Peacocks of Pemberley

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Laraba Kendig

Narrated by: Harry Frost

Darcy is surprised that Elizabeth has won the friendship of his unusual sister, and he is shocked when he begins to fall for her as well.

Mr. Darcy feels guilty that he was not there to prevent Mr. Bingley from marrying Jane Bennet, who no doubt was only after his money. As to their upcoming stay at Pemberley, surely if he can tolerate Caroline Bingley, than he can tolerate Jane’s sister, Elizabeth, as well.

When the Bingleys and Elizabeth visit, Darcy's peculiar sister Georgiana finds Miss Bennet to be a delightful companion. As Elizabeth helps Darcy to understand and appreciate his sister, he realizes the handsome Miss Bennet is an admirable woman.

Caroline Bingley, Catherine de Bourgh, and George Wickham plot to achieve their own selfish goals. Even as these threats arise, love whispers to Elizabeth and Darcy to overcome their pride and prejudice.

©2022 Laraba P Kendig (P)2025 Laraba P Kendig

Wonderful story and performance

This book meets all my expectations for an alternate P&P book. The characters were like old friends. Very cozy and sweet with some unexpected moments. The reader is excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed the story.

Absolutely delightful

I truly enjoyed this book. Although nine and a half hours long, the book is very fast moving and engrossing. I finished it in one day because I just could not stop! I wanted to know how it ended. The plot is different from the original P&P in that Darcy and Elizabeth did not meet until after Jane and Charles Bingley were married. The newly married Bingleys came to visit Georgiana and Darcy at Pemberly and bought Elizabeth and Caroline Bingley with them. I loved the wonderful character of Georgiana. She is delightfully unusual - apparently is somewhere on the autism scale. She is shy and socially awkward. She cannot stand Caroline but takes an immediate liking to Elizabeth. This of course infuriates Caroline. What I really really liked about this book is that Charles Bingley grows a backbone and also I like that appropriate retribution is visited upon all the villains (Caroline, Wickham, Lady Catherine, Mrs. Young, etc.). That is very satisfying because many times the villains in the P&P books do not get punished for their hateful actions.
Harry Frost is the perfect choice as narrator. In fact Frost is always the perfect choice as narrator of P&P books. He has a wonderful Mr. Darcy voice. In addition, he does an amazing job in this book performing the voices and personalities of Georgiana, Caroline and Lady Katherine! Frost skillfully reads with versatility, understanding, feeling and with a smoothness that is most pleasing.

Another excellent book

I loved the relationship between Darcy and Georgianna and Georgianna and Elizabeth. Most of all it really resonated with me as a parent the conversations between Darcy and Fitzwilliam about how they raise Georgianna and what her life might look like in the future. I have children that I have to have conversations like this all the time. You question yourself and what is best for them. You finally come to the conclusion you do your best to make them happy and successful in life but maybe not exactly like everyone sees it should be.

The turns in the plots were fun and I always love this author and narrator combo just wonderful!

Outstanding Book and Performance!

I enjoyed this book and the narrator immensely. It is a rich P&P variation with an unusual element of a character on the autism spectrum. It is so good that I have listened to it three times, particularly for the amusing portrayals of Caroline Bingley and Lady Catherine. Excellent book!

Loved it!

The story is very well done and having Harry Frost as narrator was excellent. I would highly recommend this to anyone.