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Dear Mrs. Aylmer,
“Pride and Prejudice” is a story filled with characters who, even two centuries after it was written, still inspire us to want to know more about them. I haven’t read too many of these homages to Jane Austen’s world but “Darcy’s Story” might make me change my mind. I doubt there are too many readers out there who don’t know the basic story of a prideful young man and prejudiced young woman who find true love in Regency England. But while the original is told from the viewpoint of Elizabeth Bennet, you help fill in the gaps by showing us Fitzwilliam Darcy’s side of the story.
Darcy’s opinion and view of the Bennet family, the people of Meryton, his own relatives and friends and of course himself are in many ways very different from Lizzie’s. His consequence and place in the world are above hers and he has had the advantage of seeing far more of society. He is also a more quiet, introspective person than Lizzie and doesn’t have the equal to her large family to contend with.
From what I have heard, your story sticks more closely to “Pride and …
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