Mistaking Her Character
A Pride and Prejudice Variation
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Mistaking Her Character
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Narrated by:
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Lesley Parkin
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By:
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Maria Grace
About this listen
Lady Catherine de Bourgh is prepared to be very generous when it comes to medical care for her sickly daughter, Anne - generous enough to lure noted physician Dr. Thomas Bennet to give up his London practice and move his family to Rosings Park. But his good income comes with a price: complete dependence on his demanding patroness’s every whim.
Now the Bennet family is trapped, reliant on Lady Catherine for their survival. Their patroness controls every aspect of the Bennet household, from the shelves in the closet to the selection of suitors for the five Bennet daughters. Now she has chosen a husband for headstrong Elizabeth Bennet - Mr. George Wickham.
But Lady Catherine’s nephew, Fitzwilliam Darcy, is not so sure about his aunt’s choice. He is fascinated by the compassionate Elizabeth who seems to effortlessly understand everyone around her, including him. Lady Catherine has other plans for Darcy, though, and she forbids Elizabeth to even speak to him.
As Anne’s health takes a turn for the worse, Darcy and Elizabeth are thrown together as Dr. Bennet struggles to save Anne’s life. Darcy can no longer deny the truth - he is in love with Elizabeth Bennet. But Lady Catherine will do anything to stop Darcy from marrying her - even if it means Elizabeth will lose everything she loves.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Lesley Mac
- 10-05-2020
Just too, too...OTT
If I had bought this book on Kindle, I think I would have been able to read it with more enjoyment than listening to it inspired. I used up a credit to buy it and I did listen to the end but it was an absolute chore.
Lesley Parkin’s narration, for me, was painful. Especially, strangely, the female voices. Lady Catherine and Elizabeth were the worst.
Elizabeth was not the bright as a button character we know and love but a person who doubts herself at every turn, even though she does right by everyone and yet is treated as less than a slug on the underside of a rock by those who should cherish her. Mrs Bennet is a wicked stepmother (Jane and Elizabeth’s mother died when they were quite young) to Lizzy but not to Jane, and Mr Bennet uses Lizzy as his personal slave. He is a talented doctor but he comes up with the treatments and then leaves Lizzy to carry out all the nursing care while he sucks up to Lady C and sleeps his nights away in his own bed.
Lizzy has made friends with the servants at Rosings because she helps them with all of their minor ailments, and until Darcy (and Georgiana) stay at Rosings, the servants are the people she is most open with.
Of course, Darcy meets her and falls in love but once they are a couple—and what a distressing journey that is—he has to admonish her for continually running herself down!
Lady Catherine is the worst I think I have ever seen committed to paper (as it were) and Mr Bennet is also one of the worst. Lizzy is a martyr—too good to be true—and her ill treatment at the hands of Lady C and Mr Bennet falls short of physical abuse but their other abuses of her really turn this story into a Gothic novel that Catherine Morland would have devoured with shivery fervour.
This P&P variation is more like a fairytale where the beautiful princess awaits a handsome prince to take her away from her horrible life.
Far from Maria Grace’s best effort.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- amc
- 19-09-2020
Not appealing
The story was disappointing especially as Elizabeth’s father was made out to be a user of his daughters good nature and existence.
He was made out to be cruel and mean and selfish. In the original story he was tolerant of his wife’s attitude and doted on Elizabeth, the only one in his family who loved and understood him.
I did not like the narrator’s voices especially that of Elizabeth. All in all the women sounded whiny, even those who were in authority or had a strength of character. Also it droned on.
I do not wish to insult anyone but this is how this audio struck me.
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