![]() ![]() ![]() She also proved that her writing could sound like her predecessor's. The book begins well with gossip of how everyone has fared since the end of Austen's classic, and James did provide a surprise or two. James apologizes to the shade of Jane Austen who, in her final chapter of Mansfield Park stated, "Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery." Although Austen would have no truck with murder, I had the highest of hopes that this Grandmaster of Mystery would mine one of my all-time favorite books- Pride and Prejudice- and strike literary gold. Bennet of Longbourn had been fortunate in the disposal in marriage of four of their five daughters. First Line: It was generally agreed by the female residents of Meryton that Mr. ![]()
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