Lit Reader’s Reviews > Without Undue Pride > Status Update

Elizabeth is more agreeable to consider to prostitute herself to breed an her for her brother-in-law, that she was every willing to consider an honourable marriage proposal from Darcy. I am forced to understand that this Elizabeth is a mentally unstable hysteric (in the old sense of the diagnosis), and NOT a sound, honourable, genteel lady!

Now Elizabeth is subject to physical violence by her brother-in-laws staff, she’s imprisoned, bruised, pinned down to take her child away from her every 4 hours….. and all this because Charlotte betrayed her and sold her off to her brother-in-law in exchange for a comfortable carriage ride to Meryton! DELIGHTFUL !!!

Oh My God !!!!!! This Elizabeth is seriously mentally unbalanced, she actually wants to harm her child through poverty and serious humiliation. This is beyond ridiculous and doesn’t pass any test for internal logic, historical soundness, or thoughtful romance storytelling. What I just read about the christening is BAD TASTE and a hard pass!

This Darcy is so “honorable” as to abandon Lizzy in poverty and unprotected in a random norther city, with no servants or family, no protection from strangers, on her own with a newborn, just because he is so “gentlemanly” as not to contraeict her irrational wishes of Feminist “independence” — this is seriously the worst Austen Variation I have come across…

This is the STUPIDEST Elizabeth I have ever read in any Austen Variation >>> ridiculous, careless, obstinate to the point of self destruction, parental neglect, maybe even criminal neglect… sordid setting and circumstances for Elizabeth’s childbirth. Why ?????

Why does Lizzy torture us with sooooo much repetition of her woes???? Endless listing of her suffering and her indecision — this needs serious editing !