Mr Darcy's New Neighbour

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Marie Green

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

An unusual invitation sees Elizabeth and her father travel to the port town of Liverpool. Whilst there she is surprised to meet Mr Darcy, Colonel Fitzwilliam and Mr Wickham.
Elizabeth is about to be astounded time and again by the events that play out in Liverpool. Events which see her undertake a night time adventure with two men she had no idea were in fact cousins!
While staying at Gracechurch Street in London she had been invited by Lady Matlock to a soiree at Matlock Gardens. It was there that she was left in no doubt, by her Ladyship, that she was not a suitable wife for her son Colonel Fitzwilliam, who Elizabeth had only recently met. Too poor, was the insinuation and certainly not born high enough.
After being duped by Wickham and astonished by what she overheard Mr Darcy say to his cousin, Elizabeth was delighted when within less than a week, her life changed immeasurably. A change which would find her living, albeit temporarily, only five miles from Pemberley.
This is a gentle, lightly amusing tale of the developing love between Darcy and Elizabeth, with all its ups and downs.

It was alright

I liked that a long lost uncle assumed to be dead comes back to England having made it big in Canada. It gave new options for the storyline. I didn't really feel like getting big dowries made much difference in their lives though. Yes, a lot of people want to marry E but there isn't really much relationship with any of them so the reader doesn't care that she told them all no. They were mostly throw away characters. Wickham shows up and he and Miss Freckles, whose name I can't think of, dupe Elizabeth into helping them elope but are thwarted in the end. But it looks like he is maybe reformed.
I didn't see much relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy until they are engaged basically.
I liked listening to the story but by the time it was over I had a hard time picking out great parts. The story isn't bad but it wasn't the best. I have to wonder how much the virtual voice played into that. Did it sound boring because the voice is boring? Why can't I remember very many specifics even though I listened to most of it yesterday and just finished the last 25 minutes a bit ago. I think I need a Jaff cleanse before I start a new one.