6/2/2023 0 Comments Pd james pemberleyI don't want to spoil the fun, so I won't reveal any more. Wickham himself is discovered bloody and incoherent with grief and alcohol. Colonel Fitzwilliam (family friend and relative) and Darcy go to investigate in the estate's dense woods and find that, indeed, murder has been committed, but the body is not Wickham's, but that of his friend, Captain Denny. Wickham) arrives at Pemberley, uninvited, in a lurching chaise, screaming that her husband has been murdered. The tale begins to take on definite Jamesian tendencies when a hysterical Lydia (Lizzy's sister, now Mrs. The supporting cast of servants get its due – and don't miss the details or you will have to return for bits you may have overlooked. Pride and Prejudice will be familiar with the main actors: the witty, practical yet affectionate Lizzy, now chatelaine of Pemberley the arrogant yet caring Darcy the dashingly villainous Wickham and all the Bennets (Lizzy's parents and sisters) who slide through these pages pursuing their own goals and exhibiting their preoccupation with wealth and its trimmings, as well as their fondness for one another. There is a large cast of characters, each with his or her own past, interests, fears and prejudices, but James manages to sketch all the inhabitants of the legendary, enviably rich house, its masters and servants, and the surrounding families and friends who are to do their part in planning the grand annual autumn ball at Pemberley. The story, as usual in Austen's tales, is far from simple.
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