Pride and Prejudice – Verona Westbrook

“Pride and Prejudice” first edition under the hammer

August 28, 2018 by Verona

A rare first edition of “Pride and Prejudice” is to be auctioned at Bonhams.

With over 20 million copies of the original book sold, Bonhams is expecting a sale price of between £15,000 and £20,000.

“Pride and Prejudice” has been adapted for television of films dozens of times — the first TV version was in 1938 starring Curigwen Lewis and Andrew Osborn, followed two years later by a big-screen version with Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet and Laurence Olivier as Darcy.

An unlikely Darcy in 1952 was Peter Cushing, better known for Hammer House of Horror movies.

And then of course there’s the timeless 1995 television series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.

Sophie Turner’s “A Constant Love” series continues in new audiobook

August 22, 2018 by Verona

Book 2 of Austen Author Sophie Turner’s A Constant Love series, A Change of Legacies is now available as an audiobook.

A story of love and family, it’s the sequel to A Constant Love.

Darcy and Elizabeth are about to have their first child, and the beginning of Georgiana’s married life does not go as smoothly expected.

Meanwhile, Mary Bennet finds herself romantically interested in a man. But will her own character and his family get in her way?

A Change of Legacies is available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.

One night to decide his entire life’s happiness

October 15, 2017 by Verona

JUST PUBLISHED!

Sophie Turner’s latest Pride and Prejudice variation — read by Verona Westbrook, and available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.

Chastened by Charles Bingley following Mr Bennet’s untimely death, Fitzwilliam Darcy determines he will offer marriage to Elizabeth . . . but forced by circumstances she marries another.

Years later, Elizabeth is a widow, and mistress of Longbourn. She has vowed she will never marry again.

A chance meeting at Netherfield brings them back together again, but Darcy will have to win more than her heart if he is to have any chance of making her mistress of Pemberley.

Goodbye, Mr Bennet

October 23, 2017September 30, 2017 by Verona

COLIN FIRTH may have been many people’s idea of the ultimate Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice.

And Jennifer Ehle was a particularly spirited Elizabeth Bennet.

But deserving of equal praise should be Benjamin Whitrow, who has just died aged 80, as an occasionally weary-looking Mr Bennet. He was nominated for a BAFTA for the rôle.

Who can forget his grave expression, with a just-perceptible twinkle in his eye, when Mrs Bennet threatens never to speak to Elizabeth again after she refuses her absurd cousin Mr Collin’s offer of marriage?

He adds: “Well, there you are, Lizzie, an unhappy alternative is before you. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins and I will never see you again if you do.”