The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle
The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle is another one of those Mary Bennet published fanfiction books I have borrowed from my local library.
I'm just going to list the literary intertextual references in this novel.
My running list of Shakespeare continues. Shakespeare: So just like Disney's Belle, Mary Bennet (and Lydia Bennet) would be familiar with Shakespeare. In The Forgotten Sister, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, The Tempest, Othello, and As You Like It are referenced. In Mary B, Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra are mentioned. In The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and the Sonnets are referenced. In this book, As You Like It, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and Macbeth are referenced. When I am done reviewing all of the Mary B published fanfiction/spinoff books, I will make a composite list of all references in these books.
La Belle Assembelee has been referenced in this book, and the last two Mary B books I've reviewed. It was sort of like a women's fashion magazine in the early 19th century.
Two Samuel Richardson novels are noted, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, and Clarissa.
John Milton's Paradise Lost is referenced again.
The Meditations are referenced. I am pretty sure this is The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. You can read the whole text here.
Fordyce's Sermons is referenced again, the only intertextual reference in the original Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind by Hester Chapone, read online for free here.
Samuel Pepys diaries about the great fire.
Robert Southey's The Life of Nelson.
William Wordsworth's "I Wanderd a Lonely as a Cloud"
This book wasn't bad. I certainly appreciated what Pamela was trying to do, she was trying to give Mary her own story. I just wish authors of Mary B published fanfiction didn't malign Lydia to put Mary in a happier light.
There is a Mary Bennet book I may buy, but I'm not sure. It's not available at all at the library. I would most likely buy it to see if there were any intertextual references and then donate it/give it away. I will wait and see. This series of blog posts has been a lot of fun. I really love keeping track of all the literary intertextual references in the historical context of these spinoff novels. Mary Bennet does fascinate a lot of people, myself included.
I'm just going to list the literary intertextual references in this novel.
My running list of Shakespeare continues. Shakespeare: So just like Disney's Belle, Mary Bennet (and Lydia Bennet) would be familiar with Shakespeare. In The Forgotten Sister, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, The Tempest, Othello, and As You Like It are referenced. In Mary B, Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra are mentioned. In The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and the Sonnets are referenced. In this book, As You Like It, A Midsummer's Night Dream, and Macbeth are referenced. When I am done reviewing all of the Mary B published fanfiction/spinoff books, I will make a composite list of all references in these books.
La Belle Assembelee has been referenced in this book, and the last two Mary B books I've reviewed. It was sort of like a women's fashion magazine in the early 19th century.
Two Samuel Richardson novels are noted, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, and Clarissa.
John Milton's Paradise Lost is referenced again.
The Meditations are referenced. I am pretty sure this is The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. You can read the whole text here.
Fordyce's Sermons is referenced again, the only intertextual reference in the original Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind by Hester Chapone, read online for free here.
Samuel Pepys diaries about the great fire.
Robert Southey's The Life of Nelson.
William Wordsworth's "I Wanderd a Lonely as a Cloud"
This book wasn't bad. I certainly appreciated what Pamela was trying to do, she was trying to give Mary her own story. I just wish authors of Mary B published fanfiction didn't malign Lydia to put Mary in a happier light.
There is a Mary Bennet book I may buy, but I'm not sure. It's not available at all at the library. I would most likely buy it to see if there were any intertextual references and then donate it/give it away. I will wait and see. This series of blog posts has been a lot of fun. I really love keeping track of all the literary intertextual references in the historical context of these spinoff novels. Mary Bennet does fascinate a lot of people, myself included.