It is the story of Emma from the point of view of Mr. Note: Amanda Grange has written many romantic novels, but one of notice is Mr. If you’re a fan of Harlequin Romances, this one will give you an evening of pleasure, but if you’re looking for unique literary perspectives on a beloved novel, keep looking.

Darcy’s Diary is kind of an upscale romantic novel. Sadly, there were no quotations that I was able to glean from this book because everything that was written that was worth quoting came from Austen’s book in the first place. Darcy, Amanda Grange chose to quote the original work directly. Instead of writing a clever turn on the events as perceived by Mr. This dialog quoting is merely elegant plagiarism. I can rarely remember what anyone says exactly, so I usually just write something like, “Then Elizabeth Bennet told me that I was too proud.” Instead of quoting her word for word. I have only read my own diary, but it is very rare that I deign to use quotation marks. Darcy’s Diary, he quotes people using quotation marks. It turns out that most of life happens off-screen. Enmeshed in the details of life, a diary rarely talks about the important things. Looking back, my journals do not tell a good story of my life. I have written a diary almost every day for over twenty-five years. Honestly, the idea of putting a story in diary form is not a very good one. Sadly, it wasn’t believable at all as a diary.

Darcy opened to me? Yes, of course, I would choose this book. There was an entire shelf of Jane Austen sequels, prequels and rewrites. Darcy’s Diary by Amanda Grange up at Borders.

Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange