Death Comes to Pemberley
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"The year is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery, Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby, and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable.
But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball while the guests are preparing to retire for the night, a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wicham - Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered."
P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of "Pride and Prejudice", and combines it with the exitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story.
But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball while the guests are preparing to retire for the night, a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wicham - Elizabeth's younger, unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered."
P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of "Pride and Prejudice", and combines it with the exitement and suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story.
I am not a fan of Jane Austen spin-offs. The exception is "Death comes to Pemberley". It is so beautifully done it feels like a natural continuation of "Pride and Prejudice". I enjoied every single minute of listening to this novel.
Bokring:
Leisha Camden
Ingalill
Wildwolverine
Jannike
babelfisk - boken er her
Deepswamp
sota48
Leisha Camden
Ingalill
Wildwolverine
Jannike
babelfisk - boken er her
Deepswamp
sota48
Released 12 yrs ago (3/6/2012 UTC) at By hand, by hand -- Controlled Releases
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I'm handing over the book to LeishaCamden at the BC meet up tomorrow.
The book's with me and has been read. Like the previous reader I really enjoyed it. Well written, and since it's an audiobook there's no way to tell if there's any untoward shortage of commas. ;-) Well read. Definitely worth reading for any P&P fan.
I will bring this to meetup this afternoon and hopefully pass it on to the next reader there. :-)
I will bring this to meetup this afternoon and hopefully pass it on to the next reader there. :-)
wildwolverine wasn't at meetup today, so I passed the book on to Ingalill instead. Happy reading! :-)
Note: Before the book goes off to Sweden, Jannike would like to read it too.
Note: Before the book goes off to Sweden, Jannike would like to read it too.
Can't wait to get started on this and it couldn't have come at a better time
as we are driving north tomorrow. The only thing remaining is to convince the rest
of the family that this is a perfect carbook.
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Beautifully written - in the Austen spirit.
I did enjoy it, but found it slightly lacking in the plot. I wanted relationships and dialogues but felt it got too hung up on the mystery of the death, to be expected since James writes crimes, but since I read it, pretending it was Austen, I was dissapointed, ever so slightly.
BUT I DID ENJOY IT
, and the language was, as mentioned, beautiful.
as we are driving north tomorrow. The only thing remaining is to convince the rest
of the family that this is a perfect carbook.
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Beautifully written - in the Austen spirit.
I did enjoy it, but found it slightly lacking in the plot. I wanted relationships and dialogues but felt it got too hung up on the mystery of the death, to be expected since James writes crimes, but since I read it, pretending it was Austen, I was dissapointed, ever so slightly.
BUT I DID ENJOY IT
, and the language was, as mentioned, beautiful.
I will bring it to todays BCmeet and pass it to the next on the list.
CD's are with me now, got them at our june meet-up.
Journal Entry 10 by wildwolverine at Fredrikstad, Østfold fylke Norway on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
This was enjoyable ... my very first audio book!
As always, P. D. James has written a very intriguing story witch definitely captured me. I agree very much with Ingalill, the language is absolutely wonderful. I also think the plot is somewhat missing, the emphasis being on the dialogue and relations between the people. And i do think that Elisabeth had lost some of her spunk. In Austen's pen she has life and character, while James has not captured these traits and has made her more unremarkable and plain.
Anyway, all in all a satisfying read, and definitely not my last audio book.
I'll get hold of Jannike and send her the CD's.
As always, P. D. James has written a very intriguing story witch definitely captured me. I agree very much with Ingalill, the language is absolutely wonderful. I also think the plot is somewhat missing, the emphasis being on the dialogue and relations between the people. And i do think that Elisabeth had lost some of her spunk. In Austen's pen she has life and character, while James has not captured these traits and has made her more unremarkable and plain.
Anyway, all in all a satisfying read, and definitely not my last audio book.
I'll get hold of Jannike and send her the CD's.
Journal Entry 11 by wildwolverine at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, October 22, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (10/21/2012 UTC) at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray, Oslo fylke Norway
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Jannike got this at our last meet-up yesterday.
Journal Entry 12 by Jannike at rabck by post or hand, -- Tåg, bussar och färjor -- Sweden on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Released 11 yrs ago (2/14/2013 UTC) at rabck by post or hand, -- Tåg, bussar och färjor -- Sweden
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Sendt i posten til babelfisk.
Den kom fram ordentligt, trots ett riktigt busväder. Ska avlyssnas med det snaraste. Tack sota48 och Jannike!
A charming and witty book! I have not read Pride and Prejudice (yet) and I probably missed parts of the story because of that. But it was never the less very intresting and giving.
I'll pass it on to Deepswamp.
I'll pass it on to Deepswamp.
On it's way to Deepswamp
Arrived safe!
A very good read!
Back home again at Annual BC Convention 2013!
Back home again at Annual BC Convention 2013!
The book is back with me.
