Presumption: An Entertainment: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226038131)

This witty sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice follows the fate of Georgiana Darcy, Mr. Darcy's younger sister, who must choose between two suitors, a well-placed navy captain and a brash young architect. Masterfully adapted to Austen's original nineteenth-century style, Presumption brings back to life the book's most memorable characters, the Bennets, Darcys, Collins, and de Bourghs.

"An elegant emulation and continuation of Pride and Prejudice. . . . Jointly composed by two admirers of Jane Austen, the book often achieves crisp replication of her style. . . . Presumption shows how sequel-writing can, like parody, be a sharp exercise in literary appreciation."--Peter Kemp, Times Literary Supplement

Julia Barrett is a pseudonym for Julia Braun Kessler and Gabrielle Donnelly.


Author: Julia Barrett
ISBN-10: 0226038130
ISBN-13: 9780226038131
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1995
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/29/1995 pg. 52