Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens

Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens
First edition
Author	Jonathan Pinnock
Cover artist	Christopher Hamilton-Emery
Language	English
Publisher	Proxima Books
Publication date	2011
ISBN	978-1-90777-313-6

Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens is a novel by Jonathan Pinnock. It is his first and was published by Proxima Books in September 2011. It was originally published as an internet serial over the course of a year, until it was picked up by Proxima shortly before the completion of its run.

Blurb

A year or two into her marriage, Elizabeth Darcy has much on her mind: she has still not produced an heir for Mr Darcy, there are preparations to be made for the Pemberley summer ball, and her youngest sister Lydia has been abducted by aliens. As Regency England sleepwalks towards tentacled oblivion, will she be able to reunite with her old foe Wickham and put a stop to their evil plans?

Meanwhile, in the East End of London, the repulsive Mr Collins is running a Mission for fallen women whilst his poor wife Charlotte has fallen under the malign influence of Lord Byron and is now a laudanum addict. But is everything at the Mission all that it seems? What is Mr Darcy doing there? And why are there strange lights in the sky over Lady Catherine de Bourgh's seat at Rosins?

This is probably the most unconventional sequel to a Jane Austen novel ever written. It is certainly the funniest.

Critical Reception

Critical reception to the book was mixed, varying from indifference and disappointment right through to ecstatic praise. So marmite, basically.