Mr. Darcy's Decision

A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

By: Juliette Shapiro

Narrated by: Polly Lee

In Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen brought together one of the most beloved literary couples of all time - Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Now, Mr. Darcy's Decision continues the story of these passion-filled newlyweds as they enter London’s glamorous high society. This pause-resisting novel finds Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy entangled in the frivolity and ferocity of social intrigues. Although Elizabeth makes a powerful friend in the Marchioness of Englebury, the rivalry and jealousy among her ladyship’s prestigious clique threatens to destroy the success of her new marriage. Written in the style of Jane Austen, full of humor and sardonic wit, Mr. Darcy's Decision brings Regency society vividly to life and continues the romantic, sometimes tragic, stories of other popular Pride & Prejudice characters including Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennet.

©2008 Juliette Shapiro (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Narration was agonizing

Thia could have been a good listen but the narration was so slow and ponderous that I found myself groaning out loud. Fun premise and would have been a quick read -instead was loooong and sloooow.

Brilliant

As a devout worshipper of Jane Austen and all things Pride and Prejudice, I can say that I was not disappointed. It was so good to be back with Darcy and Elizabeth although I do wish that there was more of Jane and Bingley.

I thought the narrator did a really good job. Although I didn’t like the low accent applied to the Gardners and Mr Bennet. It was what I expected for Mrs Bennet.

I really enjoyed it and will likely read it again.

Terrible Narrator

The storyline was of interest to me, but I didn’t make it to the second chapter because of the narrator.

excellent job!

I admit I was a bit skeptical of the narration and story due to some of the reviews but I'm so glad I proceeded with the story! I could not stop once I pressed play! The way the author wrote each characters growth (except "lady" Katherine- ugh, still a vile woman) was superb! Definitely an excellent sequel to the original book!

Did not meet my expectations

While overall I think the writing was fair and in style, the different elements were overall lacking. The plot was so/so, the character development was not really evident, there were significant inconsistencies with how the original described the futures of the various characters. There was too much focus on Mrs. Bennett for a large portion of the book, which was utterly annoying to me. The beginning of each chapter has a quote from Pride and Prejudice, but I didn’t see any connection to it with the rest of the chapter, so it was just weird and unnecessary.

As far as the audio performance, while I truly enjoyed her normal voice and some of the characters, her male voices were not very good.