Top 10 Reasons to Read Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge 10. Healthy, wealthy, and wise-cracking characters 9. Children who say the darndest things 8. Artful alliterations 7. Prestigious Pemberley 6. Precious pets 5. Pretentious puns 4. Regency slang 3. Fitzwilliam Darcy 2. Drunk Fitzwilliam Darcy 1. Wet Fitzwilliam Darcy 3 Comments Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge is a pun-filled tale featuring Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice characters with some added or addled, missing or missish, modified or mortified, healthier, wealthier, or wiser SUMMARY: It all started on a Summery day ... Impeccable comportment is mandatory in Regency England, a society governed by strict rules of conduct. Perfectionist Fitzwilliam Darcy, heir to an august ancestral estate, is the epitome of an unimpeachable gentleman. Our hero’s immaculate image is somewhat tarnished when he and his handsome traveling companions arrive, hot and sweaty, at Pemberley and decide to take a fateful plunge into a scummy pond. An embarrassing encounter on the estate’s lawn leaves a long-lasting impression on Jane and Elizabeth Bennet, who are new acquaintances of Georgiana and Anna Darcy. With both families in London for the Little Season, Darcy finds himself thrown again into the path of perky, pretty Elizabeth Bennet; but a handsome army officer just might blockade further advances. This Regency-era romantic comedy is a lighthearted adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, featuring a softer, sweeter, sillier side of Jane Austen’s beloved characters.  | AuthorI have been a Nova Scotia resident and an avid reader all my life. I discovered Jane Austen’s works later than others but made up for lost time by devouring her six novels and as many adaptations, sequels, and fan-fiction stories as I could find. In the midst of all that reading, I realized, ‘Hey, perhaps I can do that!’. The rest, as they say, is history ... her-story ... my story ... and that story is titled Mr. Darcy Takes the Plunge. ArchivesSeptember 2011 CategoriesAll |
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