The most important part, perhaps, is this: what is Miss Bingley doing in this novel? Seriously. Why was she invited? Darcy’s clearly estranged from Mr Bingley and, as in canon, is not personal friends with Miss Bingley, so what is she doing here? It’s a sloppy plot device. The Matlocks are also throwaway parts, but Miss Bingley’s shoehorned presence is more egregious.
So much is off in this story. I’m sorry Lizzy’s first husband died, because it sounds like she loved him and was happy with him. She certainly didn’t pine away for Darcy, any more than Darcy did for her in their seven years apart. I found myself hoping against hope that her husband would be found at sea so he could take her out of this book.
Once they’ve reconnected, there’s no chemistry between them, and no character growth. For example this Darcy feels but a momentary guilt for not telling Elizabeth about Wickham, a guilt he doesn’t reveal to Elizabeth. It’s a shame, because that guilt is an essential part of Austen’s Darcy and drives him to become someone worthy of Lizzy’s love.
In the end, I’m not even entirely sure he gets over his pride. Does he want to marry her? Yes, finally, I guess. Will he regret it in the back of his mind? All indications are yes. Elizabeth also lacks development. She certainly faces nothing that forces her to reconsider her first impressions or otherwise see life through a different lens. The characters are the same people from first page to last, which is unfair to both characters and reader.
Darcy’s cold parenting skills, while probably in line with Regency mores, do not make him appealing or noble to the modern reader. He already has enough strikes against him; seeing his relationship with Kathy did him no favors with the reader.
Finally, Austen places Pemberley is in Derbyshire; there’s no reason to locate it in Yorkshire.
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