Mary Bennet
Viking, $29.95 pb, 342 pp, 9780670075706
Fiction
Mary Bennet by Jennifer Paynter
by Carol Middleton •
This début novel by Sydney playwright Jennifer Paynter is a skilful retelling of Pride and Prejudice, narrated by Mary Bennet, the forgotten middle sister. Mary’s character is true to Austen’s original conception. She is bookish, plain, and unloved, although romance soon appears on the horizon in this version of events.
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