Kitty Bennet's Diary

Pride and Prejudice Chronicles, Volume 3

By: Anna Elliott

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

A story of hope and second chances in Regency London narrated by acclaimed actress Mary Sarah. Kitty Bennet is finished with love and romance. She lost her one-time fiancé in the Battle of Waterloo, and in the battle's aftermath saw more ugliness and suffering than she could bear. Staying with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner in London for the winter, Kitty throws her energies into finding a husband for her hopelessly bookish sister Mary, and discovering whatever mysterious trouble is worrying her sister Jane. But then she meets Mr. Lancelot Dalton, a handsome clergyman with a shadowed past - and discovers that though she may be finished with love, love may not be at all finished with her.

©2013 Anna Elliott (P)2016 Anna Elliott

Excellent after-P&P supporting characters story.

I read this series when they were released 10 years ago. I loved them but oh my have I loved these audio books now. I’d forgotten almost everything about them. Although I vividly remembered the scenes that took place in Brussels with Georgiana and Kitty treating wounded soldiers and both waiting and fearing for their own soldiers to come back alive.

This story is post-Waterloo. Back in London. Kitty has has made some judgement errors in the past and struggles with her guilt and memories of the war. She and Mary are living with their relatives the Gardiners in London. Kitty is trying to help Mary come out of her shell by helping her buy flattening clothes and softening her hair style. But this backfires on her in the worst way when Mary’s new visibility attracts the worst rake. Kitty keeps getting into scrapes that makes her need rescuing.

There’s a certain clergyman who comes to her aid several times, or catches her at the silliest moments of her existence. Someone who sees the good in her, when all she feels is embarrassment.

The story has a great cast of characters both canon and newly created and all wonderfully written, both hero and villain alike.

I highly recommend this book for JAFF lovers. It can be enjoyed on its own, but would be much better read and listened to in series order.

Wonderfully done!

I read this novel a while back but chose to listen to it as well. The story is wonderful. I was skeptical as to how Kitty could be made into a sympathetic character and this pastiche does a wonderful job of doing just that.

The performance of the novel is very good. The only noticeable issues I came across were minor. At one point, the narrator (Mary Sarah) refers to Kitty when she meant Mary ( I doubt the character Kitty would refer to herself in the third person). There was also one point where she continues to use an accent meant to express the dialogue of the midwife brought in to assist Jane. Even though the speaker changed, Ms. Sarah continued to use the midwife’s accent. These issues, although noticeable, do not detract from the enjoyment of the story.

I was extremely pleased with the audio version of this book.

Lovely Story

Ms. Elliot does a wonderful job of honoring the original work of Jane Austen while creating a world of her own. I have adored getting to know Kitty and watch her grow into a complicated and admirable heroine.

Love this author and narrator

I have enjoyed the entire Pride and Prejudice series and would highly recommend all of these books.