The Life and Times of Charlotte Lucas

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

De: AnnaMarie Wallace

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Charlotte Lucas marries Mr. Collins, a man she can neither love nor respect, but what more can a plain-faced girl with no dowry hope for?

When Mr. Darcy and Colonel Fitzwilliam visit Lady Catherine, Charlotte and the Colonel conspire to help Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy reach an understanding before the visit ends. In the process, Charlotte falls in love with the Colonel, and learns that he cares for her as well! Alas, their love is doomed, as Charlotte is very much married.

When Mr. Bennet dies, Charlotte and Mr. Collins soon find themselves living at Longbourn. But life at Longbourn is far more complicated than they ever imagined, as Mrs. Bennet refuses to leave the house, and Lydia Bennet arrives on their doorstep very pregnant, but not married.

While the Darcys, the Bingley and the Gardiners do their best to help Charlotte deal with the troubles at Longbourn, it is ultimately up to Charlotte – plain, sensible Charlotte – to set things right.

This is a full-length novel of over 90,000 words.

Charlotte

This was a cute story line, not at all stressful and if was engaging. I’ll probably listen to it again

Pleasant Story

Enjoyable Pride and Prejudice spin off from the perspective of Charlotte Lucas. Only downside was the emotionless artificial narration. Bearable if listened to at 1.2x speed. I plan to “read” other novels from this author.

Captivating story

I was wrapped up in the book from the beginning. This was the best virtual narration I have listened to so far.
The writing was excellent. I felt as if Charlotte was talking to me personally. Charlotte is the star and Lydia turns out to be the costar. The writer does a masterful job bringing all the familiar characters to life. Most characters are somewhat different than I anticipated but usually in a good or better than expected way. Don’t miss listening to this book- I predict you will love it.

Charlotte's happy ending

It was heart breaking and wonderful at the same time! One of the few variations from Charlotte's perspective and it does not disappoint!

113 Chapters in 9 Hours

I keep trying new authors and new electronic "readers". Had this been a great story it might have been worth it. Alas, it was only average.

Closest to actual P&P “Life goes on” Entries!

Char, the Woman accomplished “Sow’s Ear into Silk Purse” per Eliz ref to Mr Collins. Just a marvelous con’t of Longbourne, Bennet’s et Al. Minus the wickedness & screeching, Fanny’s a bygone memory. In her stead are very wise choices & lives lived thoughtfully & w/ grace.

Really Interesting

This was a very good story. I loved reading about Charlotte. The virtual narration is unfortunate but I find I can handle it better if I listen to it on a faster speed..

Really liked this one! Charlotte is such an interesting character

So glad someone thought to write a book about Charlotte, who I always thought was really intriguing. This story was really good and not cheesy like a lot of the variations. I’ve read. I’ll never be a fan of virtual narration because it doesn’t capture the emotion of a story, but the rest of it was really captivating.

Horrifically selfish Darcys, Bingleys, Gardners, etc.

"Let's dump spoiled, angry Mrs. Bennet on the Collins. We sure don't want to be bothered with her." Basically, that's the storyline. And after Fanny reeks havoc, just wait until Lydia shows up out of nowhere. What a s**t show.

Deserves a human voice

Having read a ton of Austin variations, I would rate this as a pretty decent story. Not a ton of action, but I felt that the author has been true to the characters that we all know so well.

the virtual voice was really hard to tolerate. it made all of the dialogue difficult to follow due to the lack of variation in the voice itself. The lack of dynamism of a bad narrator has a negative impact on the story as an audiobook.

I would read more titles by this author if they weren’t all virtual voiced. This was the first book that I’ve listened to with an AI narrator and it will be my last.