The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy: A Novel
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Literature's most famous romantic hero, Mr. Darcy, opens his diary to disclose a complex, passionate inner world.
The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy is a captivating novel of love, pride, passion, and, of course, prejudice. Off-stage events barely mentioned in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are revealed, and many surprising new facts come to light, such as Mr. Darcy's proposal of marriage to another young woman. Mr. Darcy writes of his daily life as a society gentleman in Georgian London and of his dangerous friendship with Lord Byron, and he tells the full story of his sister's infatuation with the dastardly Wickham. Most importantly, he describes how he gradually falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet, and, in the process, painfully gains self-knowledge.
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Maya Slater. (2009). The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Maya Slater. 2009. The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy: A Novel. W. W. Norton & Company.
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The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy is a captivating novel of love, pride, passion, and, of course, prejudice. Off-stage events barely mentioned in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are revealed, and many surprising new facts come to light, such as Mr. Darcy's proposal of marriage to another young woman. Mr. Darcy writes of his daily life as a society gentleman in Georgian London and of his dangerous friendship with Lord Byron, and he tells the full story of his sister's infatuation with the dastardly Wickham. Most importantly, he describes how he gradually falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet, and, in the process, painfully gains self-knowledge.
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April 15, 2009
Another debut novelist uses Pride and Prejudice as a springboard.
This time the focus is on Mr. Darcy. Darcy worries about the war in France and the king's mental health after the queen's death. Much of his diary is given to his estate-management concerns. Slater relishes detailing aspects of a Regency gentleman's world that Austen herself may not have been privy to: This Darcy is a man about town who boxes, drinks like a fish, dallies with the house servants and attends orgies at the estate of his school pal Lord Byron. Oh, and then there is the romance. Darcy barely notices Elizabeth Bennet at first, mainly concerned as he is with saving his friend Bingley from the imagined wiles of Elizabeth's sister Jane. In London he attempts to divert Bingley by throwing him into the arms of a harlot. But Slater's Bingley is not the innocent Austen fans are used to. His wisdom and virtue show up his friend as a snob and a sybarite even as Darcy realizes that Elizabeth has snagged his heart. Similarly, Darcy's cousin Anne, who knows better than to accept his on-the-rebound marriage proposal after Elizabeth's initial rejection, comes across as sharp and independent despite her lameness and asthma. Slowly Darcy goes through a metamorphosis, seeing how his rigid snobbery is both unfair and unproductive. By the time he steps in to save Elizabeth's wild sister Lydia from disgrace at the hands of the evil Wickham, he has won Elizabeth's heart. But the diary gives Elizabeth only passing attention. She's pert and pretty, but if she has to struggle with any emotional development to parallel Darcy's, he doesn't notice.
A cocoa-by-the-fire read—pleasant but forgettable.(COPYRIGHT (2009) KIRKUS REVIEWS/NIELSEN BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)
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April 15, 2009
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austens Mr. Darcy is one of the most fascinating heroes in literature. Otherwriters have tried, with varying degrees of success, to capture some of that old Darcy magic. This time around, we are made privy to Darcys secret diary. Though the story presented in the diary entries adheres to the structure ofPride and Prejudice, the Bennets, even including Elizabeth herself, are very much in the background, while other characters, such as the Bingleys and Darcys sister Georgiana, play a larger role.While trying to fend off his growing attachment to Lizzie, an undersized young lady of doubtful family, Darcy recounts his day-to-day activitiesmanaging his estate, looking after his sister, engaging in pastimes with his disreputable friend Lord Byron that would make the ladies at Longbourn blush. Austen knockoffs should always be judged on their own merits, and if the Darcy presented here isnt quite her Darcy, or yours, the book is still asmart and entertainingperiod piece.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)
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