The continuation of Jane Austen's most famous novel - from the author of The Thorn Birds! Jane Austen is one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, a classic of English prose, whose works are still loved by critics, literary scholars, ordinary readers, and filmmakers , never tire of filming them. There is a literary legend: Austen planned to write a sequel to her most famous novel, “Pride and Prejudice,” but an early death prevented these plans. Already in our days, Colleen McCullough herself, the author of the magnificent “The Singing,” has taken on this continuation in the thorn bush." Perhaps her version of the fate and adventures of one of the Bennet sisters - the determined suffragette Mary - is very different from what Austen herself intended. But does this make her novel less talented and exciting?