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Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand

Von: Jeannie Peneaux
Gesprochen von: Liz May Brice
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Mrs. Bennet and her sister are bound for Bath to take the waters. The mistress of Longbourn could not part from her duties if it were not for Mrs. Gardiner of Gracechurch Street. At Elizabeth’s request, her favorite aunt has offered to take up residence for the few months Mrs. Bennet is absent. Mrs. Bennet may doubt that her brother’s wife could manage her family even half as well as she, but as she considers the attractions of Bath, she assures herself that no permanent alterations could possibly be made.

Aunt Gardiner hopes otherwise.

Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand, the seventh Pride and Prejudice variation by Jeannie Peneaux, is an epistolary novel. Letters are sent to the most surprising people and read with varying degrees of alarm and pleasure.

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Absolutely delightful!
Eine der besten Pride-and-Prejudice-Varianten, die ich bislang gehört/ gelesen habe.
Lauter Briefe verschiedener Personen, eine interessante Weiterentwicklung bekannter Charaktere und gut ausgedachte "neue" Personen, liebevoll entwickelt.
Nicht aufregend, wenig Spannung (außer, weil man sich fragt, wie die Personen sich wohl weiterentwickeln) teilweise zum Schmunzeln.
I highly recommend this audio book, I truly enjoyed it.

Delightful!

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I enjoyed this story, but the focus is more on the Bennets as a family and as individuals, rather than on any romance. There are a lot of scenes that could have been romantic. However, they are mostly told from the perspective of an onlooker, so it feels more like „aww, cute“ rather than actually romantic.

This story is satisfying, because Mrs. Gardiner does all the things I as a reader want to do: teach Lydia to be less selfish, scold Mr. Bennet into taking action, raise an eyebrow at Darcy for his hesitancy to warn Meryton’s merchants about Wickham’s habit of debts, make Jane see that avoidance of conflict isn’t always the preferable path, etc.

I adore this portrait of Mrs. Bennet. She normally doesn’t get enough credit for how exasperating it is to live with Mr. Bennet.

More heartwarming than romantic

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the rare epistolary novel recounting a gripping story through the mouths of distinct voices. truly a joy.

funny, entertaining, exciting and oh so romantic

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