Interview with Amanda Kai
Hello Amanda and welcome
back to My Jane Austen Book Club. Congratulation on your new release, Sudden
Awakenings. It brings a fresh twist to Pride and Prejudice by
introducing Elizabeth Bennet's struggle with sleepwalking. What inspired you to
incorporate this unique aspect into her character, and how do you think it
influences her relationship with Mr. Darcy?
Well, originally, I planned to write a compromise scenario based on the
scene from the end of the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie, where Elizabeth walks
out into the field in her nightgown and Mr. Darcy meets her there in a state of
half-dress and they are witnessed by some gossipping neighbor.
However, I struggled to conceive a realistic reason for why these otherwise upstanding people would suffer from such a gross lack of propriety (even in the movie, it is a stretch, but I forgive it, just because I love it so darn much!)
