Pride, Prejudice & Pleasure: A Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Variation

by Georgette Brown

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. The untold, steamy hot story… While staying at Hunsford Parsonage, Miss Elizabeth (“Lizzy”) Bennet befriends the clever and provocative Abby Trenwith, a woman dedicated to enlightening others in the pleasures of the flesh. Intrigued, Lizzy agrees to receive an education from a mentor appointed by her new friend. Little does she know that her masked mentor is the arrogant Mr. Darcy, a man who ruined her sister’s prospects for marital happiness. Darcy, a longtime friend of Abby, is desperately looking for a way to take his mind off the clever and captivating Elizabeth Bennett. His identity hidden, Darcy accepts his new charge from Abby but finds that the new protégé is remarkably similar in mannerism to Miss Elizabeth. When he discovers that his student and his obsession are one in the same, Darcy is torn between desire and obligation. Should he risk everything for a distant chance at something more? PRIDE, PREJUDICE & PLEASURE is a steamy historical romance that puts an unexpected twist on literature’s most famous couple. If you like sultry chemistry, Regency trappings, and new takes on classic characters, then you’ll love this super sexy retelling. Buy PRIDE, PREJUDICE & PLEASURE for a fun and sexy Regency read!

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction

418 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 26, 2017

Reviews

[Elin Eriksen · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you have as little patience with rehash as I have, this book contains a massive amount...
Additionally, it did not fit very well within these new circumstances. If however, you are not that familiar with the original Pride and Prejudice, this might not be a deterrent.

Contains a light variation of BDSM explicit sex.

Entering at the arrival at the Hunsford parsonage.
Elizabeth take a fall on one of her morning ramblings and are helped by a Mrs Trenwith. She introduces Elizabeth to art and books of carnal pleasure. Intrigued, Elizabeth accepts to be tutored by a mentor that Mrs Trenwith has selected.
Follows the timeline of canon, with passionate exchanges scattered throughout. Even the assembly and Netherfield ball was rehashed by reflection which I found unnecessary.

I did not find the story to be plausible but it could have been with some alterations.
***Spoiler alert***
I am not particularly fond of ODC anticipating their wedding vows. Elizabeth does not even know her mentor is Darcy at this point...
***Spoiler ended***

My main issue though, was the excessive amount of rehash which compelled me to speed read more than half the book.

All in all a good read but not fabulous.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Georgette Brown has captured the essence of a Jane Austen story but has added some quite steamy passages. The original storyline has been accurately followed, as well as the appropriate dialogue for the era. It also reinforces the restrictions placed on women during this period. An interesting take on an old classic. I received an arc and have voluntarily reviewed it.

[Lady Mercury · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought I bought a variation but the second half of the book turned out to be copy paste from the original Pride & Prejudice. Well not only in the second part of the book.. Almost every second chapter is copy paste from it‘s original. Disappointing. I really looked forward reading because the story what it‘s about sounded to be fun. Will send the book back.
But 2 stars for the steamy scenes. Liked them,and Mrs. Trenwith too.

[Annette Drewett · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting concept to use the background and characters from Jane Austen’s story and add some steamy scenes. A well written tale of Elizabeth and Darcy’s journey. I enjoyed the book.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

[Candy Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

The language was a little hard for me. I had to keep looking up the meanings of some of the words. There was a lot to the plot of this story. The author had to have spent a lot of time tying up all the loose ends. I did love it, Georgina, a minor character, had both a beautiful voice and played the pianoforte very well. Her brother made sure she had plenty of time to practice and in peace. The characters as you can see are lush and full of life. The dialogue follows the action and helps to fill in the characters. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is rich, a land owner and handsome. He falls in love with Miss Elizabeth Bennet AKA Lizzy. Lizzy is from a large family, she and Mr. Darcy start off with some very bad misconceptions, on both of their parts.
I received this ARC free and voluntarily reviewed it.

[Laila Viking · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a real true Jane Austen fan and it was with sceptic I began to read this book. I came to the solution that worked for me. I thought of it as no Jane Austen because that was just not right for me to compare. When I read it as a new story with characters simular to P&P then it is a better fit. Well written and the scenes are hot and chemitry nice. True to the time period and the characters are likeable. I think it is better to leave the classics where they belong and write all new versions in stead.
This book is enjoyable and readable.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review

[Lori D · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really did not know what to expect with the title of this book. But I was pleasantly surprised and did enjoy. This is a twist on the Pride and Prejudice by author Jane Austen who we all know and love. Of course the author weaves in a more sensual take on the story and manages to pull it off. I think you will enjoy this story and it will leave you thoughtful on just what Jane would have thought!

[♏Vanessa♏ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a spicy take on the classic. In fact, much of it is the original novel with the new narrative and steamy scenes mixed into it in a different order. Here most of the novel takes place when Elizabeth visits her best friend at her new home following her marriage to Elizabeth's cousin. Much of what happened before is flashback. what follows after has a few additions of the naughty sort.
I like that the characters personalities weren't change to fit the erotic narrative, but the story develops in a way that fits what we know to be true to them. The author also included something political in the writing too.
Great read, highly recommend.

[Meesh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jane Austen is one of my favorite authors so I was apprehensive as to how this version of Pride and Prejudice would turn out. I have read other stories from Georgette Brown that I really enjoyed though so I thought this would be an interesting mash up. I thought that this would be like another take on the original that is completely rewritten but it seemed to use a lot of the original work of Jane Austen. Perhaps if I hadn't read the original so much, I would have enjoyed this more but at times I was skipping over sections that were just taken from the original work. I did really enjoy the newer parts that made up the Pleasure part of Pride, Prejudice, and Pleasure. It added a bit of spice to the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. The author was really great in building a slow heat between the characters along with a bit of intrigue. She managed to add some new scenes that lead to reinterpretation of old scenes. Overall, it's an enjoyable version of the main relationship in Pride and Prejudice that is more steamy. I received an ARC and am voluntarily reviewing this book.

[Victoria Readman · Rating 1 out of 5]

“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

Jane Austen is an all time favourite author, and currently completing her entire works. Steamy romances, I am here for it! Sadly, there was no pleasure. 52% in and it's a DNF.
Georgette Brown deserves commending on accurately following the original story-line although there is a lot of repetition. The writing style & dialogue was appropriate for the era with a steamy passage added occasionally. It also reinforces the restrictions placed on women during this period including women being sexually liberated at the time.

The friendship between Lizzy Bennett & Mrs Trenwith was something to admire, introducing her to the world of art & books of carnal pleasure was a nice touch. However, I did not like the deceit of Mr Darcy being her "secret" mentor. I believe classics should be left alone and would prefer authors to take inspiration but write a new, modern version entirely.

[S.C. Lehman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have been 5 stars but...

There are loooong passages of the original Austen text that only sometimes is interwoven with the variation plot. So much of it is included as to not only border on plagiarism but also bore the reader because (presumably) they have already read or at least are aware of the key points of P&P from watching different film productions. There are several chapters that I flat out skipped because nothing new had been added or enhanced the core story.

Had the authors skimmed over the pertinent P&P parts with quick summaries and focused on the variation plot, the story would have been so much richer and rewarding.

Taking this into account, any future readers who are not faint of heart should definitely spend the time on this variation!

[Chelsea Simmons · Rating 3 out of 5]

This version wasn’t bad. I do recommend reading the original P&P before reading any knock off versions. I do feel like a lot of the dialogue was just copied and pasted from P&P when all that was needed was a summary in places not a re-telling. I did love seeing one of my favorite couples have a more intimate romantic relationship. I did like the added character of Abby. She was definitely more progressive considering the time period. But I liked that about her. I didn’t love how some of the context and wording was changed and said by different characters from the original P&P. Overall it wasn’t that bad. Original is still my favorite.

[leila braga · Rating 2 out of 5]

eu adoro um retelling de P&P, mas isto não é isso. o livro coloca as passagens de Lizzy com a senhora lá que a apresenta ao sexo e o hot com Mr. Darcy entre passagens inteiras do original. como assim, cara?

ok, já foi-se qualquer reclamação de direitos autorais sobre a obra de Jane Austen. mas pq você incluir passagens INTEIRAS PALAVRA POR PALAVRA do livro original numa obra sua? não ficou bom e cortou totalmente o clima.

eu não cheguei a achar este aqui ruim, mas é esquisito demais.
a história é até engraçadinha, mas fica lá a parte nova com a parte antiga (não tem tudo do original, mas tem MUITA coisa), uma quebrando o clima, a escrita, a ambientação da outra. nam.

no fim fica apenas ok. meh.
o hot é apenas ok tbm. meh.
E AINDA É LONGO PRA KCT!!!

[Wayne Baker · Rating 1 out of 5]

I already own the original P&P

I own Jane Austen's original P&P. If I wanted to read it again, I wouldn't have purchased another version claiming to be a variation! At least 3/4 of this book were copy and pasted. Entire chapters from the original, woven with a tiny plot thread occasionally for the last 1/4. The thread actually had potential until the author tried to weave spicy scenes with chapters of Miss Austen's actual words! The more you read, the more chapters are quoted, and the less is actually written by the author. What a waist of money. Do not recommend! I can only be glad that Jane Austen was at least listed as author. Still tacky, though!

[Helen Heavey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Go to local library

If you have a copy of Pride and Prejudice, take it down off the shelf, dust it .off and reread it. You’ll have save yourself $$$ spent for this book. There were four sexual lessons it the book to remind you that book was written by Georgette Brown and not Jane Austin. The reason I gave it three stars is that the last chapter was very good, in giving, the resolution to all the main characters. This resolution was never given in the original Austin but taken care of very well by Ms Brown.

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novel had a lot of good moments, a lot of sweet moments; BUT it also had lot of just okay moments that really didn't bring the same warm smile to my face as the other moments had. However, even though there were times when it would lull and I would begin to ponder about choosing another novel,  something would grab my attention again- just enough to reel me back in to stick by the side of this author. In the end, though, I'm glad I finished reading this novel.

[AmazingJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

I honestly couldn't finish reading it. The 1st 3 chapters were so confusing & a bunch of Narrative from Lizzy.
I was so bored & confused trying to read this Book.
I was truly trying to figure out who Lizzy was referring to during the 3 1/4 chapters i read through.
I really wished the last Book in this Boxset was just as good as the other Books, but i was disappointed.

[Jessica Cox · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author basically copied and pasted P & P then added a few sex scenes to spice it up. I found myself skipping a lot of the pages since I’ve already read P & P so many times. Would I re-read this book no. Would I recommend this book no. I just want to pretend I never read it.

[Luise · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's basically pride and prejudice fan fiction but in the good old AOL kind of way. The only way that really bothered be was the spelling and format errors they missed (though that might have been the kindle version only).

[Catherine Crocker · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting concept

This was a huge undertaking but true to the original. Enjoyable read by Georgette Brown. Masterfully done! A good read

[Katie Lowis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice mix of original literature and bit of sexy reality. 👌

[Candy Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

The language was a little hard for me. I had to keep looking up the meanings of some of the words. There was a lot to the plot of this story. The author had to have spent a lot of time tying up all the loose ends. I did love it, Georgina, a minor character, had both a beautiful voice and played the pianoforte very well. Her brother made sure she had plenty of time to practice and in peace. The characters as you can see are lush and full of life. The dialogue follows the action and helps to fill in the characters. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is rich, a land owner and handsome. He falls in love with Miss Elizabeth Bennet AKA Lizzy. Lizzy is from a large family, she and Mr. Darcy start off with some very bad misconceptions, on both of their parts.
I received this ARC free and voluntarily reviewed it.

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book regurgitates a lot of the writing of the original book. What results is a disjointed mess. What was added by the author did nothing for me in the sense of broadening the scope of the characters’ personalities enough for me to believe the lukewarm sex scenes. I didn’t 1-Star because I can tell that the author did try her best to fit her vision in with the original narrative.