The Heiress

Anne de Bourgh is the heiress in question, the daughter of Sir Lewis and Lady Catherine, she will inherit Rosings Park, Kent one of the finest estates in the south of England. She is cousin to Fitzwilliam Darcy and Anne’s indomitable and controlling mother has decreed they will marry! Anne has been......more

I’ve lowered this to a 3.4. I solidly liked it, but the stakes just weren’t high enough. I felt that once the main character was out from under the control of her oppressive mother, it almost took on the feel of a 1980s film montage. The characters were likable, the sentences clear and upbeat, the t......more

The Heiress features the character, Anne de Bourgh, who appeared in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It's been years since I read that book so I wasn't sure if I'd be able to follow along when reading this one. Thankfully, The Heiress can easily be read as a standalone novel although I do think th......more

Unlike every other Jane Austen spinoff I've attempted, The Heiress neither explores the same themes nor attempts to mimic the writing of the inimitable Austen. It is so, so much the better for it. Molly Greeley chooses a character from Pride and Prejudice with exactly zero spoken lines - the sickly......more

Pride and Prejudice fans you will devour this amazing story of the illusive Anne, the heiress of Rosings Park Kent, daughter of Sir Lewis and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and cousin to Fitzwilliam Darcy whom she had been promised to marry since childhood. We all know what happened to that story, as Dar......more