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Loading... Duty and Desire: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman (Fitzwilliam…by Pamela AidanSeries: Fitzwilliam Darcy - Gentleman (2)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This story went off in a direction that I wouldn't have expected but it was still enjoyable and well written. The relationship between Darcy and his valet was developed well and injected some dry humour into the novel. It was my least favourite of the trilogy but still great. (  ) northcoastjo | Oct 4, 2009 |  While the story was entertaining enough and the events of this book do seem to explain how Darcy could declare himself to Elizabeth later on in the story, I still had trouble with the characterization of Darcy. He persists in seeming more the idea of a hero that a lovesick teen would envision, than as an adult man. But then I've always seen Darcy as older and more settled in who he was, rather than as a young man ready to fall into infatuation. This second book in the trilogy is entirely new material, covering a period in Darcy's life that doesn't intersect with Elizabeth and thus isn't dealt with in Ms. Austen's novel. (  ) tjsjohanna | Sep 16, 2009 | Very enjoyable read - all three of these books. Knowing P&P as well as I do, it was refreshing to read it from a different perspective. I had to get past some of the poor editing (the odd spelling or grammatical error) but the story itself remained true to the original with wild escapades off into different stories filling the character of Darcy out rather nicely. ( ) wildlinedesign | Aug 26, 2009 | Darcy plays detective. Interesting.... ( ) Nextian | Jul 23, 2009 | I did enjoy this sequel a bit more than An Assembly Such As This. I'm not sure whether the prose actually got better or if I just noticed infelicities less often, but the things that bothered me about the first one were less bothersome this time. Though I will say that I could do with about a third fewer adjectives altogether and at least half as many attached to dialogue tags. Aidan follows Darcy through the biggish bit of P&P where he is absent, and at first I was a little unsure about a retelling of sorts that would stray so far from the original. But despite some minor problems I have with Aidan's interpretation of Darcy's character (I enjoy seeing his motivations and feelings on the page and for the most part I buy it, but sometimes he's just a little too wooby to believe), I liked her foray into a sort of creepy, gothic storyline while Darcy tried to escape his feelings about Elizabeth with a visit to some old college friends. ( )1  lycomayflower | Jan 21, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743291360, Paperback)³There was little danger of encountering the Bennet sisters ever again.² Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book about the mysterious and handsome hero, Mr. Darcy. And so the question has long remained: Who is Fitzwilliam Darcy? Pamela Aidan's trilogy finally answers that long-standing question, creating a rich parallel story that follows Darcy as he meets and falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet. Duty and Desire, the second book in the trilogy, covers the "silent time" of Austen's novel, revealing Darcy's private struggle to overcome his attraction to Elizabeth while fulfilling his roles as landlord, master, brother, and friend. When Darcy pays a visit to an old classmate in Oxford in an attempt to shake Elizabeth from his mind, he is set upon by husband-hunting society ladies and ne'er-do-well friends from his university days, all with designs on him -- some for good and some for ill. He and his sartorial genius of a valet, Fletcher, must match wits with them all, but especially with the curious Lady Sylvanie. Irresistibly authentic and entertaining, Duty and Desire remains true to the spirit and events of Pride and Prejudice while incorporating fascinating new characters, and is sure to dazzle Austen fans and newcomers alike. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:20 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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