Jennifer Paynter

The Forgotten Sister: Mary Bennet's Pride and Prejudice Jennifer Paynter

The third Bennet sister, Mary, steps into the spotlight in this graceful retelling of Pride and Prejudice . As a middle child flanked by two pairs of closely bonded sisters, marginalized by her mother, and ridiculed by her father, Mary Bennet feels isolated within her own family. She retreats to her room to read and play the pianoforte and, when obliged to mix in society, finds it safer to quote platitudes from books rather than express her real opinions. She also finds it safer to befriend those who are socially beneath her. When wealthy Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley glide into her sisters lives, Mary becomes infatuated with an impoverished