Any Fair Interference

A Pride & Prejudice Variation

By: Nan Harrison

Narrated by: Lauren Aycock

To be a fool is one thing, to be a fool for love is something else altogether.

Shortly after the precipitous departure of Mr Bingley and his party from Netherfield Park, disaster strikes Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s family. Not only is Mr Bennet ill, Longbourn and indeed all of Meryton is struggling through one of England’s worst winters. Elizabeth draws on every strength to care for her family, but faces the alarming prospect of losing both her father and her home. Her lonely struggles lead her to revise her opinion of a certain gentleman, and she finds unexpected solace in dreams of Mr Darcy.

Fitzwilliam Darcy believes he can escape his attraction to Elizabeth by leaving Netherfield. He soon finds himself snowbound at Pemberley, where forced isolation compels him to contemplate his duty, and contrast it with dreams of his heart’s desire. No matter how he considers it, though, he feels he cannot have Elizabeth, the one he truly loves.

Fortunately Darcy's friends and his family–Georgiana, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and the Hursts–feel far differently than he, and soon even the most unlikely allies have come together to help him see that happiness is the highest consideration of all. But will he and Elizabeth find the courage to follow their hearts before it is too late?

Any Fair Interference is a Pride and Prejudice variation.

©2022 Nancy Narigon (P)2022 Quills & Quartos Publishing

Poor Narration of an Interesting Story

Very nice story, but poor narration is so distracting! Narrators need to do research on their subject before they begin a recording project. There is just no excuse for mispronounciation of canon words such as Longbourn or de Bourgh, much less standard, everyday words. By the end of the first hour, I was yelling the words that were mispronounced out of frustration. It does a disservice to the author. Choose better narrators, please!

Good, but the narration was a tad irritating

I enjoyed the story as it contained its own unique bits. I think my only complaint would be that the introduction of the highborne friends that take Caroline in, for whichever reason, seem to have no point other than just keeping her away from her family. I liked those characters and I loved the almost grandfatherly relationship that was created when you fully discover it, but those characters ultimately had little point in the story. It felt like they deserved their own story and that's why they felt out of place here.

The narration had random, nonsensical pronunciations:
Longbourn = Long-burn (bro, what?!)
Michaelmas = Michael-mass
Settee = satay
Come on lady, do your research. Longbourn is said often so it's extra painful to the ears.

The chapter endings had odd timing. I often wondered if my 'do not disturb' function had kicked in or if I was getting a call because there would too long of a pause between the end of the chapter and the new one.

Love this story

Very well written. All was happy all around except Caroline should have been made to get her own place...lol.
The narrator I didn't car for but was ok. I wished more of the variation could be read by Arthur Rowan

Very interesting story

Very interesting story. A severe winter keeps Bingley, Jane and Darcy and Elizabeth apart. But this allows them all to understand themselves their wants and personal failings. Caroline Bingley joining a houseparty makes for a much happier household for the Hursts and Bingley. It’s very satisfying when our favorite characters do reunite. The narrator was ok except for some very glaring and irritating mispronunciations. I’m more disappointed in the production co. Quills and Quartos than the new narrator. They produce so many Pride and Prejudice variations I can’t understand how they didn’t catch the errors and get them corrected before releasing the audiobook. The editor and proof listener, if there was one have ruined Quills and Quartos previous stellar reputation.

3.5 to 4

the first three quarters of the book was very good I found it fascinating but I could see why Jane Austen herself didn't write romance per se because the last quarter was very treacly and read like a Harlequin romance. I'm not into that.

narrator was good except.for the unpardonable sin of pronouncing Longbourn as Long burn. you would think someone would have caught this since the word is repeated often