Lit Reader’s Reviews > A Cottage Near Lambton: A Pride & Prejudice Variation > Status Update

We are told Darcy is struck surprised by seeing Elizabeth “in color” for the first time (at an asembly).

But we were explicitly told that from the first day the Bennet sisters left mourning attire, Darcy and Elizabeth have been together several times, at Pemberley (visiting Georgiana) and once on a day excursion to see Bingley’s new home.

There are several instances of editorial gaffes in which a scene is sort of retold in different/consecutive paragraphs with slight alterations or in a circular pattern that is confusing to read : a farewell that happens with similar words in two or three different places, Mary or Kitty saying the exact same words on different scenes reacting to similar situations.

Probably different drafts copy-pasted together

1) Darcy agrees to have Georgiana invite ALL the Bennet ladies to Pemberley, G goes to write the note asap

2) weeks go by and the Bennet household only see the Darcys at church

3) an eternity afterwards the note is sent to the Bennets with an invitation for Mary ONLY

Strange that…

Mr Darcy addresses Miss Darcy and says “with your mother’s approval” — WHAT IS THIS???

Is this a typo, an editorial misstep, or a new addition to this variation that we have not been told before ??

Funny how a trip from Meryton to Lambton includes commentary on the landscape near London (a usual geographical gaffe).