and another on the way when Elizabeth had been married only 1 year. And Lydia had 4 children by this stage! Mr Bennet was quickly killed off in "Pemberley" before he or his wife had been invited to visit Mr & Mrs Darcy, but in "Pride and Prejudice" it says he delighted in going to Pemberley. Also disappointing is what Emma Tennant does to Georgiana, who seemed so devoted to Elizabeth in "Pride and Prejudice" but teamed up against her fairly easily with Miss Bingley in "Pemberley".
Going straight from "Pride and Prejudice" to "Pemberley" I found these discrepancies extremely annoying, but it may not seem quite so bad to someone who hasn't read "Pride and Prejudice" for a while. Even so, I don't think these changes can be justified, as they certainly did nothing to improve the plot.
Although I don't think anyone could truly do justice to a "Pride and Prejudice" sequel, I enjoyed "Presumption" by Julia Barrett far more than "Pemberley".

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Falls short of Jane Austen, May 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Pemberley (Hardcover)

A truly disappointing attempt at a sequel to Pride and Prejudice. Although Ms. Tennant's language is acceptable, it does not hold a candle to Jane Austen's smart prose. Pemberley's plot is similar to a bad TV movie; the denoument is so poorly written, it seems as though the author wrote it in the lobby of her publisher's office on the same day of her deadline. Elizabeth Darcy (nee Bennet) was made to look too insecure and, in contemporary terms, "clingy." I was so disappointed that I literally tossed the book across the room after reading it.