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Presumption : an Entertainment by Barrett, Julia; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A delightful revel for any reader who has ever longed to spend just a few more hours in the company of Jane Austen's engaging people, Bennets, Darcys, Collins, de Bourghs. Here, in this witty sequel to Pride and Prejudice, are all of our old friends, and some newer ones too. In the idyllic serenity of their great house, Pemberley, we find Georgiana Darcy now under the happy tutelage of her young sister-in-law, Elizabeth Bennet Darcy. At seventeen years, she is just coming to womanhood. Georgiana, romantic by nature, has been wounded by her previous misadventure with Lieutenant George Wickham, and has vowed to give her heart to no man. Her vow, however, is sorely put to the test by the attentions of the gallant Captain Thomas Heywood, newly returned from the Naval Wars. No such threat is posed by James Leigh-Cooper, a brilliant architect engaged by Fitzwilliam Darcy for improvements upon his Derbyshire estate: this guileless, plain-spoken admirer somehow succeeds in nettling Georgiana at their every encounter. Meanwhile, the unfortunate Bennet clan is beset by its share of woes. Although both Elizabeth and Jane are now grandly married, a new scandal involving their foolish Aunt Phil

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Author

Barrett, Julia; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice

Publisher

New York: M. Evans

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871317360

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.29 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14