Handsome, clever, and rich

Netherfield Park is led at last. Mr Bingley's arrival is met with impatience from the young widow Elisabeth Bennet and her sisters-in-law. But when Mr Bingley insults Jane at the Meryton Assembly it is up to his friend Mr Darcy to smooth the waves. While doing this he makes the acquaintance of Elizabeth and is immediately drawn to her. After Elizabeth suffers an injury and needs to recover at Netherfield a chance encounter between them in the library leads to their engagement. Everything could be easy because they really like each other, but Elizabeth carries some unsolved issues from her past with her. And when finally Elizabeth's estranged sister Emma Woodhouse stands unannounced in the doorway with a handful of unattached gentlemen in tow they all find themselves in a complete mass. As it is her habit Emma tries to play matchmaker for everyone ... but is with this even torpedoes the engagement of her own sister. Will her matchmaking cost her sister the chance of happiness? And will Emma lose her own heart in all of this?

The book of the author Jayne Bamber was a delight to listen to, it was funny and in many ways unexpected. At the beginning I had some problems with finding into the story. The author changed so many things about Jane Austen's book that I first struggled to keep up with the story. But when I got through these initial problems everything made sense the way she has written the story. I loved to encounter well known sentences uttered from a different person in a very different context - and it definitely sounded as if the person could not have said anything other in this moment. I was extremely impressed.

The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth is burdened with many misunderstandings in this story. After they sorted out some problems it is mostly Emma's mischief that creates problems for all around her, including Elizabeth and Darcy. In this story the circumstances between Darcy and Elizabeth are a bit different than in the original book, Elizabeth is more experienced because she was married before. This also means that they have easier access to one another and can also simply enjoy being together.

As for the matches you can expect Emma to do everything in her power to create unrest. Except for the match of Darcy and Elizabeth you can throw your expectations over board... Emma is at her best. For me it was the first time that I was really annoyed with her. In Jane Austen's original story I have no issue with her but here I often wanted to shake her for her interference. But fortunately everything went well in the end.

The audio book is narrated by Alexandra Lee Smith and she has done a lovely job. I like the way she was able to give every person its own personality through her voice and transport the emotions. With her, Emma's mischief and her matchmaking plans were even more funny it would have been when I have simply read it. The audiobook was the longest I have listened to so far but I was at no minute boring or not captivating.

If you like Emma displaying her matchmaking abilities in Hertfordshire and whirling the world of Elizabeth Bennet around you should definitely listen to this audiobook.

I highly recommend it.

I received a free copy of the audiobook from the narrator and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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