While many of the other reviews are correct, I believe that some of the wording indicates that they have lumped this and Assumed Obligation into the same review. The overall concept of this book and how the two came together was certainly original, and much of Darcy was the same for most of this book. The liberties taken on how Elizabeth talked him into helping others, and Georgiana showed him how to, were a bit like teaching a six year old, but then, some lessons are learned later in life, more's the pity. I do think that his initial interest in helping his tennents was not too far off the times in this first of books. It is certainly a well planned read, which is more than many variations, and while an alternate path, comes to the conclusions we are all hoping for.