Imagine a variation of the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austin, where the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is not Bennet, but Thompson; she’s the daughter of John Bennet, the brother of Mr. Thomas Bennet in the original story. Mr. John Bennet decided at one point in his life to change his last name to Thompson, the owner of the state “Sandstone”; this is where Elizabeth was born. She’s the oldest daughter of two children in the Thompson family. “Sandstone” is fairly close in distance to “Pemberley”; the owners of both states are friendly enough to have their children develop friendships since they were young. Elizabeth befriends Georgiana Darcy and Mary Bennet.
This story visits some events that are present in the original book, but the similarities end up there.
What I liked best was how the author was able to create a new story while keeping the personalities of the characters as close as the ones in the original story. On the negative side, I think the Bennet family's negative flows were exploited more than their positive ones. For these reasons, I rate the book 4 stars. I would also recommend the book to all fans of Jane Austen.