Date: 23 May 2011, 04:34
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This Jane Austen sequel is yet another variation of Pride and Prejudice with the original storyline being followed to a certain degree with a lot of the same characters. There is a difference though as the author takes the story to the open sea's. Elizabeth is traveling alone to New York to her Aunt and Uncle who are residing there while Elizabeth's uncle does some business. On the ship is Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is traveling to America to bring back his sister Georgiana. Two years, Elizabeth and Darcy met and shared a carriage but did not know each others names. Elizabeth is traveling on Pemberly's Promise, the ship owned by Darcy, and is staying below decks. As in all travel on ships at that time, people get sick from sea sickness and other ailments contracted in the close quarters of a ship. While Elizabeth cares for some of the people that are sick, she becomes ill herself. Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy meet on deck and after a time they take the air on deck in the form of a daily walk. When Darcy realizes that Elizabeth is ill he has her share his cabin, which has the only other available bed. Of course such a thing is frowned upon in polite society, so the only way that they can get by with this is to have the ship's captain marry them. This is what they do with the stipulation that the marriage be annulled once they dock. So Darcy nurses Elizabeth back to health and as they dock in New York, Elizabeth leaves the ship before Darcy. As they do not know alot about each other Darcy is unable to find her. So Elizabeth goes onto her family and Darcy goes to fetch Georgiana. I will say no more about what happens at the end of course and just say, I enjoyed this book because it was just a bit different than the original and some of the other sequels. I am sure if you are a Jane Austen fan you will love this book.
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