![]() ![]() Not about the ball itself, but about Darcy’s sister, Georgiana. When the novel opens, it is the day before Lady Anne’s ball, the great yearly celebration honoring the memory of Darcy’s mother, and Elizabeth is worried. Having quickly won over the servants and the local people, the new mistress of Pemberley has brought a springlike vitality to the household and grown to love her new life. Bennet regularly visits his favorite daughter, usually spending most of his time happily ensconced in the library. The two families often meet for dinner, and old Mr. In nearby Highmarten reside Elizabeth’s beloved sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, and their three children. They have two healthy sons, ages 5 and 2. Darcy to Miss Bennet, the couple are happily settled at Pemberley. ![]() Fitzwilliam Darcy (the latter nee Elizabeth Bennet) find themselves caught up in a murder case, one complicated by romance, a family curse, ghostly apparitions, dark doings and, not least, the reappearance of their old nemesis, Mr. James, or ideally of both, one may safely surmise that “ Death Comes to Pemberley” will be the must-have present of the holiday season. Should that reader, moreover, happen to be a devotee of “ Pride and Prejudice” or an admirer of the detective stories of Baroness James of Holland Park, more commonly known as P.D. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a restless reader in possession of a quiet evening must be in want of a mystery. ![]()
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