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  • Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand

  • A Pride and Prejudice Variation
  • By: Jeannie Peneaux
  • Narrated by: Liz May Brice
  • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand

By: Jeannie Peneaux
Narrated by: Liz May Brice
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Summary

Mrs. Bennet and her sister are bound for Bath to take the waters. The mistress of Longbourn could not part from her duties if it were not for Mrs. Gardiner of Gracechurch Street. At Elizabeth’s request, her favorite aunt has offered to take up residence for the few months Mrs. Bennet is absent. Mrs. Bennet may doubt that her brother’s wife could manage her family even half as well as she, but as she considers the attractions of Bath, she assures herself that no permanent alterations could possibly be made.

Aunt Gardiner hopes otherwise.

Mrs. Gardiner Takes a Hand, the seventh Pride and Prejudice variation by Jeannie Peneaux, is an epistolary novel. Letters are sent to the most surprising people and read with varying degrees of alarm and pleasure.

©2023, 2024 Jeannie Peneaux (P)2024 Jeannie Peneaux
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enjoyable low angst story where all get a happy ending

really enjoyed the letter format, characters, narration and focus on each of the Bennett daughters giving all of them a happy ending .

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Delightful

I have enjoyed this story as much as I have every other one by this author and the narrator was quite perfect for the period and content of the book.
Such a joy to listen to and I’m sure I’ll return to it with pleasure!

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Excellent low-angst variation

I love everything by this author. The letter-writing style works well and the narrator does great variation of the character voices. I love how the reader can read between the lines and realise all the stuff that's going on in the background, of which the letter-writers are ignorant! Mary's romance is lovely. And Aunt Gardiner does a splendid job of sorting out the Bennets!

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