The Coming of Age of Elizabeth Bennet

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

De: Caitlin Williams

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The very worst has happened. Mr Bennet has died, leaving his wife and five young daughters bereft. The family estate, Longbourn, is now lost, entailed away and fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Bennet is to go two hundred miles away to live with strangers. George Darcy, repaying a debt of gratitude, has offered to take her to Pemberley, to live under the mantle of his care and be raised alongside his own daughter, Georgiana. But on the day she is to leave Longbourn forever, young Elizabeth, grieving and confused, runs off into the Hertfordshire countryside. Fitzwilliam Darcy gives chase, telling his father he will have her back in an hour or two. Luck and fate, however, are not on his side and capturing Elizabeth Bennet turns out not only to be more difficult than he could ever have imagined, but events conspire to turn her little adventure into his worst nightmare. The prideful man and the girl prejudiced against him, meet much earlier in this rethinking of Jane Austen’s masterpiece. Elizabeth grows up under the ever-watchful eye of Mr Darcy, from fifteen to twenty one. She errs and falters, there are stumbles and trips, but could this ‘disobedient little hellion’ one day become mistress of Pemberley and the keeper of his heart?

Memorable plot

Hated Darcy a lot but he came around believably. But then Elizabeth was a brat initially too.

So Irritated!

I haven’t finished the story so I should probably hold off on the review. But give me patience for a story about not wanting to face consequences of your decisions. She lied (and knew she was doing something very wrong in doing so). He didn’t follow his father’s instructions as he should have (his dad told him to come right back and to remember she is a gentleman’s daughter). Now everything is WHY ME!!! But as I’m recuperating from surgery I’ll finish the story (or rip out my stitches in frustration with this story!)

Great story! One one of my favorites

Amazing story I’ve read it a few times. First time listening to it. Overall the AI voice is good. There’s a few times where the pronunciation is off or pauses or lack of pauses not quite right for the breaks in the story, but it’s defiantly listenable

INTERESTING STORY, ALTHOUGH THE MAIN CHARACTERS ACTED VERY IRRATIONALLY AT TIMES, AND THE AI VOICE WAS IRRITATING

overall, I liked the story. it was very interesting plot wise and the behavior of the characters was i mostly appropriate for the time period. however, Darcy and Elizabeth acted very irrationally in the story, which really went against their natures.

I found that character flaws were very irritating, and took away from the overall interesting storyline. I also felt that the computer generated voice really detracted from the story because there was no emotional inflection where it was needed, and the voice never changed for male and female characters.

it would be awesome if they gave this story a real narrator like Harry Frost. he's an awesome narrator. I also think that the author ought to rethink Elizabeth and Darcy's behavior toward each other, especially at the beginning of the book. the story would have been much shorter without all the irrational behavior, and it would have made it a better story too.

P&P Saga narrated with Better Than Usual VV

Very long (really long) variation of a Forced Marriage between Darcy & Elizabeth when she is only fifteen. The author writes a very good, well-developed story, but I did not care for Darcy much until his “awakening.” But then there are an awful lot of variations in which Darcy needs a good whack to his head. Incredibly detailed but a very slow tale so not for those who want a lot of fast action or constant drama or similar. I enjoyed the story - despite Darcy - as much of a Regency young lady’s upbringing / limitations / education etc… was pictured in realistic terms. It is a shame this book wasn’t read by a good narrator like Stevie Z or Harry Frost or someone else as good, but for Virtual Voice, it isn’t so bad - better than most.