Pen and Prejudice Claire M Johnson 9780615757261 Books
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Using the mystery writing world as a backdrop, Pen and Prejudice is a modern pastiche of the Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice, but instead of our witty, playful heroine and attractive but arrogant suitor willfully misunderstanding each other while attending balls and dinner parties in the nineteenth century, they metaphorically duke it out in the twentieth at mystery writing conferences. A cross between I Don’t Know How She Does It and Bridget Jones’ Diary, this novel is a romantic comedy that provides an insider look into the struggles facing most writers of genre fiction.
Pen and Prejudice Claire M Johnson 9780615757261 Books
*Pen and Prejudice* is marvelous, and it’s a shame the author had to self-publish it. Publishers should have been fighting over it: it is the gold standard for contemporary Austenesque fiction—and a delightful novel, even without the Austen hook.It sets the familiar tale in the subculture of mystery-novel writers and publishers. I adored the view into this world as the heroine, Lizzie Mansfield, goes to book conventions, participates in a writers group, competes for writing awards, and struggles to compose her second novel. As the previously published author of two mysteries, Claire M. Johnson knows this world, and she portrays it believably. Almost all of the original characters appear in one form or another, their personalities intact; the changes in their relationships and circumstances are amply justified by the requirements of the plot. For instance, because Lizzie is a divorced mother of two in her forties, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet hardly need to be her parents; instead they have taken on the pseudo-parental role of her publishers. Darcy—here called William Pemberley, whyever not?—is the proprietor of another, and superior, publishing house, a role that gives him more power in her life than Lizzie would like.
The first-person voice of the protagonist-narrator and the voices of the other characters are vivid and natural. I loved the e-mail exchanges, and the blogs in which the main characters can hint at their motivations or accidentally reveal them. I adored the humor—especially Mac the stuffed dog, both his ridiculousness and the kindness with which his function is understood.
Claire M. Johnson’s writing has that elusive quality, *flow*—once you start reading you don’t want to stop, you just have to keep going to find out where the story goes next. She also has a gift for believable dialogue. Between these two gifts I was hauled into the middle of the action and held there throughout. I recognized the characters as real people; the events grew organically out of their personalities, so nothing jumped out at me as an improbable stretch. I liked that the protagonists were not in their twenties, and were real grownups with real lives. The one element I could have done without—it seems like a facile cliché in contemporary novels told from an adult woman’s point of view—was the too-frequent drinking.
In a modern-day setting, the main characters, as their antagonism turns to romance, have to communicate more with each other than Jane Austen’s characters did. Johnson manages to navigate this requirement without sacrificing conflict or suspense. It is also necessary (unless you put your plot through insane contortions or head for Amish country) to have a more hot-and-sweaty Darcy than the original. Johnson treads the line carefully: the book is frank about attraction without being explicit. I also found William Pemberley’s bumbling forays into romanticism adorable.
This one is definitely worth reading—and keeping to read again one day.
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Pen and Prejudice Claire M Johnson 9780615757261 Books Reviews
Perfect, razor sharp writing and humor make this a great pastiche of Austen's P&P.
I've always loved Austen not just for her deft hand with romance but for her hilariously subtle satire of the war between the sexes and class in society, so this book is perfect. It's funny and sharp and I absolutely adored this version of Lizzie and William, and the immersion in the (surprisingly!) cutthroat world of publishing. Highly recommended!
The way the book is set up showing the main characters emailing and blogging was kind of interesting, but to me it caused much of the story to have a detached quality. I really enjoyed when the characters had direct interactions, but this did not happen often enough. I still recommend the book as it has some really funny moments, but it just seemed like there could have been more if not for the interruptions of the emailing plot device.
Wow, I loved this book.
I laughed every time I encountered "spot the character", since the author gave slightly a-kilter names that only an Austen fan would recognize (Why, hello! It's actually Mr. ____, isn't it? And you must really be that horrid Mr. ______. And--oops, that couldn't possibly be Lydia, could it? Ah, modern times!).
There's a lot of scenery to chew and our heroine Lizzie Mansfield seems to live on roughage. A few times she even made me want to shut my eyes, as if she were careening us down Highway 1 in a two-seater. So halfway through the book I got entranced enough with Lizzie's flesh-and-blood here-I-am-ness that I dropped most of my investment in whether or how much "Pen & Prejudice" paralleled any other novel, Austenesque or not. It was Lizzie I cared about. What a thoroughly satisfying read.
Elizabeth Mansfield and William Pemberly are modern, more mature, and engaging takes on the classic Jane Austen characters. They are meant to appeal not only to Jane Austen fans but also to mystery fans. Elizabeth has published a cozy mystery and William is a true crime publisher. They exchange thoughts about writing, mysteries, marketing, and publishing via emails, blogs and presentations made at mystery fan conferences such as Malice Domestic. Although the plot is known in advance – and while online dating, gay relationships, biracialism, single parenthood, and a psychological disorder are all thrown into the fray – this version unfolds in a lively manner and holds the reader's attention.
Oh dear. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this book. Claire M. Johnson absolutely *skewers* the publishing industry in this insider's look at writing murder mysteries while at the same time being a clever pastiche of Pride and Prejudice. I found myself thinking more than once that like Lizzie Mansfield in the story, Jane Austen must have been an uncomfortable person to know at times. With her biting wit and keen eye for observation and social commentary, Jane Austen must have felt at times ostracized, unappreciated, and bored by her social circle.
I LOVED Lizzie Mansfield. I found her to be an interesting, relatable, and sometimes sad character--deliciously flawed and yet courageous in sense of self and the desire not to settle. I loved the combination of direct action scenes and epistolary exchanges--all in all, a very modern updating of the P&P story. The nods to Jane Austen were evident all the way through, from the names of the characters to the name of the publishing houses to the basic plot of Pride and Prejudice as seen through the eyes of modern characters. While the romantic in me would have liked to have seen the final interactions between the characters as actual scenes rather the emails and announcements as written, that too, was very in-keeping with the modern-day relationship. Well done. Highly recommended. I would love to see more!
*Pen and Prejudice* is marvelous, and it’s a shame the author had to self-publish it. Publishers should have been fighting over it it is the gold standard for contemporary Austenesque fiction—and a delightful novel, even without the Austen hook.
It sets the familiar tale in the subculture of mystery-novel writers and publishers. I adored the view into this world as the heroine, Lizzie Mansfield, goes to book conventions, participates in a writers group, competes for writing awards, and struggles to compose her second novel. As the previously published author of two mysteries, Claire M. Johnson knows this world, and she portrays it believably. Almost all of the original characters appear in one form or another, their personalities intact; the changes in their relationships and circumstances are amply justified by the requirements of the plot. For instance, because Lizzie is a divorced mother of two in her forties, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet hardly need to be her parents; instead they have taken on the pseudo-parental role of her publishers. Darcy—here called William Pemberley, whyever not?—is the proprietor of another, and superior, publishing house, a role that gives him more power in her life than Lizzie would like.
The first-person voice of the protagonist-narrator and the voices of the other characters are vivid and natural. I loved the e-mail exchanges, and the blogs in which the main characters can hint at their motivations or accidentally reveal them. I adored the humor—especially Mac the stuffed dog, both his ridiculousness and the kindness with which his function is understood.
Claire M. Johnson’s writing has that elusive quality, *flow*—once you start reading you don’t want to stop, you just have to keep going to find out where the story goes next. She also has a gift for believable dialogue. Between these two gifts I was hauled into the middle of the action and held there throughout. I recognized the characters as real people; the events grew organically out of their personalities, so nothing jumped out at me as an improbable stretch. I liked that the protagonists were not in their twenties, and were real grownups with real lives. The one element I could have done without—it seems like a facile cliché in contemporary novels told from an adult woman’s point of view—was the too-frequent drinking.
In a modern-day setting, the main characters, as their antagonism turns to romance, have to communicate more with each other than Jane Austen’s characters did. Johnson manages to navigate this requirement without sacrificing conflict or suspense. It is also necessary (unless you put your plot through insane contortions or head for Amish country) to have a more hot-and-sweaty Darcy than the original. Johnson treads the line carefully the book is frank about attraction without being explicit. I also found William Pemberley’s bumbling forays into romanticism adorable.
This one is definitely worth reading—and keeping to read again one day.
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