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Sybil Brinton
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Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen, by Sybil Brinton. Presented by the Online Stage.
Old Friends and New Fancies is the first ever Jane Austen fan fiction and was originally published in 1913. Sybil Brinton imagines an entirely new story of romantic entanglements using a mashup of characters from all of Austen's major novels. Have you ever wondered what happened to Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennet from Pride and Prejudice or Mary Crawford and Tom Bertram from Mansfield Park? Find out in this delightfully comic homage to Austen's beloved characters.
Cast:
Georgiana Darcy: Becca Maggie
Mr. Darcy: David Shears
Elizabeth Darcy: Arielle Lipshaw
Jane Bingley/Anne Wentworth: PJ Morgan
Elinor Ferrars/Mrs. Hurst/Lucy Ferrars: Anna Grace
Miss Bingley/Anne Steele: Tiffany Halla Colonna
Colonel Fitzwilliam: Rob Goll
Mary Crawford: Amanda Friday
James Morland/Mr. Knightley: Andy Harrington
Lady Catherine de Bough/Mrs. Jennings: Sara Morsey
Sir Walter Elliot/Mr. Bennet: Peter Tucker
Emma Knightley/Mrs. Grant: Elizabeth Chambers
Tom Bertram/Mr. Yates: Jeff Moon
Mr. Bingley/Captain Wentworth: Russell Gold
William Price: Mark Crowle-Groves
Kitty Bennet: Leanne Yau
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett
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In 1808, Elizabeth Bennet is young, curious, and in possession of an invitation to a London party which she ought not to attend. Unable to resist the temptation, Elizabeth indulges her wish to see a party of the beau monde and finds herself in a dangerous situation. She is saved from a desperate fate by Mr. Darcy of Pemberley, but relief is short-lived. Mr Gardiner arrives and demands satisfaction on behalf of his young niece’s honor.
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Fitzwilliam Darcy is on the verge of proposing to Miss Elizabeth Bennet when he happens upon her diary in a field of bluebells. Though he knows he should not, he gives in to the temptation to read it and discovers a perspective on himself he had never before considered. Not only does Elizabeth not reciprocate his love, she considers him arrogant, insulting and disdainful. Her reasons, to his shame, are not entirely unfounded. Properly humbled, Darcy must decide what to do—walk away from his beloved forever or make the effort to please a woman worthy of being pleased.
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Missed opportunity
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A tempestuous acquaintance and disastrous marriage proposal makes it unlikely Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet will ever reconcile. Despairing of their own reunion, they attend with great energy to salvaging that of Darcy’s friend Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth’s sister Jane. People are rarely so easily maneuvered in and out of love, however, they follow a series of misunderstandings, both willful and unwitting, that complicates all four star-crossed lovers’ alliances more than ever before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listened to it twice in one month!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lisa C
- 07-15-21
Distracting narration
I wanted to listen to this book because it was fun to think of all of Austen’s main characters coming together in one book; however, I found the theatrical narration hard to listen to. I never felt really captivated by the story, maybe I should read it in print.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Fabulous Mrs B
- 08-14-24
Interesting
This was a bit different. Many different narrators contributed to this audio book. Elizabeth Klett did the telling in the between. A story mixed by many of Jane Austen’s characters and books. Enjoyed it.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jennifer Weggen
- 08-27-23
Read the book
I love the idea of interweaving Austen characters, and the author did a great job of it. But many of the voices given to the characters were horrendous. I could barely get through it! If it weren’t for the interesting story I’d have given up by the second chapter. The voices almost sounded fake, especially the narrator, who sounded like she was trying to be posh. The other voices, especially the young men, do not sound like they’d be attractive or people I’d like. Especially off putting is the narration that includes comments like “he said” right after a character said something. With different voices, it’s obvious, and inserting those comments in is jarring or breaks the cadence of the conversation. I ended up speeding to 1.5x because I felt could not get through the story fast enough. wish I would have gotten the Kindle version and read it for myself.
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