| Title | : | Not Handsome Enough (The Waking Dreams of Fitzwilliam Darcy, #1) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 36 |
| Publication | : | First published August 11, 2013 |
In the Mr. Darcy’s Erotic Dreams Short Story Collection Ayr Bray has answered your musings.
Not Handsome Enough begins at the Meryton Assembly where Mr. Darcy slights Miss Elizabeth Bennet and concludes a week later at Lucas Lodge.
Moments after Fitzwilliam Darcy slights Elizabeth Bennet at the Meryton Assembly she commences telling the story to all in attendance. Forced to retreat to the quiet and solitude of the streets outside he admits to himself that she was the unfortunate woman who his comments were directed at, however, any woman who had been sitting there would have received the same treatment. In reality, it was not her he was avoiding dancing with, but dancing in general.
A week passes and while sitting at Richard’s Bookshop in Meryton he observes Miss Elizabeth Bennet and experiences his first day-dream about her. That evening, while attending a party at the Lucas Lodge, he is desperate to remember his dream but no matter how hard he tries, he cannot recall the details. Desperate to experience it again and swept away by her fine eyes and pretty face he releases control and experiences the most sensual and erotic dream.
At its conclusion Mr. Darcy will do almost anything to speak to the love of his life.
Not Handsome Enough (The Waking Dreams of Fitzwilliam Darcy, #1) Reviews
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This story ends at 71% on my kindle and so is very short. It has Darcy daydreaming, at first very innocent thoughts of a wife in his lap and then she stands and leads him towards the bedroom...these thoughts after Darcy has watched Elizabeth tell the townspeople at the Meryton assembly about his "insult".
He next spies her coming into the book store and watches her unnoticed. That encounter leads to much lustier thoughts when later they are at the Lucases and he attempts to speak with her unsuccessfully. After she turns down Sir Lucas' attempts to partner her with Darcy for a dance, his thought depart into a daydream of a full seduction under a waterfall...and there you have it. Short and lusty and for MA audiences.
Anji listed this as one of the short stories she read as she is attempting to recover from an illness and is seeking shorter pieces to entertain her...I thought to seek it out. Not much substance at all. -
Five stars just for the encounter with Miss Bingley after his reverie, alone! I laughed for about three minutes before I could continue reading. "I should imagine not!", indeed. I am so tired of people purchasing a tale that specifically states it is 33 pages long and then complaining about it. I am so tired of people purchasing a tale that specifically states it includes erotic or sensual aspects and then complaining about it. Mr. Darcy is a very passionate, red-blooded male, as Jane Austen makes very clear. Bray has simply given an idea to what he was thinking about while looking at Elizabeth, and I think she is very possibly correct. I assure you, there was as much of that kind of thinking in Regency England men as there is today.
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Snippet into Darcy
This is a very very short story with a view into Darcy's mind in the beginning of P&P. And by short I'm talking only 2 chapters. But I have to say they were wonderful. The first chapter deals with the Meryton assembly and the second deals with a non encounter at a book shop in Meryton. We see into what Darcy's thought are.
This is a extremely quick read and I'm psyched that there's a series of books to continue, plus it's part of kindle unlimited so I get to read for free. Which makes it awesome! -
The only thing worse than a Jane Austen character in one book knowing of the existence if other Austen novels is dream sequences. And this book was all dream sequences
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This retelling begins at the Meryton Assembley up to the evening at Lucas Lodge - detailing Darcy's reactions to Elizabeth Bennet with daydreams of her.
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Not Handsome Enough ( Mr. Darcy's Erotic Dreams )
Another short quick read. If indeed there was a real Mr. Darcy, and his dreams were as vivid as Ayr Bray has conjured them, anyone finding out would think he lost his mind by not apologizing to Elizabeth, and then, asking her to marry him. Story without Darcy's erotic dreams pretty much stick to Jane Austen's original Pride and Prejudice storyline. Scene in the bookstore was classic. Taking a second good look sometimes changes the first. -
Books by Ayr Bray are not for the Austen purist, though for the rest if us they are delightful and a tad bit exciting to read. They let us read a different faucet in the lives we love to read about. After all, they are characters ready and waiting to be subjects to the ideas of the creative writers. Enjoy the shirt stories and wait for more.
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This is a short story. What was Darcy really thinking while watching Elizabeth at Lucas Lodge? Well, now we know. To say he regretted his hasty words would be putting it mildly.
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This is a very very short story with a view into Darcy's mind in the beginning of P&P. And by short I'm talking only 2 chapters. But I have to say they were wonderful. The first chapter deals with the Meryton assembly and the second deals with a non encounter at a book shop in Meryton. We see into what Darcy's thought are. This is a extremely quick read and I'm psyched that there's a series of books to continue, plus it's part of kindle unlimited so I get to read for free. Which makes it awesome!
This book has mature content. Darcy has vivid sexual dreams but done very tastefully! -
If you ever wondered what Mr. Darcy was thinking as he gazed upon Elizabeth Bennet, and if it was erotic. This book answers those questions. If you prefer your Pride and Prejudice without adult content you shouldn't waste your time.
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Mr Darcy has quite the imagination. The story reads like a missing scene from the book.
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This is perhaps my favourite of Bray's short stories - it starts off quite brilliant apart from the over reliance on Austen 's original prose, but I fell in love with the descriptions of the bookshop and how Elizabeth acts when Darcy observes her. Despite the drawbacks of what is essentially smut fan fiction, Bray does have a way with words.
It descends into indulgent erotica by the end though and cuts out too soon. I find myself thinking I may have awarded more stars if it were longer and less smutty, but then again it is what it claims to be and I liked it nonetheless. -
Lovely retelling. Will post a review soon!
