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Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Continued is a sequel that focuses on, as the title suggests, Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana. Miss Darcy lives with her brother and his wife, Elizabeth, at Pemberley and is relatively content with her unmarried state (she is still pretty young as it's only a few years after the end of Pride and Prejudice). Her aunt Catherine de Bourgh is not quite as content to have Georgiana single and has decided that a house party and ball at Pemberley are in order. Both of which are stocked, of course, with the right sort of gentleman, ones Lady de Bourgh has deemed acceptable suitors for her niece. However, Georgiana is secretly in love with another gentleman - her cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam. It seems her crush is unrequited and there are plenty of other interesting gentleman around - will one of them win Georgiana's heart?
The book is written in first person in the format of a diary. I am not always fond of diary formats because I feel that sometimes the description of events and action feels forced. That was not the case here, in fact, the diary format worked perfectly! Georgiana's voice came through clear and strong, but I didn't feel as if the action was being short-changed at all. There was also the addition of period illustrations as "sketches" that Georgiana was including in her diary. Again, I wasn't entirely sure if it would work or feel forced, but it totally worked. Anna Elliot was able to weave them in so well that they seemed a natural and charming outgrowth of Georgiana - of course she would be including sketches in her diary!
I really enjoyed the development of Georgiana's relationships with the various characters in the book. The reader gets the sense of a relatively shy girl beginning to blossom into womanhood, and the portrait of this growth is painted with a light but sure touch. There is a particularly interesting relationship that develops between Georgiana and her cousin, Anne, which gives depth and character to both women. It was actually one of my favorite parts of the book.
Colonel Fitzwilliam is a fully realized and fleshed out character in this sequel as well. As a solider returned from war, he deals with many issues, including what seem to be symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Again, Elliot is able to develop her characters with subtlety and realism, creating a very authentic, but not overwrought, feel.
My one minor issue with this novel was in instance in which Georgiana caught on (I felt) much to quickly to a gentleman's insinuation about something that a girl of her age in her time period would likely have no knowledge about. Being the sensitive and kind soul she is portrayed by Elliot to be, it is possible that she would have eventually guessed at it, or at least acted like she knew what he was talking about, but I felt like she "got it" too fast. This is an extremely minor complaint, however, as this represents about two paragraphs of the book as a whole.
Georgiana Darcy's Dairy exceeded my expectations in every way, and I had pretty high expectations going in. I thought this was a lovely, realistic, and charming depiction of Georgiana. The dramatic twists and turns were believable and the relationships between the characters were good enough to inspire a second reading. Anna Elliot has written a sequel entitled Pemberley to Waterloo: Georgiana Darcy's Diary, Volume 2, and I am looking forward to reading it.
Five Stars.
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