Editorial Review
The immediate thought on delving
into *Inspiration* is the delightful
prospect it is a tale of an unknown artist with the name Darcy, perchance a
tangent novel? A short-lived moment of wonder and awe inside his attic studio
transpires. The description of paint daubed floorboards adds wonderful sense of
place as Darcy ponders a blank canvas and lack of a muse. His grey thoughts
provide a glimpse to the mind of a man longing for a love that might be
possible with the right muse. At this point Bingley’s intrusion and invitation
for Darcy to accompany him to Hertfordshire is the start to a second telling of
Pride and Prejudice. While Ms Grace weaves little cameos of Darcy’s artistry to
the forefront of Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Inspiration soon transmits a deal of Austen’s memorable dialogue
and familiar text. It is after all a JAFF novel, and Darcy’s artistic talent
endows respite from the re-doing of the primary source. Inspiration by Maria Grace is hereby granted a Jane Austen Award.
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