The Reintroduction of Fitzwilliam Darcy

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

De: Christine Combe

Narrado por: Harry Frost

When Elizabeth Bennet moves with her widowed sister and niece to an estate in Derbyshire, she does not expect to find herself captivated by the mysterious steward of Pemberley. Though cautioned not to spend more time in his company than she ought, Elizabeth finds she cannot stay away from him.

Fitzwilliam Darcy’s father lost half the family fortune to a pair of swindlers and the rest to gaming and investments that gave no returns. He knows he is no good for the daughter of a baronet, but he falls for the lively Elizabeth in spite of every reason he should not. When the two determine their mutual attraction cannot be denied, Darcy decides to accept the challenge of re-entering society more for the sake of Elizabeth’s reputation than his own. Because both know it won’t be easy for him to regain the good opinion of the ton, Darcy goes to his noble relations to seek their assistance and Elizabeth joins him in London to support his efforts.

Of course, the expectation of whispers and snobbery is scant preparation for facing down the harshest critic of them all: one’s own family.

©2022 Christine Combe (P)2023 Christine Combe

An unusual twist in situations

A very unusual twist for Darcy and Elizabeth as they navigate the world they live in. It was an enjoyable listen and not to be missed.
The narrator was awesome and brought the story to life.

The most loved cannon characters all here: LOVE IT

Jane, Bingley’s widow rents (!) Pemberley (!) bringing along her daughter and sister Elizabeth. Needing to escape the sad memories of Netherfield and desiring a time of peace away from home wants to move away for a while, inconsolable after Charle’s death. She is wealthy now but without her husband, she just can’t take living near home anymore. Pemberley is available.

Darcy and Pemberley have fallen on hard times. His father died in devastating circumstances losing their fortune in speculation and being preyed upon by previously trusted associates. None other than the Wickhams, junior and senior. Oh my gosh. The estate is still bringing an income but all of it is going to pay debt.

Elizabeth loves Pemberley and everything about it and takes over most all the duties of mistress to leaving Jane to care for little Meg and enjoy the solitude she craves. Elizabeth meets Darcy whilst out walking, being introduced to her as the steward. Both are attracted to each other. Did we have any doubt? Well, maybe we should if this followed canon precisely but Darcy has been humbled.

A delightful, thoughtful, moving, heartwarming, variation with wonderful departures from but faithful nonetheless to our dear Pride and Prejudice.

There are many characters here to love, new and old. And a few to really hate. The villain get their punishments and the worthy get their rewards. But the journey to achieve them is a great tale of love and devotion. There is sweet romance between our dear couple. A very satisfying story and one I will be reading or listening to again.

Recommend for those interested in a nice long story with all the emotions and drama, and all the love we desire from a well written story. Great narrator!!

AMAZING!!!

I absolutely loved this story. I have zero complaints about it. it was heartfelt and extremely well written. I will definitely be looking for oyger works by this author. I highly recommend this. and Harry Frost does an amazing job as always he's one of my favorite narrators

I was immediately hooked!

This is a fantastic variation! I enjoyed the clever mention of characters from other Jane Austen novels. The narrator is one of my favorites, too. Now, I must go in search of other novels written by this author!

Inventive plot, big surprises

This is a very long and complicated plot, with new characters, unusual twists, and very different drawing of some of the tried and true Bennets. I enjoyed it and stuck with its nearly 15 hours...definitely one's money's worth, but SUCH prolonged conversations and scenes that seemed to drag on and on.
Really enjoyed the writer's original ideas in this P&P variation, but I get so frustrated with the lazy approach to an historical period, throwing in 20th century and 21st century speech patterns and vocabulary that sort of spoil getting into the world of Regency England. No one was saying 'yoo-hoo' in early 19th century England, nor were they saying, 'I know where you're coming from," among other examples. It is annoying that the writer can't be more attentive to such details, and the writer makes grammatical errors that Jane Austen certainly never would, The narration of Harry Frost is good, but it seems the readers of Audible books tend to create a sort of rhythmic sameness, with identical inflections no matter who is talking--even the inestimable Stevie Zimmerman does the same--so that by the end of the book, one is a bit ragged listening to the same lilt and voice peculiarities again and again. Nonetheless, enjoyed it completely.

Great story & narration

I really enjoyed this variation. It has me on my toes and kept my interest the entire time. I liked that, while the Wickhams layed a part in the story, they weren't given so much importance as characters. I enjoyed discovering Darcy's external struggles within society and how he was able to overcome them within his own ethical code.

Great story

A really great story. Darcy’s father had been tricked by both Wickhams and Pemberley was highly in debt. Elizabeth meets Darcy while her sister leased Pemberley. Great story. Great narrative. Great Jaff

Enjoyed the premise

Harry Frost never fails to provide an outstanding performance. Five-stars for the narration.

I enjoyed the premise of this story, but regretfully, I couldn’t quite warm up to this Elizabeth. I found her often pushy, and speaking up when it really wasn’t her place to do so. Another trait I didn’t like was how she sometimes prevented Darcy from speaking, and then would speak. He’d been weakened enough by his circumstances, and her doing this weakened him even further to me.

While the love story between ODC existed, I found it wasn’t very romantic or emotional. My heart really went out to Anne.

A Nice Variation But Some Oddities

No angst, thank goodness, no ridiculous alteration to Elizabeth’s fundamental nature. Kind of dark. Lots of death, it’s of orphans or kids with one dead parent. Just a bit heavy handed. The plantation thing comes from nowhere and they all agree they don’t like slavery. Kind of weird.

Most “Delightful Tribute to Miss Austen’s Masterpiece “

Mr Harry Frost, you brought a Magical Read to Christine Combe’s “Word-Smithing”!
Her imaginations turned our favorite characters w/ a plot to challenge all their gifts but especially their honesty & honor. Mr Bennet’s receiving a Title to be handed down to 1st born Grandson. Ann-Colonel-Bingley-Jane-Meg & Andrew. Caroline’s 5min in the Ton @ Lizzy’s bestest! Darcy, the most knowledgeable of Land Stewards, BRAVO!! Had a complete 2nd Read/Audio immediately, & both Binge Watches! Thx.