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- Title: The Unexpected Miss Bennet
- Author: Patrice Sarath
- ISBN: 9780425244210
- Page: 206
- Format: Paperback
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This might upset the Darcyholics, but I m drawn to a Mary Bennet love story than a Darcy and Elizabeth sequel As much as every woman wants to be Lizzy, I have to be honest and admit that I relate to Mary than any other Bennet daughter Sure, she s awkward, pious, and overly serious, but I ve always felt that underneath it all, Mary loves her sisters even though she doesn t understand them and they mock her Not to mention the difficulty growing up as the third behind the otherworldly beauty that [...]
SweetAn enchanting telling of how Mary Bennet found herself, from her introspection after the weddings of two of her sisters and the elopment of the youngest one, through several decisions that gave her clarity, to find her own place in the world.
Odd little PP sequel that focuses on the middle Bennet sister, Mary While it is gratifying to watch Mary come into her own and gain confidence as she loses her priggishness and Fordyce s Sermons along the way , there is no chemistry between the heroine and the man that author Sarath pairs her with I think she was going for an opposites attract vibe, but it fails utterly, leaving the reader to wonder how much happiness Mary will truly find in her happy ending On the plus side, the book is well wr [...]
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Ok, I m going to start by saying that I am sure there are truly many who would enjoy this book I am not, however, one of them With that in mind Oh boy I am so disappointed because I thought, what a clever idea to write a story for Mary Unfortunately, this attempt did not live up to my expectations I should mention that Jane Austen is far and away my favorite author, so I have rather high standards when it comes to books that try to imitate Understanding this is why I went ahead and gave this boo [...]
Very enjoyable The author writes well enough So many historical novels suffer when the authors writing is too contemporary There is definite room for improvement but she did try to stay true to Ms Austen s style The author did reuse some passages from Pride and Prejudice which I found jarring but it is easy enough to overlook I had a few issues with Mary herself The character changed so drastically as to barely resemble Mary Bennet from Austen s novel This is explained away but it wasn t complet [...]
Mary Bennet, that plain, pedantic, priggish, middle sister from Jane Austen s classic novel Pride and Prejudice, who gave us such deadpan lines as, I admire the activity of your benevolence but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required Chapter 7 is explored in this new sequel by Patrice Sarath How Mary could be made into a heroine the caliber of her elder sister Elizabeth, we shall soon discover Her intimat [...]
In Ms Sarath s The Unexpected Miss Bennet Mary Bennet gets her happy ending, but not before going through her own journey of self alienation and then discovery Miss Bennet has often been portrayed as the least appealing of the Bennet girls.Ms Sarath s Mary is quite plain, indeed, and because of her overzealous faith in God brings about her own self alienation from her family and society like Jeremiah, who had peace with God, but was very lonely in the world for in his day, very few people follow [...]
I really enjoyed this, as I never really felt that Mary got her due in PP I think Mary had realistic and very relatable insecurities and inner dialogue I m not convinced about her love interest, they just don t seem well suited for each other, but I suppose that was the whole point because everyone thinks she a Mr Collins would ve been well suited I m glad that Mary s character was able to develop and change, but I think she might ve changed too much She was still a worthwhile character in PP an [...]
I very much enjoyed this sort of sequel to Pride Prejudice and the decision to focus on Mary The author did a great job in making it feel almost cannon and although I, of course, wish there had been Darcy Elizabeth, I found myself very much enjoying reading about Mary.I am a fan of most PP variations, so I admit my bias, but I really enjoyed this I would have given it all 5 stars if only we had seen of Mary and Mr Aikens togethere ending felt a bit rushed and I felt a bit cheated Beyond that t [...]
With Mary Bennet starting to feel dissatisfied with her life, Jane and Elizabeth decide it time for her to leave Longbourn and stay at Pemberley for a long visit But the fates intervene and with Mary still unsure who she is decides to take up an offer that would give her independence from the other Bennets.A very enjoyable sequel, with a lovely writing style Again I like this Mary and the introduction of a new character.
This is a delight of a book, especially for readers who can t get enough of Jane Austin It s slightly edgier, often funny, sweetly romantic, and completely entertaining The voice, setting, and characters are all true to PRIDE AND PREJUDICE without as far as I can tell violating any of the original story Highly recommended I was so sorry when it was over.
This was the first Jane Austen add on I ve read I ve always avoided them as I love the originals so much This was actually very true to the original story and pretty entertaining.
Not bad Good for a return to the universe of PP, but not excellently written I guess is was satisfying than good, but certainly an enjoyable read.
It was nice to follow up with Mary, as opposed to seeing continuations starring the Darcys I overall enjoyed it, though I didn t feel the storytelling was that tight I really don t understand why Darcy puts up with his aunt being so rude to his wife and her family yes, she s really proud and due a certain amount of respect, but respect does not mean you just accept whatever crap she metes out Quite frankly, she could do with a set down Mr Collins needs a kick in the pants Since none of them are [...]
A very enjoyable read and one of the few books I have finished in a single day I was genuinely interested throughout the book and keen to find out what happens next However, I felt like not all of the plot points were as resolved as I would have liked and the writing sometimes left something to be desired.
I always enjoy books written to take up where Jane Austen left off This imagined tale of middle sister Mary Bennet was engaging, fun, and a quick and easy read The characters lept off the page, engaging me in their foibles.
I think the characters on a whole remained true to their original personalities behaviors as depicted in PP Easy read.
The overlooked Bennet sister s intimate story is a sojourn from Longbourn, to Pemberley, to Rosings, back to Longbourn and finally to_________ Feeling betrayed by all of her favorite pursuits that formerly brought meaning to her life, nothing is spared from her frustrated scrutiny not the pianoforte, not her singing, and not even her book of sermons Perhaps she should not rest all of her hopes on Fordyce He had been a good guide, but a narrow one, and she had begun, if not to walk a different pa [...]
The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters con [...]
I enjoyed this story
As the title suggests, the heroine of this Pride and Prejudice sequel is quite unexpected Though for my part, the unexpectedness was not so much who she was as much as what she did which I think was the point too This is the tale of the middle Bennet daughter plain, awkward, socially gauche Mary who appears to be as noticeable as the wallpaper when her older and younger sisters were around But this tale picks up when it is just Mary and Kitty left at home It is a victorious story of Mary truly a [...]
This story is a wonderful continuation spin off of Pride and Prejudice It focuses primarily on Mary with a little bit about the other characters I liked the focus on Mary who is the forgotten sister I can relate to her shyness and bookishness While I can t relate to her sermonizing and her reasons behind it or some of the decisions she makes, I can empathize with her She s entirely likeable and sympathetic She s not a drama queen middle child but a quiet one, lost in the middle She s not a girl [...]
This book is a follow on to Pride and Prejudice focussing on Mary Bennet Personally, I ve never been much of a fan of hers but I have a small addiction to these type of books so I gave it a go, and am very glad I did as I thoroughly enjoyed it It s written in a pretty good take on Austen s style, I didn t notice anything that was particularly out of place either with language or the behaviour of the characters so that was nice.The book picks up in the year or so following the marriage of the eld [...]
I will say that I liked this book but it was sort of a sweet and sour reaction over all What I did love was seeing how Mary, the bookish wallflower of the Bennet sisters, came into her own as an independent mind that did not hesitate to speak up when necessary A quote from pg.202 Even a plain Bennet is a Bennet, and though Mary was used to being over shadowed by her pretty sisters, she was not so plain on her own account She blossomed with the help of her adventures out of the house of her paren [...]
Pride and Prejudice has always been my favourite Austen novel, and while I like many others wish to think myself as entertaining and witty as Elizabeth, or as lovely and kind as Jane, I at least, admit to being of a Mary Bennet And so, authors that set out to give Mary her own story intrigue me greatly, and in this case it was quite satisfying Sarath does a good job of capturing the tone of an Austen novel,if the writing is a little informal that Austen s, and the plot is good I quite like tha [...]
The Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath tackles the enigmatic figure of Mary Bennet, the third oldest of the Bennet sisters She s the one considered unremarkable and religious in the original novel, Pride Prejudice Here readers will see the struggles of Mary as she finds that she is often ignored or laughed at on almost every occasion She turns to sermons and music for solace, though she notes that despite the many hours she spends practicing, she is unable to improve her musical talents It [...]
Mary Bennet from Pride and Prejudice gets her own chance at love in this book She usually gets remembered for playing the pianoforte with determination rather than skill, singing poorly, and lecturing While I was intrigued this book sat on my shelf for a while before I picked it up mostly because I was not very interested in Mary Bennet I was wrong She made for a charming heroine The adventure begins when Jane and Lizzy decide that Mary too should get her chance at happiness Lizzy invites Mary t [...]
Mary is the third of the five Bennett girls More plain than her sisters, she never felt she was attractive enough for a man to notice As her siblings develop relationships and families of her own, she has resigned herself to a lifetime of solitude with her studies and music.Her sisters have other ideas They are going to see to it that she doesn t spend her life alone and set out to change fate However, little do they know, there is a man who has become quite smitten with Mary and he has his own [...]
3 to 3.5 starsFirst I want to say that I really enjoyed this book It was well written and the male lead they introduced for Mary was a good fit with her and their scenes together made me laugh I also liked that we got to see of other characters like Charlotte and Lady Anne in this book That was nice That said, I wasn t the biggest fan of Mary in here which is why I couldn t up the rating, her being the lead and all I just felt like in order to give her her own book and make her likable for the [...]