The characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice return in Volume I of The Adventures of Miss Mary Bennet, in which we discover Mary has been living a lie. That is, until Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy raise the Bennet family fortunes. She tosses off the deceptions used to keep suitors at bay-her unnecessary spectacles and annoying manner-and declares to Mr. and Mrs. Bennet that she will remain a spinster for life. Intrigued by this remarkable transformation,...