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  • Five Daughters Out at Once

  • A Pride & Prejudice Variation
  • By: Jayne Bamber
  • Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
  • Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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Five Daughters Out at Once

By: Jayne Bamber
Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
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Summary

After the untimely death of their parents, Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters are left to make their own way in the world, and the dubious decision to stay at Longbourn until they are forced out leads to chaos and confrontation two years later, when their cousin Mr. Collins comes to claim his inheritance.

Hot on his heels is his noble patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, a woman consumed by grief of her own after the loss of her husband and daughter in a terrible fire at her estate, Rosings Park. While her nephew Mr. Darcy is shocked by his aunt’s interest in the five orphaned girls, her niece Georgiana thinks it just the thing to soothe the dowager’s low spirits. Moved by the bonds of sorrow and a shared contempt of Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine offers the Bennet sisters her protection and assistance in society - and what better way to help them than to find them all rich husbands?

Much to her chagrin, Lady Catherine is not the only one to meddle in Meryton’s marriage mart - Richard Fitzwilliam joins her, at leisure to make mischief, Charlotte Lucas, now an heiress in her own right, has a secret of her own, and Georgiana Darcy finds herself inspired to write a novel that will document - and change - the lives of her new friends.Tensions rise between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy as they both bristle at Lady Catherine’s plans - for very different reasons. Misapprehension and misunderstandings abound, and plans go awry, as the great lady rents Netherfield Park and hosts a horde of single gentlemen in possession of good fortunes, who must be in want of wives. Will the Bennet sisters find love and happiness? What other Austen heroes and rakes might appear in the once dull village of Meryton? Will Darcy and Lizzy overcome the obstacles of their own making?

©2021 Jayne Bamber (P)2021 Jayne Bamber
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Original mash of Jane Austen characters

Great amalgamation of Jane Austen characters in a very entertaining story. Different use of people from other JA stories. Very entertaining story, and well read as always by Stevie Zimmerman.

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Highly entertaining

So enjoyable. I did especially enjoy the inclusion of characters from different Austen novels. I do spare a thought for the characters from other books whose partners are reallocated, but really, it is all great fun. The Lydia and Georgiana friendship is refreshing.

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A Bridge Too Far

Lady Katherine De Bourgh becoming fairy godmother to the orphaned Bennet sisters is just too much. There's just too much happily ever after for my taste.

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Five daughters out at once

The story was quite complicated and was slow to be understandable. A third reading cleared some of the questions I needed to follow.

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interesting variation with lady Catherine as a positive force for good

enjoyable variation, Darcy is a buffoon to begin with and is frustrating however I really enjoyed the other characters and their determination to succeed and that others pull Darcy up for his idiotic behaviours. very interesting ti see lady Catherine portrayed in a favourable light and as a benefit to the Bennetts.

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Poor variation

Such a horrible butchery of Austen’s work. Lady Catherine has had a total personality transplant and the good bits and characters of Austen’s other novels thrown together and mashed up. I don’t really see the point and would advise readers to just read the originals again or one of the other, much better, variations.

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