The Darcy Cousins

Monica Fairview

Apr 2010 · Sourcebooks, Inc.

About this ebook

A young lady in disgrace should at least strive to behave with decorum...

Dispatched from America to England under a cloud of scandal, Mr. Darcy's incorrigible American cousin, Clarissa Darcy, manages to provoke Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Collins, and the parishioners of Hunsford all in one morning!

And there are more surprises in store for that bastion of tradition, Rosings Park, when the family gathers for their annual Easter visit. Georgiana Darcy, generally a shy model of propriety, decides to take a few lessons from her unconventional cousin, to the delight of a neighboring gentleman. Anne de Bourgh, encouraged to escape her "keeper" Mrs. Jenkinson, simply...vanishes. But the trouble really starts when Clarissa and Georgiana both set out to win the heart of the same young man...

Praise for the Darcy Cousins:

"A humorous, stately romp through 19th-century England... An apt sequel to make Ms. Austen proud!" Historical Novel Reviews

"The Darcy Cousins is absolutely a must read for any Pride and Prejudice fan." - The Burton Review

"Fairview is a definite treasure, and I look forward to more from her in the future." - All About Romance

Ratings and reviews

While not exactly a P&P variation, this book could and should have been a standalone book not associated with P&P considering how very little any of the original characters are mentioned, if at all. Whole story lines go unexplained: Caroline has been married to a Darcy cousin, and she is in the entire book yet her marriage is neither explained nor talked about and the reader is left to imagine how that transpired; Elizabeth’s family is never really mentioned, no talk of letters from the family, not a single

About the author

Literature professor Monica Fairview loves teaching students the joys of reading. But after years of postponing the urge, she finally realized that what she really wanted to do was write. The author of The Other Mr. Darcy and An Improper Courtship, the American-born Ms. Fairview currently resides in London.