Darcy's Winter of Discontent

Darcy's Winter of Discontent

Author: Helena Crowe Listening Length: 7h 17m
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Once the register names her Elizabeth Darcy, the former Miss Elizabeth Bennet must face a crushing scandal while scarcely recognizing herself. Her unwilling husband, who believes her no better than a fortune hunter, forbids any talk of the circumstances behind their union and can hardly endure the sound of her voice. A...

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The dilemma of where to take my sister absorbed the background of my mind as I roared up and down the stairs barking out orders.

My prevailing fear of taking her to the Countess of Matlock in London was that once she had Georgiana in her possession, our aunt would find ways to keep her.

She took my father’s directive that Richard and I serve as guardians with very little good grace and had long wished to mould my sister in her own image.

No, I would not put my sister under her power.