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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 A Private Performance : Continuing Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
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'When Elizabeth Bennett marries the brooding, passionate Mr.Darcy, she is thrown into the exciting world of London society. She makes a powerful friend in the Marchioness of Englebury but the jealousy among her ladyship's circle threatens to destroy her happiness. Elizabeth is drawn into a powerful clique for whom intrigue is the stuff of life and rivalry the motive. Her success, it seems, can only be at the expense of good relations with her husband...

'Other favourite 'Pride and Prejudice' characters are not forgotten. Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennett pursue happiness, each in their own way, while others have adventures too, often with hilarious results. This witty and entertaining novel is full of sardonic humour and beautifully told in the language of the era. Bringing Regency society vividly to life, Helen Halstead carries forward Austen's theme of the necessity for her heroes to grow within, in order to achieve lasting happiness!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Belair, Mitcham area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Thalwood Books , 2004 .
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      Extent: 316p.
      ISBN: 0646433571
    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 2005 .
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      Alternative title: A Private Performace : A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
      Extent: 309p.
      ISBN: 1741660505

Works about this Work

Putting Pride Aside Tania Bawden , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 September 2006; (p. 11)
Show and Tell Irina Dunn , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , November vol. 85 no. 5 2005; (p. 17)
Irina Dunn foreshadows the 2005 Indpependent Australian Publishers and Authors Bookshow. The Bookshow is run by the New South Wales Writers' Centre. Dunn commnents on the success of the 2004 winner of the fiction category prize for best independently published Australian book, A Private Performance : Continuing Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Helen Halstead.
Show and Tell Irina Dunn , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , November vol. 85 no. 5 2005; (p. 17)
Irina Dunn foreshadows the 2005 Indpependent Australian Publishers and Authors Bookshow. The Bookshow is run by the New South Wales Writers' Centre. Dunn commnents on the success of the 2004 winner of the fiction category prize for best independently published Australian book, A Private Performance : Continuing Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Helen Halstead.
Putting Pride Aside Tania Bawden , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 September 2006; (p. 11)
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