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Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature’s most eligible bachelor! After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she’s had it with modern-day love and would much rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and spend her time... read more
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Summary edit
Emily has a string of disastrous dates and decides she has had it with love, but after fleeing to England on a tour of Jane Austen's country she runs into Mr. Darcy, the hero from "Pride and Prejudice."
Characters/People edit
- Emily Albright: She is the manager of a family-owned bookshop which has allowed her to indulge in her favorite pastime: reading. A big Pride and Prejudice fan, she took a tour of the English countryside where Jane Austen and her characters lived instead of going to Mexico for fun with her best friend. She has gone on tons of terrible dates but continues to hope, just like most ladies, to find her own Mr. Darcy.
- Spike Hargreaves: A foul-tempered journalist writing an article on why the fictional Mr. Darcy has earned the title of ''Man Most Women Would Love to Date.''
- Stella: Works at McKenzie's with Emily, a friend
- Freddy: Stella's husband.
- Rupinda: Yoga instructor.
- Mr. Darcy: Emily's dream man, always appearing and disappearing throughout her time in England.
- Lee: Add a description of this character.
- John: Is the first to be introduced, an architect, a bad date for Emily.
- Mr. McKenzie: The owner of McKenzie's, a bookstore.
- Hilary
- Maeve: Emily meets her on the book tour.
- Miss Steane
- Jane Austen: The inspiration for the book tour. An author everyone loves.
- Rose
- Ernie Devlin: A cabdriver who cheats women out of money.
Quotes edit
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“Look what a difference a few kind words can have. Now I feel really good about myself. Saint Emily. Hmm, it's got quite a ring to it.”
Emily -
“Just imagine being in a world where men didn't steal your cab, cheat on you, or have an addiction to Internet porn, but were chivalrous, devoted and honorable. And strode across fields in breeches and white shirts clinging to their chests...yum...”
Emily -
“God, that would be just my luck, wouldn't it? I finally meet someone I've got real chemistry with and he turns out to be a total fruit loop.”
Emily -
“Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing.”
Miss Steane -
“Strange cities are always ripe for adventures.”
Rose -
“The reality is always more disappointing than the fantasy.”
Spike
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man.
Table of Contents edit
36 untitled chapters and an epilogue.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alexandra Potter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0340923740
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0340923740
Page Count: 352
Awards edit
- Jane Austen Regency World Awards (2008: Best New Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.92
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