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A review by wychwoodnz
Pemberley to Waterloo by Anna Elliott
4.0
This was lovely. I think it was a great choice by the author to write these books in diary form as the first-person narrative of a minor character from Jane Austen’s novel helps avoids any unnecessary comparison with Jane’s writing style and enables the character of Georgiana to have her own voice separate from her original creator.
The post-battle scenes reminded me of Gone With The Wind, with Kitty Bennet and Georgiana channelling Melanie Wilkes with all their might while caring for the wounded soldiers. The women in this book all go in slightly unexpected directions (Elizabeth Darcy excepted, and she goes precisely where we all want her to go) and it’s interesting to see how they are shaped by the circumstances and society they find themselves in.
The post-battle scenes reminded me of Gone With The Wind, with Kitty Bennet and Georgiana channelling Melanie Wilkes with all their might while caring for the wounded soldiers. The women in this book all go in slightly unexpected directions (Elizabeth Darcy excepted, and she goes precisely where we all want her to go) and it’s interesting to see how they are shaped by the circumstances and society they find themselves in.