![]() “You came to pay your respects?” Lackley dabbed his chin with his napkin. Wickham reveals the complications Darcy is up against: (Georgiana speaking of Wickham) A dinner at Pemberley with some cherished neighbors, the Bingleys, Georgiana, the newly-appointed curate John Bradley and Mr. Wickham –his boyhood friend who shows up to claim the curacy that was thought promised to him by Darcy’s father. It is six months following the death of his father and Fitzwilliam Darcy struggles with how to honorably and properly manage the vast holdings of Pemberley, care for his 15 year old rapidly-maturing teenage sister, and deal with the prickly problem of one Mr. Wickham, his demands for a living, and his alleged compromising of Georgiana and how young Mr. ![]() ![]() Spanning a brief but significant moment in time, the main gist of the story deals with Darcy’s rival Mr. ![]() For 200 years, I suspect many enthralled readers of Pride and Prejudice have silently pondered the question “What would Darcy do?” Author Maria Grace endeavors to put her own spin on this with her debut prequel novella Darcy’s Decision, in her Given Good Principles trilogy. ![]()
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