Wickham’s Diary

Author – Amanda Grange

Type of Austenesque Novel – Prequel, Novella, Point-of-View

Release Date – April 1, 2011

Pages – 208

Available in –  trade paperback

Available at – amazon.com and bn.com

from goodreads.com:
This prequel to Pride and Prejudice begins with George Wickham at age 12, handsome and charming but also acutely aware that his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, is rich, whilst he is poor. His mother encourages him to exercise his charm on the young Georgiana Darcy and Anne de Bourgh in the hopes of establishing a stable of wealthy social connections.

At university, Darcy and Wickham grow apart. Wickham is always drinking and wenching, whilst Darcy, who apparently has everything, is looking for something he cannot find. Wickham runs through the money Darcy gives him and then takes up with the scandalous Belle, a woman after Wickham’s own greedy, black heart.

MY THOUGHTS:

• Even though I am dying for the release of Henry Tilney’s Diary, a novel that would complete Ms. Grange’s excellent series of Austen Men Retellings, I am excited by the uniqueness of this novel!
• Wouldn’t it be fantstic if this became another series?  Just think of the possibilities Willoughby’s Diary, Henry Crawford’s Diary, Frank Churchill’s Diary!
• After reading Young Master Darcy: A Lesson in Honour, I’m ready for more prequels. I like finding out the backstories of Austen’s characters
• I like that this novella will canvass the childhood years of Wickham and Darcy up to Georgiana’s elopmenet.
• Wickham’s mother?  I can’t wait to see what she is like.  We know from Jane Austen that Wickham’s father was a good man, but she never said anything about his mother…
• What a beautiful cover!

What are your thoughts?

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