Longbourn will remain with you not because of what it suggests about Mrs. Bennet but because Sarah herself is a remarkable woman, a woman who, like Elizabeth Bennet, can say ‘no.’ It will remain with you because of what Sarah overcomes, because of the empathy and pain of Mrs. Hill and the remarkable strengths and weaknesses of James Smith. The frame provided by Pride and Prejudice is indeed delightful, but Longbourn does not need it; Baker has created a world of her own devising here, and it is one which is very worth the reader’s time and attention.
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