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The Exile: Kitty Bennet and the Belle Epoque by Don Jacobson

blodeuedd's review

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3.0

This was the toughest PP variation I have read so far. There are a lot of trigger warnings for those who need to know, rape and abuse. Be warned.

Kitty goes through the wardrobe and ends up in the 1880s. She decides to stay as she did not really feel welcome in her own time. Her we get to see the neglect of her parents and why Kitty wanted to strike out on her own.

She meets a relation by the name Henry Fitzwilliam of Matlock. And having read book 2, I know that in the end these two will end up together and be happy. But before that a lot happens. Henry pines for the lady in book 2 (which is Kitty, long story.) He finds this Kitty fascinating but cares not. And he is to marry someone else.

There are many trials before them before they can be happy, and Kitty must learn to live with her past to embrace her future.

A good book, but the bad people are so evil, and there is an evil brewing that i guess will follow into later books.

Great narration. I was there in the good and bad. It put my heart through a wringer.

vesper1931's review

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4.0

Having a tantrum the day after the marriage of her two eldest sisters 17 year old Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet is transported through The Wardrobe to the place she needs to be - London in 1886, where she meets a dying Lydia, and the Five families. Now is Kitty's time, her adventure, her growing up.
Enjoyable read about one of the lesser characters of Pride and Prejudice. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
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