Since Austen’s last sentence in Elizabeth’s refusal contains the title of this novel, I was all anticipation of reliving Elizabeth’s famous put down: Reynolds’ Lizzy is still repulsed by the thought of this man as her husband and frozen with disgust. Darcy so arrogantly assumes that the less-socially-endowed Elizabeth Bennet would jump at the chance to accept his generous offer of marriage. In this case it starts at a very critical moment, the first proposal scene when Mr. Like the two other novels by this author that I have read, the story begins on familiar ground at a certain point in Austen’s novel and then quickly takes a left turn-changing the course of the plot and the characters’ lives. Darcy’s first proposal?” After reading this question in the book’s description my first reaction was, ACK, why would she? This Pride and Prejudice variation asks readers “What if Elizabeth Bennet had accepted Mr.
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