Comments for Eliza's Daughter at http://www.austenfans.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.austenfans.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:10:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.austenfans.com/Jane-Austen-Sequels/Eliza-s-Daughter.html#comment-281 Hi, I just finished "Eliza's Daughter", and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I read it in one sitting, staying up past my usual bedtime. It reminded me more of Moll Flanders than a Jane Austen book, though. I enjoyed the satire on the original characters from the original book; not a one of them was happy, but isn't that the way it turns out in life sometimes? I think it may help to think of it as an alternative future, not necessarily the best one, and, I agree, certainly not the one we imagine when we read "Sense and Sensibility". - Milly Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:51:17 +0100 http://www.austenfans.com/Jane-Austen-Sequels/Eliza-s-Daughter.html#comment-4 I also was somewhat disappointed by "Eliza's Daughter". I found it entertaining enough , I think it was written well and has a worthy protagonist, however i agree that tearing to shreds the personality of characters we have come to love so dearly was quite unnecessary. Assuming that we all must have been merely laboring under the mis apprehension that these characters where actually good, upright, and worthy of our admiration was a bit of a rude shock. One in my opinion wholly unfounded, and because of our bias in Jane Austin's original version it was also unsuccessful. - Essy Lou Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:53:30 +0100