Twenty years after Pride and Prejudice, Mary Bennet pursues independence and social reform while her sisters navigate strained marriages and personal crises.
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Twenty years after Pride and Prejudice, Mary Bennet pursues independence and social reform while her sisters navigate strained marriages and personal crises.
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Everyone knows the story of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice." But what about their sister Mary? At the conclusion of Jane Austen's classic novel, Mary, bookish, awkward, and by all accounts, unmarriageable, is sentenced to a dull, provincial existence in the backwaters of Britain. Now, master storyteller Colleen McCullough rescues Mary from her dreary fate with "The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet," a page-turning sequel set twenty years after Austen's novel closes. The story ...
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Sexual content
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Sexual dysfunction threatens Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage; Lydia philanders and has affairs
Violence & gore
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Mary held captive by cult leader; lurid violent elements and threats throughout
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Lydia drinks heavily and frequently
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Central plot involves religious zealot cult leader Father Dominus and his followers
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Darcy's political ambitions; themes of poverty and women's independence
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Mary imprisoned by cult; family dysfunction, captivity, and systemic suffering depicted
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