And now for something completely different, Paddy’s aeroplane reading, rather classier than mine. I haven’t read this for years and my memory of the plot is overridden by the film – I am told there are in fact several of these.
It is actually very good – in fact unsurprisingly much better than the film(s!), the one I remember being a rather period-ish variation on 'Bridget Jones' Diary' (More probably, Bridget Jones is a modern take on Jane Austen).
It has far more substance than I remembered; three of the five daughters are in fact married during the plot (one forgets Lydia); there is a wonderful tempest like moment at the end when Mr Bennet (Prospero) says "what wonders, any other marriages, bring them forward" or words to that effect.
Darcy and Elizabeth are more plausible than I remember them, so well done Miss Austen!
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