Unequal Affections: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling

Lara S. Ormiston

Kindle Edition

2014

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-10: 1626361002

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men--until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed.Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him. What she knows is that he is rich, handsome, clever, and very much in love with her. She, on the other hand, is poor, and can expect a future of increasing poverty if she does not marry. The incentives for her to accept him are strong, but she is honest enough to tell him that she does not return his affections. He says he can accept that--but will either of them ever be truly happy in a relationship of unequal affection?

Diverging from Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice at the proposal in the Hunsford parsonage, this story explores the kind of man Darcy is, even before his "proper humbling," and how such a man, so full of pride, so much in love, might have behaved had Elizabeth chosen to accept his original proposal.

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Lido: 05/01/2016

As obras da Jane Austen tem bastante fanfic e "retellings", principalmente continuações de Orgulho e Preconceito, mas a ideia dessa história (que foi originalmente uma fanfic) é de fazer uma história alternativa em que a Elizabeth aceita o pedido do Darcy na primeira vez que ele se declara.

SIMPLESMENTE PERFEITO, CERTO? Certo. É realmente muito bom, não só pela proposta, como também pela escrita. Não deixa a desejar e nem aparenta ser uma obra moderna. Uma das melhores leituras pra quem é fã de Jane Austen ou O&P.