Passages

A Pemberley Tale

De: Brenda J. Webb

Narrado por: Stevie Zimmerman

Passages - A Pemberley Tale is a Pride and Prejudice variation. Not a simple retelling, it is an intriguing new story that does not follow canon.

Years after her ruin at the hands of George Wickham, Georgiana Darcy is a virtual prisoner at Pemberley as a result of her brother’s good intentions. Drastic changes have taken their toll, leaving brother and sister adrift from polite society.

Faithful to his vow to prevent further harm to his sister, Fitzwilliam Darcy has retreated from the few friends and acquaintances who still acknowledge him. Lonelier than ever, Darcy’s life is swallowed up by darkness until the day a young woman is discovered close to death on the estate grounds.

Unaware of her identity, Elizabeth Bennet finds herself the recipient of Fitzwilliam Darcy’s benevolence whilst she recovers from her own encounter with Wickham. Elizabeth’s presence breathes life back into Pemberley and its occupants, until Wickham returns with a nefarious plan to regain control of both Elizabeth and Georgiana.

Will Elizabeth fulfil her destiny and rescue Darcy from a desolate life or will the mystery of her parentage take her in another direction, leaving him alone once more?

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Excellent!

A reclusive Darcy discovers an unconscious Elizabeth on Pemberley grounds and rescues her, seeing to her care and recovery. I really enjoyed the love story in this tale, which took some interesting twists, especially regarding Elizabeth’s heritage. Typical villains plus a new one who added drama and angst—something that this author expertly brings to her stories.

Another fabulous narration by Stevie Zimmerman, and I’m so happy to have another of Brenda Webb’s books come to audio.

Highly recommend.

Mature content.

Wow! Everything I love in a variation! It’s mostly D&E with some angst. This one is a must!

I absolutely love P&P Variations that start somewhere other than Longbourn or the Assembly! This one starts at Pemberley which is where I’d wish all the new variations to start at. Immediately there is drama with D to save the day! My 2nd fav part is most of the story revolves around our fav couple! And of course a HEA!

Love This!!

A new twist on the P&P tale, but characters remain true, even in the epilogue. Of course, Stevie Zimmerman did a phenomenal job as usual.

Will likely listen to again and again.

A little bit of everything

I really enjoyed this listen. There was drama, suspense, romance, emotion, and more that kept me looking forward to driving so I could find out what would happen next.

Expansive Arcs of Characters

The canon divergence of this adaptation allowed expanded arcs of characters. The journeys have higher highs and lower lows without being overly sensational. It made sense, therefore, that the book was long. And I enjoyed having a longer story to read.