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Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel (edition 2007)

by Alexandra Potter

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Hes every womans fantasy After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily Albright has decided shes had it with modern-day men. Shed rather pour herself a glass of wine, curl up with Pride and Prejudice and step into a time where men were dashing, devoted and honourable, strode across fields in breeches, their damp shirts clinging to their chests, and werent into internet porn. So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men, Emily decides to book a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead. She quickly realises she wont find her dream man here. The coach tour is full of pensioners, apart from one Mr Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist sent to write a piece on why Mr Darcys been voted the man most women would love to date Until she walks into a room and finds herself face-to-face with Darcy himself. And every womans fantasy suddenly becomes one womans reality… (more)
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Title:Me and Mr. Darcy: A Novel
Authors:Alexandra Potter
Info:Ballantine Books (2007), Paperback
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:Teen Fiction, Must Buy

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Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

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    Alliebadger: Definitely check this out if you liked the other. Both chick lit, both very fast, light, and amusing reads for any Austen fan.
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At first I disliked how similar the story is to actual pride and prejudice (which I probably should have assumed from the title). But after a couple really predictable twists and turns, I started to enjoy it for the easy, feel-good read it is. I do love murder mysteries, but there’s also something nice about a plot that you can predict with certainty where you’re only waiting for the payoff. ( )
  Melman38 | Apr 12, 2023 |
I really quite enjoyed this novel, although based on something of a fantasy and a departure from the type of stories I would normally choose (excluding Harry Potter naturally) it was a clever concept and well executed. The sort of book that makes you think "I wish I had thought of that..." ( )
  Susan-Pearson | Feb 23, 2023 |
This was a fun, light-hearted read, but in comparison to other Pride and Prejudice re-makes, it falls short. This book doesn't even try to hide the fact that the main character's plot lines parallel those in the book and I really wish it had been a bit more subtle. ( )
  akbooks | Sep 12, 2019 |
The part of me that fell in love with Darcy at a very young, impressionable age made me buy this book...and I loved it! The whole idea of the parallel stories but the blindness of the heroine to the similarities, intrigued me and I could not put this down. It is not great literature, it doesn't pretend to be, it is a bit of fun, a bit of fun that I thoroughly enjoyed. ( )
  jhullie | Mar 20, 2018 |
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'To you I shall say, as I have often said before,
'Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.'
Jane Austen
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For my dear friend Dana
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man.
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Hes every womans fantasy After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily Albright has decided shes had it with modern-day men. Shed rather pour herself a glass of wine, curl up with Pride and Prejudice and step into a time where men were dashing, devoted and honourable, strode across fields in breeches, their damp shirts clinging to their chests, and werent into internet porn. So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men, Emily decides to book a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead. She quickly realises she wont find her dream man here. The coach tour is full of pensioners, apart from one Mr Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist sent to write a piece on why Mr Darcys been voted the man most women would love to date Until she walks into a room and finds herself face-to-face with Darcy himself. And every womans fantasy suddenly becomes one womans reality

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