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Pride and Prejudice's Mary Bennet gets her own story...
The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl. With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man. But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her.
Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters concoct a plan. Lizzy invites Mary to visit at Pemberley, hoping to give her sister a place to grow and make new acquaintances. But it is only when Mary strikes out independently that she can attempt to become accomplished in her own right. And in a family renowned for its remarkable Misses, Mary Bennet may turn out to be the most wholly unexpected of them all...
- Sales Rank: #1062976 in Books
- Published on: 2011-12-06
- Released on: 2011-12-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.19" h x .80" w x 5.45" l, .55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
About the Author
Patrice Sarath is the author of the novels Red Gold Bridge and Gordath Wood. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
A must for all AUSTEN-ites and a keeper for me :)
By bookworm2bookworm
I reviewed this novell for Romance Reader At Heart Website.
RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:
Every time I get ready to read one of these books that take place `after' the original Pride and Prejudice, my stomach gets all tied in knots! For some reason, I dread as much as I anticipate the story, and this was no different. But then I read the first sentence, and my heart just sang!
"It is a comforting belief among much of society, that a plain girl with a small fortune must have no more interest in matrimony than matrimony has in her."
We all met Mary in the original, and we all had the picture of her in our minds, but this book will bring this young woman to life and she will surprise and delight you. It was a delight to watch her come into her own, to see her become a happy and confident young woman.
I just loved the way this author took our Mary away from all the preconceptions of her that I had, and on top of it, gave her a love story worthy of Jane and Lizzie. Mr. Tom Aikens was her perfect match and everything she needed. He was such a loveable hero, and I found myself in awe of how perfect they were for each other.
Oh, and to see and get a chance to catch up with everyone was pure bliss!
What I liked the best was this author's prose, which was as close as one can get to Austen's; and with it, she kept me grounded, so I hardly felt the transition from the original.
I highly recommend THE UNEXPECTED MISS BENNET to all Austen fans. As a matter a fact, this is a must for them, and it's a definite keeper for me. I'll still be tied up in knots, but possibly less so after this wonderful book.
Melanie
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
The Unexpected Miss Bennet nourished my soul!
By Jeffrey Ward
Mary Bennet, that plain, pedantic, priggish, middle sister from Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice, who gave us such deadpan lines as, "I admire the activity of your benevolence...but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required." (Chapter 7) is explored in this new sequel by Patrice Sarath. How Mary could be made into a heroine the caliber of her elder sister Elizabeth, we shall soon discover.
Her intimate story is a sojourn from Longbourn, to Pemberley, to Rosings, back to Longbourn and finally to_________? Feeling betrayed by all of her favorite pursuits that formerly brought meaning to her life, nothing is spared from her frustrated scrutiny: not the pianoforte, not her singing, and not even her book of sermons. "Perhaps she should not rest all of her hopes on Fordyce. He had been a good a good guide, but a narrow one, and she had begun, if not to walk a different path, then to at least question the mapmaker." (p. 27)
It's been a year since the other Bennet daughters have married. Kitty has "come out" and will spend the summer with the Bingleys. Will "plain" Mary ever attract a suitor or just become an old maid? Jane and Lizzy plot to bring her to Pemberley for the summer to "improve" her. Lizzy tells Darcy of the plan: "You have the look of mischief about you," Mr Darcy said. "Much as when we first met and exchanged words. Have I need to fear?" "Not at all" she said. "I merely came to warn you that I am my mother's daughter after all. Jane and I are prepared to make a match for Mary." (p. 9) However, has Mary already encountered a "match?" Perhaps.....
Poor Mary despairs of anyone ever sincerely paying attention to her. Prior to her Pemberley visit, she plays the pianoforte at a dance. Mary, who has zero experience with men, is asked to dance by a young gentleman named Tom Aikens. Ms. Sarath has brilliantly fashioned a most unforgettable and loveable hero, much in the mold of another popular hero nicknamed "Turnip," in Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series. Mr. Aikens is everything Mary is not: vigorous, outgoing, brash, unkempt, unread, and most-often found on horseback. Shy, bookish Mary is a magnet to Mr. Aikens who pursues her from Pemberley to Rosings and back to Longbourn. But, is he destined to lose interest, due to her own self-doubting confusion over how he could possibly like her?
The principals eventually all show up at Rosings: Mary, the Darcys (including Georgiana), the Collins's and even Mr. and Mrs. Bennet arrive to deliver Mary's trunk. Mary finally meets the enigmatic Anne. At first, Mary thinks Anne to be intellectually deficient. "Understanding pierced her and she felt a great and sudden sorrow. She had been right. Anne De Bourgh was simple, and all of Lady Catherine's bluster, all of her posturing and praise on behalf of daughter, was to deny herself the knowledge." (p. 85) It turns out that Anne is not all that simple but overly protected and sequestered away. Becoming friends, they improve each other to the point that Lady Catherine asks Mary to become Anne's companion and stay at Rosings. But the grand lady continually seeks to discover a breech in Mary's behavior that will bring social condemnation on the entire Bennet family. Alas, the inevitable blunder in propriety finally occurs. Will this end Mary's friendship, destroy her budding self-esteem, banish her from Rosings and ostracize her from polite society forever? Further, there is an ironic and shocking surprise near the conclusion.
I can explain my love for this story in a single word: AUTHENTICITY. Ms. Sarath faithfully renders all of our favorite P&P characters, vividly accentuates the dangerous social pitfalls for women of that time, and delivers the Regency style "lingo" that we all crave. In contrast to Miss Austen's exquisitely long sentences is this author's style which occasionally links a series of short sentences together which impart drama, action, and clarity to the story. The author also sprinkles gems of charming humor throughout, especially in Mary's secret thoughts which show her innate intelligence, despite her lack of social awareness. Where Lizzy talks with complete candor, Mary converses politely and appropriately, but the author simultaneously reveals Mary's very contrary private opinions which are highly amusing.
Author Patrice Sarath's The Unexpected Miss Bennet, has cleaved me from my objectivity! Why? The story exactly and uncannily fulfills my daydreaming heart's projected future for this most unappreciated and neglected Bennet sister. In the face of such a coincidental affirmation, how could I not pronounce this delightful little 224 page story one of the very best Austen sequels I have ever read?
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Started out promising, then took a nosedive
By fairandbright
I'm always on the lookout for Pride and Prejudice sequels that deal with characters other than Lizzy and Darcy, and when I saw this one about Mary, I was intrigued and excited. I always thought given some time to grow, Mary could have great potential and not remain one of the "silly" Bennet sisters.
And the start of this book seemed to be just what I'd hoped for. Mary starts off by questioning Fordyce's advice, as well as accepting the fact that she could never be truly accomplished in playing the pianoforte or singing. This was just what I'd hoped she'd come to realize, and that she could grow from there. Unfortunately, this book had a weak spot, and it colors the whole thing: the romance. The romance with Mr Aikens is completely unbelievable and as I kept reading, I expected another, more suitable gentleman to come along. Really, I thought Mr Aikens was meant to represent a silly character in Jane Austen's style: a Miss Bates, or Mary Musgrove type person. Surely he couldn't be the only love interest?
But no, I was wrong. Inexplicably, Mary kept turning her thoughts to Mr. Aikens, though their acquaintance was short and the one evening they had spent dancing, she found very odd, instead of a very happy event. After this, the story shifts tone a bit, in having Mary become Anne de Bourgh's companion. As I also enjoy sequels about Anne finally getting out from under her mother's thumb, I was excited by this, but it wasn't what I'd hoped it would be. When Mr Aikens returns to the story, he does something so shockingly stupid that I was turned right off. What little we were told about Mr Aikens led me to believe he seriously had ADHD, as he said he couldn't sit still and couldn't even pay attention more than a page when Mary read to him. And I didn't think a person as lively as he suited Mary at all. I don't want to give away the ending of the book, but suffice to say, he does something incredibly stupid without thinking of what the consequences might be, and that reflects poorly on Mary. Yet, of course, everyone seems to blame Mary for his stupidity.
Later, as the book was drawing to a close, it seems to me the author realized she hadn't really given a good reason why Mary should favor Mr Aikens, and the scene out under the tree on the way to Meryton is rushed, and completely without depth. I didn't believe in their romance at all and it was all I could do just to get to the end of the book.
As for the secondary story of Kitty going to London with Jane, there was hardly a point to it beyond having Kitty be the catalyst to bring Lydia and Wickham back to the story, and there was absolutely no reason for them to be in it. What was accomplished at the end with them? Their situation was, and will be, much the same as it was before, so I'm curious if this was merely filler by the author to reach a certain page count.
Overall, I was greatly disappointed with this book, as it started out so promising. The characters we know from Austen are written true to form, and it was only the new addition of Mr Aikens that was poorly written. He had no depth at all. He loves horses and can't sit still, not even to read. He dances energetically and dresses messily. Also he defers to others to make his decisions for him. That is literally the extent of his character. I didn't believe in the romance between him and Mary, and the only thing they share in common is that neither thinks the other will put up with them. That's not the best thing to base a marriage on.
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