“Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words” is Now in Audio!

ATTENTION AUDIOPHILES! I’m so excited to tell you the news: Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words is now available in your favorite format! And the best news is that it’s in the actual voice so many of you have come to recognize as the personification of Mr. Darcy: the voice of the incomparable Harry Frost!

I think Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words is especially suited to audio, too. Since the entire story is told from Darcy’s perspective, as if he were speaking just to you!

Here’s a couple of Harry’s comments about the book:

“I’m having a great time with it. It’s a real pleasure reading what is effectively a monologue in character as
a change to an omniscient third person narrator; it’s much more fun to act… I very much like your Darcy, and I think that’s definitely right.”

The last bit was referring to striking the the right balance between playing Darcy too cold and horridly aloof or too heroically perfect from the start.  I thought about that a lot as I wrote, actually. And it’s a little trickier when he’s telling his own story, because no one can be completely objective about their own thoughts, words, and deeds. He tells us what he believes to be true, presumably, but WE ALL KNOW that he’s sometimes wrong!

These were my instructions to Harry for how I wanted the title  character voiced in Fitzwilliam Darcy in His Own Words:

Although there will be occasions for extremes (Darcy sounding gruff, arrogant, even ridiculous), he should generally be slightly stiff but mostly relatable. He’s flawed and socially awkward, but highly principled and always doing what he (sometimes mistakenly) believes is right. I actually had in mind as I wrote that he might be on the very high-functioning end of the autism scale – just a hint of the guy in “The Rosie Project,” if you’re familiar with it.

(Harry wasn’t, but maybe you are. Great book!)

I hope I struck the right balance writing Darcy. I’m sure you’ll agree that Harry did a great job voicing him and all the other characters too!

So that’s a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at the process of getting an audiobook made – a cooperative effort between author and narrator. Now it’s ready for you. HAPPY LISTENING!

FITWILLIAM DARCY in His Own Words is available through Amazon in paperback, Kindle, KU, and now Audio! In case you missed it, you can read the blurb and the slightly shocking prologue here!