This has gotten off to a good start. I wasn't sure how Elizabeth and Darcy would survive being transplanted to rural Tenessee in 1932 but, so far, the effect is quite refreshing.
This is all new territory to me. I know nothing about Tenessee other than the Southern clichés from movies and television. I've not seen it as a location for Depression Era drama before. Perhaps that's part of what makes this seem fresh.
It also helps that the author is revisiting "Pride and Prejudice", not trying to resurrect it with a Tenessee accent.
She has the Bennets moving to Tenessee, Mrs Bennet's childhood home, after Professor Bennet loses his university post at North Western. One of the effects this has is to bring Mrs Bennet back to earth a little and get her to do more than fuss and worry.
Another change is that Georgiana Darcy has two children and yet is not with her husband and has reclaimed her maiden name.
Perhaps the biggest change in that the Bennet sisters will have to work for a living.
The writing is smooth and confident and the characters are recognisable but not exactly the same.
What changes and what remains the same make me want to keep reading to see what will happen next.
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