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An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman
Pamela Aidan · 2026
🎙 Narrated by George Holmes
65/100
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A clean, faithful retelling of Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's point of view, which is a fun conceit for Austen fans, but since it walks the same beats as the source material, there's not much new ground broken here. George Holmes narrates with a decent general listener rating, though I couldn't find a dedicated trade review of his performance on this title. A pleasant, low-risk listen, but not quite worth prioritizing over the original.
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🎙 Narration: fine George Holmes has a decent aggregate listener rating (~3.9) but no dedicated trade review was found.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness60
Craft & writing66
Originality42
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit82
Human-eye read65
Penny’s verdict65
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