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Liz always believed working as a librarian in Hertford, Idaho would give her opportunities to meet intelligent men. Lately, however, she is starting to think her theory was wrong. She finds herself hiding from Collin, that slimy blind date she wishes she could forget. Charlie is a nice fellow, but he is clearly taken with Jane. Then there is that Californian "aspiring writer" named Darcy. What a snob!
What are chances any man could answer the wishes of Liz's heart? Is being fond of reading the first step toward falling in love?
Longbourn Library A Novel of Pride Prejudice and Books edition by Trudy Wallis Literature Fiction eBooks
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.” Lady bird JohnsonCommunity… whether you live in a big city, metropolis, small town or village; community represents the same thing to all people, that feeling of caring for one another. This library represented community.
I have to tell you… I should award stars for the number of bruised or cracked ribs I received from laughing so hard. This just struck me; I could not help myself. I needed a good laugh.
This author certainly has a way with words. First, kudos for following Austen’s P&P outline so closely. Second, kudos for keeping the characters true to their nature, within reason. And thirdly, for keeping the names similar enough to canon that I could follow the story. Since it was modern day, we had to allow for creative license. Kudos for incorporating the children and the shelter animals. This added heart to the cause of literacy and for adopting shelter pets without standing on a soapbox and shouting.
I also want to give kudos for simply making this so real. I really liked these characters… well, there was Lydia and Wickham. Lydia was just a stupid, spoiled, little rich girl whose selfish self-centered attitude nearly ruined her. Wickham was just a money grubbing sleaze, as usual. OMG!!
The author’s use of language sang to my soul. Her word pictures were a breath of fresh air [unless you were in the country… some of you understand]. As our heroine experienced a plethora of emotions, I felt them all through the author’s words. This Liz was a modern girl with modern sensibilities; however, she was true to her canon character in her thoughts regarding Darcy. This Darcy was exactly the Fitzwilliam Darcy of canon… only he occasionally wore a T-shirt and jeans. Lawd! My blood pressure! Yeah, he sounded delicious even when he was described wearing a suit, oh, help me.
The humor was small town and country… imaging Darcy square dancing [my grandfather was a ‘caller’], driving down the highway behind farm implement [reminded me of the custom wheat harvesters when I lived in Kansas], cows, and barns… etc. Oh My!
This was delightfully clean, funny, and was amazing how the author captured that community feel within the patrons that visited the library. I love this library. In fact, I love a library, period. I always have. I love the smell, the hushed quiet, the wood, the stacks, the books, the atmosphere, even the public computer area… well, there was that one time that was a bit scary. I had to sit on my purse and the guy next to me kept making strange noises and glaring at me, as he searched unemployment sites.
As the reader, we get to experience all the joys and pitfalls of Austen’s canon, but with a modern twist. I was able to follow the story, knew where we were in the outline, where we were going next and yet, was pleasantly surprised in the manner in which the author took us there. Oh, it was delightful.
I must say, I was impressed with the names of books, authors, poetry and prose used in this work. I can only hope it will send people running to Google, Amazon or at least to their library. Only a true bibliophile would understand the emotions and feelings Liz experienced as she described Darcy’s books, the bindings and the edges of the covers. You could feel her love of books as she saw Darcy’s library for the first time. She was drawn like a moth to a flame and she could not help herself. I swooned at the description as she walked toward her destiny. Whew!! There are many excellent reviews out there. I just say, you must read this. I loved it.
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Longbourn Library A Novel of Pride Prejudice and Books edition by Trudy Wallis Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Modern variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in which reading becomes an integral part of the story. Elizabeth is a librarian, and Darcy is a writer. This version has the usual characters found in Pride and Prejudice, but they are not family. Finding out that William Darcy is William Fitz, the author of 'Pemberley', shocks Elizabeth, but after hearing Wickham's story, her shock turns to anger and hate so when he asks her for a date, her refusal is a negatively, heated, no! Darcy does get Elizabeth's dander up by separating Bingley and Jane, and his alleged mistreatment of Wickham, but once his letter sets things straight, Elizabeth is suffering from her own ridiculous misjudgments. Kate de Bourgh is not Darcy's aunt, but the city official that oversees funding for the library, and upon meeting William Darcy decides he'd be the perfect husband for her daughter, Anne. Meddlesome as always, but William sets her straight after she admits that she confronted Elizabeth with her desires, and Elizabeth's refusal to appease her. Darcy cuts his Pemberley speaking tour short to return to Hertford, Idaho as Elizabeth finally decides to fly out to his next tour date. Reunited at the crash site of an overturned truck spilling tons of Idaho potatoes across the road, misunderstandings are put aside and mutual understandings are built. His unique style of proposing has left Elizabeth speechless, but she is eager to get out her spoken, yes. Loved the poetic tie in with Darcy's mother, meeting a Caroline that's not Bingley's sister, at a square dance, and that Pemberley's inspiration was Lyme Park used in the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. Enjoyable story.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single librarian who spends most of her days working in a library, must be in want of meeting another book lover. This is certainly the case in Trudy Wallis’ debut modern JAFF story, Longbourn Library, where single librarian, Ms. Liz, works full time as a librarian at the Longbourn Library, surrounded by her other colleagues at the library, Jane, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. The library is at the heart of their town named Hertford, which is located in Idaho. At home, Liz spends time with her finicky cat, cheekily named Mrs. Hill, who often thwarts Liz’s reading plans as she seeks to garner her attention through her mischievous actions.
Even though Liz loves her work, her plans for finding a soulmate at the library haven’t checked out in the manner she had hoped that they would, so she’s feeling a bit defeated when she meets Will Darcy, who is visiting Idaho from California, appears at the library one day with his friend, Charles. Apparently, there’s a bit of contention between Californians and Idahoans, which immediately raises Liz’s ire towards Darcy and leaves her wondering why he is even visiting the area.
Yet, when Darcy’s immediate actions turn Liz off to him, it appears that there’s little hope for any relationship between the librarian and the quiet gentleman who always appears in his formal attire as he checks out the maximum amount of books at each visit to the Longbourn Library. Even though Liz is not smitten, her colleague Jane certainly is with Charles, and the two become as thick as thieves throughout their interactions at the library. That is until Darcy has a certain conservation with Charles…
The library is surrounded by a cast of humorous characters, which felt right at home in this story. Of course, one of these characters is the officious Kate de Bourgh
Kate de Bourgh is the city official that manages funding for Longbourn Library. She likes to approve outlandish details for the library such as antique lace curtains and elaborate woodwork. She forgets this is not an estate. It is a library. After all the “embellishments” are purchased, there is little money left for important things like books.
Naturally, Kate has her mind set on Darcy marrying her daughter, Anne!
There’s also Mary, who works at the library
Mary hands the astonished mother a copy of Fordyce’s Sermons, a book on “all things moral” written 200 years ago for young women by a man who had probably never talked to a woman in his life. And, that is why Longbourn Library patrons avoid the reference desk.
And then there’s the suave and handsome, John Wickham, whose presence affects Liz from their very first meeting
I walk away a bit dizzy, the magazine tucked under my arm and a fist around the bags of cat treats.
I am a different person the rest of the day. I am in a state of bliss. I hum my way through the drive home. I sing love songs as I put away the groceries. I recite exotic Nizar Qabbani poems as I shake cat food into the dish.
By the time Darcy reveals his preference for Liz, she does not reciprocate his feelings and she makes her feelings for him pretty clear. But just like a book whose cover may not have provided the most compelling initial reaction, events unfold to paint Darcy in a different light, and Liz begins to reread the man that she initially turned down and the more she reads him, the more she wants to know him better. But can such a man forgive and forget her initial prejudices towards him, especially in the face of her colleague’s careless actions with John Wickham?
At under 200 pages, this book is a quick read, especially since Wallis’ writing has an easy and engaging style. I really enjoyed the setting of this story, the main and supporting characters, and the humor laced throughout the story that will appeal to many book lovers. Ms. Wallis infuses her knowledge and love of literature throughout the story so that characters are perusing, checking out, and/or reading books that add subtle moments of levity to the story. She also uses literature to set the mood for a specific scene or to convey certain feelings between her characters. The connections she builds between readers of all kinds is just lovely and I believe this will resonate with JAFF readers, who I happen to believe are the most generous and gregarious readers!
Such as when Liz is more compelled to inaction, she channels the infamous Juliet from Romeo & Juliet, to inspire her to act on other possibilities
As an ardent reader, I am often enamored by books that infuse the love of reading
Maybe she is correct. I cannot find love by sitting here. It is not as though Juliet met Romeo while reading at home in Verona.
Okay. I will get up.
I will get up.
I will get dressed.
I will find the love of my life.
Right after I finish this chapter.
Liz’s words echo my own sentiments perfectly, and I believe many book lovers will connect with her from the very beginning of the story. However, the story does move quickly and I found myself longing for a bit more plot and character development, as well as more of a romantic spark between the two main couples. The second half of the book does deliver more in the romance department, but I still thought the first half would have engaged my heart more if some more romantic tension would have been developed between the two couples, especially Darcy and Liz.
I am always happy to discover a new JAFF author, and Ms. Wallis is certainly one I look forward to reading more stories from in the future. Longbourn Library demonstrates her ability to weave together a modern JAFF story that cleverly offers bibliophiles a fresh, new setting and a happily-ever-after for our beloved Darcy and Liz that brings new meaning to Austen’s infamous fictional estate, Pemberley.
Thank you, Trudy Wallis, for writing a JAFF story that will speak not only to bibliophiles love of books but also to their love of Darcy and Liz!
“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.” Lady bird Johnson
Community… whether you live in a big city, metropolis, small town or village; community represents the same thing to all people, that feeling of caring for one another. This library represented community.
I have to tell you… I should award stars for the number of bruised or cracked ribs I received from laughing so hard. This just struck me; I could not help myself. I needed a good laugh.
This author certainly has a way with words. First, kudos for following Austen’s P&P outline so closely. Second, kudos for keeping the characters true to their nature, within reason. And thirdly, for keeping the names similar enough to canon that I could follow the story. Since it was modern day, we had to allow for creative license. Kudos for incorporating the children and the shelter animals. This added heart to the cause of literacy and for adopting shelter pets without standing on a soapbox and shouting.
I also want to give kudos for simply making this so real. I really liked these characters… well, there was Lydia and Wickham. Lydia was just a stupid, spoiled, little rich girl whose selfish self-centered attitude nearly ruined her. Wickham was just a money grubbing sleaze, as usual. OMG!!
The author’s use of language sang to my soul. Her word pictures were a breath of fresh air [unless you were in the country… some of you understand]. As our heroine experienced a plethora of emotions, I felt them all through the author’s words. This Liz was a modern girl with modern sensibilities; however, she was true to her canon character in her thoughts regarding Darcy. This Darcy was exactly the Fitzwilliam Darcy of canon… only he occasionally wore a T-shirt and jeans. Lawd! My blood pressure! Yeah, he sounded delicious even when he was described wearing a suit, oh, help me.
The humor was small town and country… imaging Darcy square dancing [my grandfather was a ‘caller’], driving down the highway behind farm implement [reminded me of the custom wheat harvesters when I lived in Kansas], cows, and barns… etc. Oh My!
This was delightfully clean, funny, and was amazing how the author captured that community feel within the patrons that visited the library. I love this library. In fact, I love a library, period. I always have. I love the smell, the hushed quiet, the wood, the stacks, the books, the atmosphere, even the public computer area… well, there was that one time that was a bit scary. I had to sit on my purse and the guy next to me kept making strange noises and glaring at me, as he searched unemployment sites.
As the reader, we get to experience all the joys and pitfalls of Austen’s canon, but with a modern twist. I was able to follow the story, knew where we were in the outline, where we were going next and yet, was pleasantly surprised in the manner in which the author took us there. Oh, it was delightful.
I must say, I was impressed with the names of books, authors, poetry and prose used in this work. I can only hope it will send people running to Google, or at least to their library. Only a true bibliophile would understand the emotions and feelings Liz experienced as she described Darcy’s books, the bindings and the edges of the covers. You could feel her love of books as she saw Darcy’s library for the first time. She was drawn like a moth to a flame and she could not help herself. I swooned at the description as she walked toward her destiny. Whew!! There are many excellent reviews out there. I just say, you must read this. I loved it.
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