The Art of Apology
A Pride and Prejudice Variation (Happiness in Marriage Series)
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The Art of Apology
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Stevie Zimmerman
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Lucy Marin
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You have made me view the world about me and the people in it with greater clarity, and I shall forever be grateful, especially because it means I have had the chance to know you.
WHEN ELIZABETH BENNET IS INSULTED by Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy at the Meryton assembly, she is determined to despise him forever. How could she do otherwise, given what an arrogant, rude man he is? She intends to forget about what happened, but she finds it is not so easy when faced with incessant scorn from her neighbours in the weeks following.
DARCY IS SHOCKED when Mr Bennet confronts and reprimands him about his actions, but afterwards admits it was rather ungentleman-like behaviour. He condescends to apologise but, startlingly, Elizabeth rebuffs him, claiming he must learn to apologise properly if he truly wants her forgiveness. Darcy is ready to dismiss her, but when Mr Charles Bingley also questions his recent actions, he realises he must reform himself, beginning with making amends to Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH WATCHES WITH AMAZEMENT as she sees not only Mr Darcy, but also her own father attempt to ameliorate their connexions to the friends and family about them. Still, she keeps her distance from Mr Darcy, stubbornly clinging to her first impression of him, until an unexpected meeting ends with her wondering if there might be more to him than she had supposed. But just how far can an apology go?
The Art of Apology is a clean, enemies to friends to lovers historical regency romance.
©2024 Lucy Sportza (P)2025 Quills & Quartos Publishing
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Darcy, after Bingley reprimands him of his behaviour, too, finally sees that he has not acted in an acceptable way and begins to correct his behaviour. He then tries to approach Elizabeth to apologize again and get to know her but she stubbornly keeps her distance and avoids him. Only after an unexpected encounter things change and the two start to get to know each other better.
Will they be able to leave the past behind? Will Darcy be able to apologize in a way Elizabeth can accept? And will this apology change their relationship to friendship or even love?
The book is very well written by the author Lucy Marin. The main change in this story is that Mr Bennet, after Darcy's insult, finally decides to act like a caring father. He looks after his daughters and guides and corrects their behaviour and he interacts in a caring way with his wife. I like this version of Mr Bennet very much. He finally does his duty and with this he achieves more harmony in the family and a better standing of his family in society. Due to his actions all family members, even Lydia and Mrs Bennet become more likable and sensible. I like this change very much.
At the beginning Darcy is even more grumpy than ever and, for the first pages, I thought I would not be able to like him. Fortunately he changes for the better and when he finally tries to earn Elizabeth's forgiveness he is the same honourable, kind and considerate gentleman Elizabeth comes to admire.
Elizabeth on her part is, thanks to Mr Bennet's attempt of improvement, is less stubborn and clings not so long on her first impression of Darcy. She is therefore at an earlier point able to acknowledge that she may like Darcy and wishes for more than friendship.
I really like the development of Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship as well as the relationship of Jane and Bingley. Due to Mr Bennet's improvement Mrs Bennet is not pressuring her daughters to marry well and they both have therefore the time to get to know their suitors better and fall in love without interference of others. A lovely alteration.
There are the usual villains in this story but their appearance is only of short duration. Due to the changed behaviour of Mr Bennet things unfold otherwise and therefore the villain have not much opportunity to interfere. There is nothing that really kept Darcy and Elizabeth apart, they only take their time to really know each other before committing to one another.
The audiobook was narrated by the exceptional Stevie Zimmerman. She is one of my favourite narrators. She has the talent to give all characters their unique voices and therefore you are able to identify every person at every point of the story due to their voices. I have already read the book and loved it very much. But the audiobook was, due to Stevie Zimmerman's performance, even better.
If you like to know how the relationship of Darcy and Elizabeth develops after Mr Bennet insists on an apology from Darcy you should definitely read this excellent book.
I highly recommend it.
The art of apology
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