Death comes to Pemberley

291 pages

English language

Published 2013 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-307-95065-9
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OCLC Number:
783166296

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3 stars (1 review)

In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy's sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced sister who, with her husband, has been barred from the estate, arrives in a hysterical state--shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. Plunged into frightening mystery and a lurid murder trial, the lives of Pemberley's owners and servants alike may never be the same.--P. [4] of cover.

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3 stars

This is really more a response to Pride & Prejudice than a mystery. Far more words are devoted to unravelling the characters' hidden emotional turmoil and motives in that novel than to the death or ensuing investigation at Pemberley.
Read it expecting a prose dissertation on Austen and not a typical murder mystery novel, and you'll be less likely to be disappointed by it.

Subjects

  • Social life and customs
  • Married women
  • Families
  • Adaptations
  • Fiction
  • Literature
  • Sisters
  • Manners and customs

Places

  • England