![]() ![]() ![]() New to matrimony is bookish sister Mary, who has married a rector, while flighty Lydia is still wedded to Wickham, who had a moment as “something of a national hero” because of actions during an Irish military campaign before leaving the service and returning to his generally feckless life. Darcy and Elizabeth, now married for six years, have two young sons, and, not surprisingly, see an awful lot of Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband Bingley. James as your guide is certainly an improvement on the likes of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” If you appreciate mysteries as well as the Mighty Jane, this pleasant entertainment will do nicely.įor one thing, it is certainly fun to get back in touch with the old P-and-P crowd, and James briskly brings us up to date. Still, this is not the first time Austen’s characters have been thrust into disturbing waters, and having P.D. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can.” Herself a major Austen fan, James starts the book with an author’s note in which she allows, “I owe an apology to the shade of Jane Austen for involving her beloved Elizabeth in the trauma of a murder investigation.” Especially because, as James points out, Austen had plainly declared in “Mansfield Park,” “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. ![]()
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