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So what happened to Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet after they married?

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drosophila · 07/01/2010 23:46

I watched this movie recently and it is something I have always wondered since I first read it as a teenager.

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OrmIrian · 13/01/2010 21:46

First 3 years were great. Honeymoon period. Then they had a few babies. Then life began to get a bit humdrum as it can do. That's when they started swinging. Amazing how many people were into it in the Georgian aristocracy. And then there was the dogging in the coach outside the Pemberley Arms. Now that was probably a mistake considering the court case for Outraging Public Morals.

JaneiteIsAWimpyTeacher · 13/01/2010 21:42

Do not...I repeat DO NOT...did I say, do not?...that's right...do not read Pemberley. It is the biggest pile of steaming shite ever published. I think books are sacred - but I burned this one.

Zombies are good...everything else is totally reprehensible and publishers Should Know Better. Grrrrr.

CrystalQueen · 13/01/2010 21:42

I feel obliged to point out that P&P was not in fact about a real couple .

The Zombie book got old really quickly.

BelleDameSansMerci · 13/01/2010 21:40

I just went onto Amazon to find the author of another sequel I remembered and there are loads of them. From the reviews, I'd say some are more true to the style of Austen than others.

radstar · 13/01/2010 21:35

The Pemberley sequel to Pride and Prejudice is bad but the next sequel by Emma Tennant was even worse! An Unequal marriage where Darcy's son wants to join the French army!?!?!?!

She does base it all on various misunderstandings between Lizzy and Darcy in both of them.

StewieGriffinsMom · 08/01/2010 14:43

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Sukie1971 · 08/01/2010 14:41

Dont know Im afraid, but thought Id let you know that there is a new version out called Pride & Prejudice and Zombies.... sounds interesting!

shonaspurtle · 08/01/2010 14:37

I can't really remember much about it (wiped from memory) but iirc there was an illegitimate daughter (nicked from Jayne Eyre?), or a suspected one, a night in a gypsy caravan. That's all that's stayed with me.

In essence - married life hits rocks. Will they split? Drama! Realise they love each other after all.

bourboncreme · 08/01/2010 11:13

It is awful I read it a few years ago ,I really wouldn't bother,very uinbelievable

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drosophila · 08/01/2010 11:09

Really is it that bad? Can you summarise? I have a feeling that they wouldn't get along?

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shonaspurtle · 07/01/2010 23:55

There's an awful book called "Pemberley" which tells you (according to Emma Tennant anyway).

Don't bother. Really.

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