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A carregar... Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisitedpor Carrie Bebris
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Darcy Mysteries book 2. Just loved it. ( ) I kept giving this book new names, like "Nonsense and Suspense of Disbelief". For a Jane Austen pastiche, the swerve into supernatural horror is surprising. Why did Bebris not decide to write Wilkie Collins or Conan Doyle, one wonders. The Mirror of Narcissus, on which the plot hinges, is a bizarre cross between the Picture of Dorian Grey and the Mirror of Erised; not something that the eminently down-to-earth Austen would have used as a plot device. But the historical existence of Sir Francis Dashwood, of Hellfire Club fame, is too happy a coincidence and the author was struck by inspiration to bring this rakehell of a previous generation into contact with the much more well-mannered Regency era in which the Dashwoods of Norland and the Darcys of Pemberly flourished. Most of the author's anachronisms and Americanisms are found in the text rather than the dialogue, so it's not too horribly jarring. But the nonexistence of the "mystery" of the subtitle was annoying and frustrating. "A Mysterious Interlude with the Darcys" perhaps, but the book does not follow the kind of plot arc that one expects in the genre we label mystery. Nonetheless a fun read, a pleasant diversion, albeit not a book that will find a permanent place on my shelf. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Fresh from the curious and unsettling matter of Caroline Bingley (as related inPride and Prescience), Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have every intention of enjoying their still newlywed status at Pemberly until they are confronted with another mysterious situation, ... one of Suspense and Sensibility Elizabeth Darcy and her beloved husband Fitzwilliam are taking on the responsibility of finding a suitable suitor for Elizabeth's younger sister Kitty, thereby assuring her a proper place in society. The angels smile on the young and a perfect match is found, and wedding plans are soon under way. Suddenly a change in personality occurs in Kitty's soon to be model husband-a change so striking as to jeopardize not just the Darcys' social standing, but their lives as well. A mysterious mirror, an insidious reprobate from the past, and matters far beyond the social circles around Pemberly all come into play in a dangerous puzzle, where the consequences may be the exchange of a soul for a soul. Once again the Darcys take center stage as the Regency era's answer toThe Thin Man's Nick and Nora, searching for truth between tea times, amid the social whirl of Jane Austen's England. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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