Mr. Darcy's Diary: A Novel

I adored this take of Darcy's view of how events of his relationship with Elizabeth unfolded. I could hear the characters voices and the detail mirrored them so well. The progression of emotion and feelings was believable and kept me interested for more. I was sad when I got to the last page. I will definitely look more into this author.

This novel is a collection of diary entries that Mr. Darcy might wrote throughout the course of his relationship with Elizabeth Bennet. Readers who love Pride and Prejudice who fell in love with Mr. Darcy would love the opportunity to become better aquainted with him, his character, and his thoughts.I enjoyed this very easy read a lot. I think some things could have been improved, but overall any fan of Pride and Prejudice would find it an enjoyable read. When you read Darcy's side of the story you begin to understand his actions better than before. You realize when he first started to love Elizabeth and admire him for putting up with characters like Caroline Bingley and George Wickhm with the grace and disposition that he did. It is nice to be inside his mind at every point of the story and see things he only sees. This book is not in the style of Jane Austen's writing although it does borrow a lot of text and conversations from Pride and Prejudice (some of it not so accurately.Two things I did not like about this book were that MR. Darcy only wrote in his diary when he had something to say about Elizabeth, and sometimes skipped weeks or months. I know that this is fictional but I would like to believe that a man as important as Mr. Darcy if he decided to keep a diary would write of other things besides Elizabeth Bennet. I know we as readers would not find it as interesting, though. I have read Mr. Knightley's Diary by the same author and he seemed to have more to write about then just Emma. The second thing was that the author painted Charles Bingley as a flirt who was in and out of love so quickly all the time. I know he does not have the character of Mr. Darcy or the passion, but this book made me dislike him because of his fickleness.Overall it was a fun and easy read, but if you are choosy or critical about Pride and Prejudice or Jane Austen Sequels I would hesitate and read a few more reviews before purchasing.

Follows the book Pride And Prejudice from Darcy’s point of view. Good book

I have the advantage here is that I was able to read and opine over so many other reviews (on Amazon) and comments about this early (2007) re-telling of P&P from Darcy's POV written in diary form. Additionally I have read other versions, i.e., Pamela Aiden's trilogy "A Novel of Fitzwilliam Gentleman", Stanley Michael Hurd's trilogy “Darcy’s Tale”, Regina Jeffers’ “Darcy’s Passions.My impressions were that this did not come across as written by a man. Sorry! I definitely heard a woman attempting to give us Darcy’s opinions and observations. I did not find a lot of depth of feelings considering that we are in his mind, hearing his thoughts. Oh, he said that he loved her but didn’t talk about anguish of thoughts or rejection in a way I would expect from one I view as a passionate man.Much of the dialogue was “copy and paste” from canon or paraphrased by the author. So I found myself skimming through passages. On top of that the language did not truly reflect regency times when told in the author’s own words rather than Jane Austen’s. And I found it grating on my nerves when the word “satirically” (or a version of such) was used over and over again. As another review stated a thesaurus would have been a good tool to use in this instance. After all these years you would think that spelling mistakes would have all been found and corrected. But, no: there were several, i.e., “how old is he?” when “she” was the correct pronoun…at about 11% on my kindle.Ms. Grange did give us some new events or views of persons in the story. Mr. Bingley finally becomes his own man. Anne DeBourgh finds happiness as does our dear Colonel. And there were some new scenes: Darcy participating in society events, searching for a bride and/or someone to clear his mind from thoughts of Elizabeth Bennet. I found amusing Miss Farnham’s one topic of conversation during their dance - her kittens, Spot, Patch and Stripe – how original! LOLI read this novel/diary over three days. Knowing the story of P&P so well there was no urgency to get to the climax nor did the author add enough of her own words to make this a new and fascinating story for me. I am glad I read it as this is one of the authors mentioned often in discussions about Pride and Prejudice variations, especially as told from Darcy’s point of view.

Tenía muchas ganas de comprar este libro y por fin lo logré. Básicamente es la historia de Orgullo y Prejuicio pero contada desde la perspectiva de Darcy. El libro está en inglés, pero diría que tiene un nivel intermedio.

I love this variation, because the opportunity to understand his side is to see the passionate personality hidden beneath all the pomp and circumstance

I bought the Kindle version recently, and I'm in love with Mr Darcy all over again! Highly recommended for all Jane Austen fans.

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Amanda Grange seamlessly adds detail to the Jane Austin classic, Pride and Prejudice, from the perspective of Mr. Darcy.It was a satisfying read from cover to cover, and I loved it. Mr Darcy was shown to have a well hidden heart, beneath his austere, aloof exterior,