Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice

A clever and cunning modern day retelling of the adored Jane Austen novel. Tall dark and arrogantly handsome---not to mention distinguished powerful and rolling in money. Mr. Darcy? No thats just the woman director of Pride and Prejudice reports Nicholas Llewellyn Bevan impoverished novelist and occasional (reluctant) journalist when a TV production company trundles into his sleepy North Yorkshire valley. Amusedly he watches these glamorous invaders combine the filming of Jane Austens romantic classic with the much less modest pursuit off-camera of real-life romances with the locals.. Under his very nose his bashful handsome neighbor John is plucked out of a village dance by the famously gorgeous (and wealthy) leading actress Candia Bingham with whom he at once falls completely in love. Our would-be hero manages only to trip over the black-booted foot of the intimidating and imperious director Mary Dance. So hes amazed---and a little bit alarmed---when her steely eye seems to be straying his way.. A witty and entertaining update on Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice Austen fans old and new will adore Vanity and Vexations modern take on her sublime blueprint of the romance game complete with sex money and power. With an assured and respectful hand in the context of the contemporary world Kate Fenton has penned a riveting story with a hilarious twist.