The Second Mrs. Darcy (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Octavia Melbury Darcy: A recently widowed young woman who has little family or money
• Theodosia Melbury Cartland: Octavia's overbearing half-sister
• Penelope Cartland: Octavia's niece, Theodosia's daughter, who is making her social debut but refuses to bow to all her mother's wishes
• Captain Christopher Darcy: Octavia's late husband
• Jane Ackworth: Octavia's cousin on the Melbury side who she visits in Hertfordshire
• Lady Susan Threlford: An heiress who becomes Octavia's roommate and companion after running away to America to be an actress and returning to England
• Camilla Wytton: Formerly Camilla Darcy, a cousin of Christopher Darcy who is excited to meet Octavia and intent on helping her
• Quintus Dance: The fifth son of a gentleman clergyman who makes his living as an architect for Octavia in London and Lord Rutherford in Hertfordshire, among others
• Lady Rutherford: Lord Rutherford's eccentric mother, who loves animals and hibernates
• Henry Poyntz: A lifelong friend of Lord Rutherford who is the curate at the Meryton parish in Hertfordshire
• Arthur Melbury: Octavia's half-brother, a member of Parliament who is constantly trying to run her affairs
• George Warren: Caroline Bingley's stepson and the man to whom Christopher Darcy's fortune is entailed
• Lady Sophronia: Lord Rutherford's twin sister and companion to their mother
• Mr. Wilkinson: Octavia's lawyer
• Sir Joseph Goulding: Neighbor of the Ackworths and Rutherfords, whose daughter Charlotte is making her social debut
• Mrs. Anne Worthington: Octavia's great-aunt by marriage on her mother's side who had no children and leaves her sizable estate to Octavia
• John Forsyte: The tenant at Axby Hall in Yorkshire
• Henrietta Rowan: An independent and unconventional widow known for the interesting people who gather at her home and her scandalous relationship with Pagoda Portal
• Pagoda Portal: A man from an old family who made his fortune in India and the executor of the Worthington estate
• Alexander Wytton: Camilla's husband, who is friends with Lord Rutherford and Henry Poyntz
• Lord Sholto Rutherford: A confirmed bachelor and member of the House of Lords who has no wish to marry and keeps a series of mistresses, despite the mothers angling their debutante daughters in his direction every season
• Alice: A maid at Theodosia's house assigned to wait on Octavia
• Mr. Gurney: The lawyer who visits Octavia in India
• Lady Goulding: A neighbor to the Ackworths and Rutherfords
• Harriet Thurloe: A Navy wife who is Octavia's hostess in India before her marriage to Captain Darcy and after his death
• Mr. Maudlin: The proprietor of the failed grocery store Samuel Worthington (Octavia's grandfather) had
• Mr. Bennet: Camilla Wytton's grandfather, Elizabeth Bennet's father
• Sir Clement Melbury: Octavia's father, who was said to be lowering himself when he married her mother
• Lieutenant Gresham: The man who was with Captain Darcy when he died

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• Lothian Street: The area in London where Theodosia lives
• Dorset: The area of England where Melbury Hall is located
• Calcutta: The city in India where Octavia lives while she is married to Captain Darcy
• Chauntry: Lord Rutherford's Hertfordshire house, built during the Tudor reign, where his mother, Lady Rutherford, lives and refuses to move so repairs can be made
• Netherfield House: The house in Hertfordshire let by Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice and Lord Rutherford in The Second Mrs. Darcy
• Hertfordshire: The area of England where the Atworths, Rutherfords and Gouldings live
• Yorkshire: The area of England where Lord Rutherford's primary seat, Rutherford Castle, and Octavia's inherited home, Axby Hall, are located
• Axby Hall: The home in Yorkshire that Octavia inherited from Mrs. Anne Worthington
• Haye Park: The Gouldings' home in Hertfordshire
• Meryton: The town in Hertfordshire nearest the Ackworth, Rutherford and Goulding homes
• Brighton: A coastal resort town
• Firth Street: The area of London where Octavia and Lady Susan set up their house
• Dower House: The cottage on the Chauntry grounds where Lady Rutherford refuses to live because she is not the Dowager Lady Rutherford

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The True Darcy Spirit, and followed by The Darcy Connection.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Elizabeth Aston (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.6

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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