Status Updates From The Mercy of Chance: A Prid...

A new mystery !!! Mr. Collins pops up in Longbourn and Kent (on and off) with no need to travel, or to spend a day on the road, or to plan a trip ! Marvelous…

There are serious edition problems here, the timeline doesn’t develop smoothly, there are errors in storytelling that make the reader question what we have been told (didn’t I just read this a few chapters back? If only character X heard so & so, why is character Y mentioning it now if he doesn’t know this yet ???

It’s mentioned here Sir William Lucas is a Baronet… that’s not true according to canon, since we know the Lucases were shop owners, and the father was town mayor before being knighted (a knight is also styled as “Sir”)

Unless the author intends to provide a different/alternate scenario where the Lucases are landed gentry (most Baronetcies were purchased in the 166-1700s), this is a mistake.

The story tries really hard to explain an illogical situation that stems from poor planning & execution of a trope; the story shows the 5 Bennet sisters as lowly Cinderellas working hard to keep Longbourn afloat, and as social outcasts since their father died… but problem is, it ALSO portrays their Grandfather Bennet still alive at home, & a financially healthy Longbourn!

So what gives ???