Teverton Hall [Paperback]

Jane Gillespie (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (February 1987)
• ISBN-10: 0312906749
• ISBN-13: 978-0312906740
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,223,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 20 years later...the Collins' children find romance, May 15, 2001

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Jay C. "jcp_nfmp" (Culver City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teverton Hall (Hardcover)

Like Anne Hampson, Gillespie supposes what happens to Charlotte Collins post- P&P. But here, the action takes place 20 years after the classic and centers (as do Gillespie's other "sequels") on peripheral characters. Gillespie actually chooses to focus the tale on the romantic possibilities of the Collins' children, William and Marcia. If you're the kind of Austen fan who embraces the contemporary regency romances, this novel will be of particular interest to you, as it's very much of that genre. Again, this is only a must for those (like myself) who must read anything Austen related. But if you do encounter the book, it's worth a read -- and a quick and easy one at that.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, not particularly like Jane Austen's writing, April 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teverton Hall (Hardcover)

Teverton Hall was an enjoyable story, but the only likeness to Jane Austen's writing was the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Collins from Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins' tirades are pretty true to life, but occurring so frequently, tend to become very annoying. Borrow it from the library if you can, but I wouldn't advise purchasing it.

4.0 out of 5 stars sequel to P&P, involves the collins children grown up, October 8, 2011

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pjf "pjf" (MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teverton Hall (Paperback)

Mr. Collins has a son and heir to Longbourne, and a daughter, but Mr. Bennett is still hale and hearty at Longbourne, and Collins is thwarted in his expectations of inheritance. He has fallen out of favor with Lady Catherine and so now lives in a remote country area, whose chief family are busy country folk with no nobility for Collns to pander to, and who are not interest in Collins' favor currying speeches. This makes him even more bitter. His two long suffering children have gone virtually unnoticed in the neighborhood, for no one else can get a word in edgewise when Collins is about. However, a chance encounter gets the two invited to a ball with the local gentry, and things finally begin to happen for son and daughter.

I really enjoyed Treverton Hall, and periodically reread it. The daugher has a happy ending, and the son has an amusing plot twist that puts out his father. I definitely think it is worth a purchase. While not terribly arch and amusing, it is humorous, and though it is not Austen, it comes closer to it than most sequels. To me, it seems in its writing and circumstances of plot and character, very true to the period.