P.D. James
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| Original Title: | Death Comes to Pemberley |
| ISBN: | 0571311172 (ISBN13: 9780571311170) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jane Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam, Charles Bingley, George Wickham, Henry Alveston |
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The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, as the guests are preparing to retire for the night a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered.Be Specific About Appertaining To Books Death Comes to Pemberley
| Title | : | Death Comes to Pemberley |
| Author | : | P.D. James |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Tie-In Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | November 7th 2013 by Faber and Faber (first published November 3rd 2011) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime |
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Ratings: 3.26 From 86926 Users | 9348 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books Death Comes to Pemberley
I'm really torn about this book. One of my favorite mystery writers meets one of my favorite stories; it's gotta be good, right? And it is good. But it's not great, and I was hoping for great. I shy away from a lot of the Pride and Prejudice follow ons--fan fiction legitimized by a publisher, and sometimes not nearly as good as amateur fan fiction. But this I was eager to read. And I will say, it held my interest. James does a good job of capturing the spirit and even language of Austen, notWhere I got the book: my local library. Unable to finish for the reasons cited below: made it to page 80.It hurts to write this review. I LOVE PD James. Her subtlety, her edginess, the sheer intelligence of her prose, the nuances of her characters...I could go on. And NONE of this is to be found within the pages of Death Comes to Pemberley. I'm sure I wasn't the only fan to get all excited about the idea of PD James doing Pride and Prejudice; what insights, what delicate twists of humor, what
This book is the literary equivalent of a sleeping pill.It is a P&P spin-off murder mystery and while it is obvious that the author took pains to research how a murder investigation was conducted in the Regency Era, it is even more -and for me painfully and annoyingly- obvious(YES, I DO TAKE THINGS AUSTEN VERY PERSONAL!) that she did not bother when it came to the representation of Jane Austen's P&P characters.She just had NO CLUE which is rather unpardonable when you are a writer of
While I was reading this, my rating kept bouncing back and forth between a three and a four star. I am letting my rating land on the four star because the ending wrapped up quite excitingly and it was all tied together with a happy ending that I really enjoyed. I feel as though this book deserves more appreciation and credit than what many reviews on GR express. I will admit, the middle of the book did get repetitive and dragged on for a while, but it didn't last forever. Although I have never
A creative spin on historical crime fiction, this isn't my favourite of PD James' works but it still has an impressive style all its own.
A hideous, plodding, ungraceful piece of mawkish fanfiction that succeeds neither as a mystery or as a pastiche of Austen's most beloved novel. Oy.Almost from page one, there are embarassing lapses of craft and tone. None of the economy or vibrance of Austen appears in these pages and the so-called plot is built around a "mystery" that was so hamhanded that I'd sussed the perpetrator within the first 50 pages. But that's not the worst of it. Some of the greatest characters in world literature
I consider it more than a bit perplexing when an author begins their book with an apology. In this case, it is to author Jane Austen for using her characters. Since Death Comes to Pemberley is a sequel to Austens Pride and Prejudice, it is like apologizing for snow being cold. If you are going to write a sequel to a classic of world literature, it is, what it is. Dont apologize for it. It really puts me off my reading game from the get go.Okay, I got that off my chest, so now on to more pleasant
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