After (After, #1)
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Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition,...
Steptoe & Son: 16 Episodes of the Classic BBC Radio Sitcom: No. 3 & 4
Full Cast, Alan Simpson, Ray Galton and Harry H. Corbett
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The complete third and fourth series of the classic radio sitcom starring Harry H Corbett and...
Waiting for Walter
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Set partly in late 1950's London, Waiting for Walter follows the fortunes of two people over a...
Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America
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A provocative, and timely, solution for ridding America of the traces of Jim Crow policies to create...
A Recent History of Lesbian and Gay Psychology: From Homophobia to LGBT
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This ground-breaking text explores the contemporary history of how psychological research, practice,...
Beauty and the Beast (Timeless Fairy Tales #1)
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Once upon a time Elle made a mistake. A small miscalculation sends her through the roof of an...
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
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Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and...
A Burning
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A girl walks through the slums of Kolkata holding an armful of books. She returns home smelling of...
Full Disclosure
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In a community that isn't always understanding, an HIV-positive teen must navigate fear, disclosure,...
Charlotte is a continuation of Charlotte Lucas’ story after we leave her in Pride and Prejudice. She marries Mr Collins, and whilst we may remember him as something of a buffoon, he is quite different here. He still waxes lyrical about Lady de Bourgh - she does pay the bills after all - but he seems to be a good, loving father, and a decent husband.
There’s some really good insight into a lot of these characters from the original book: Lady de Bourgh, Anne de Bourgh (who becomes friends with Charlotte), Mr Collins, Lizzy and Charlotte herself. All were richly described, and it felt good to be back with them.
What really surprised me was Charlottes inner life: the passion, her heartache, how capable she was as the manager of a house and its servants.
And there was quite a surprising turn of events that I’ll say nothing of, but it was quite exciting and lovely.
I’m glad I’ve read this book at last. If you’re an Austen reader/ fan, I think you’d be interested in this. It’s probably a bit more risqué than Austen would have written at the time, but it’s certainly in the same vein.
Recommended.