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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: Experience Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as never before in this audacious horror mash-up full of romance, heartbreak, swordfights—and zombies! This updated edition features 16 pages of color stills from the film adaptation, a reading group discussion guide, and bonus other materials.   A mysterious plague falls upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield.   This updated edition of the New York Times bestseller includes color stills from the film starring Lily James, a reading group discussion guide, and more! Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights—not to mention thousands of rotting corpses—Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a bold retelling of the enduring classic, perfect for literature lovers, zombie fans, and anyone who loves a reanimated Austen.

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ISBN9781594744495
PublisherQuirk Books
Publication Date05/01/09
Pages345

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  • rockofbooks
    rockofbooks

    92 Followers

    4.0

    I'm totally confused. it was some kind of funny but I do missed the charme, the symapthy. Sometimes I just missed the love Jane Austen wrote with. I know she (Miss Austen) was full of ironic and sarcasm but she was pure and simple in her way to discribe a person. She knew how to turn a situation in a different way. Both versions of Pride and Prejudice has such a silly Mrs Bennett and an horrible Mr Collins. I absolutly like the fact how everythings settled with Mr Collins - I think it was the wish of most of the readers that ,.... well never mind. But was the story really written by Jane Austen? was it really her idea??????? I read Northanger Abby and it had some gothic parts in it and Miss Austen read stories like that by herself. But for now it doesn't really matter because the book shouldn't just get a good review because of the author but of the story: imagine the P&P world just with many zombies in it. Mr Darcy and Elizabeth and all of the others are warriers?! well. it was funny on some parts. it has a good reading flair but something was missed. guess everybody has it's own opinion.

    Dec 31, 2024

  • katicilli
    katicilli

    27 Followers

    2.5

    Zu gerne würde ich sagen, man bekommt, was der Titel verspricht: Stolz und Vorurteil garniert mit ein paar Zombies. Das hätte ich durchaus reizvoll gefunden. Leider bekommt man mehr... Was soll dieses ganze Ninja- und Shaolin-Gedöns? (Wobei der Autor auch selber nicht immer wirklich zwischen Japan und China unterscheiden kann...) Und soll man als Leser wirklich eine Elisabeth Bennet mögen, die namenlose Ninja grausam niedermetzelt und sich auch sonst ständig in irgendwelchen Tötungsphantasien ergeht? Oder einen Mr. Darcy, der Leute verprügelt und sogar jemanden zum Krüppel schlägt? Ganz davon abgesehen, dass die Charaktere ja doch immer wieder der vorgegebenen Handlung folgen und dafür den Regency-Moralvorstellungen entsprechen müssen, wodurch man bei den meisten ständig das Gefühl hat, sie fielen aus ihrer Rolle. Und dann noch die vielen unnötigen kleinen Abweichungen vom Original: Das Schicksal der Collins, Wickhams "Unfall" (empfindet das irgendjemand als gerechte Strafe?) oder Mrs. Gardiners voreheliche Affäre (gerade weil diese die Lydia-Geschichte dann als gar nicht so gravierend erscheinen lässt). Ich habe mich beim Lesen zunehmend dabei ertappt, wie ich versucht habe, den Originaltext wieder zu rekonstruieren - und mich irgendwann gefragt, warum ich eigentlich gleich mal wieder diesen gelesen hatte.

    Dec 12, 2025

  • 4.0

    I've always been open-minded about any Jane Austen Sequel. Being so I had no problem with the idea of any zombies around in the world of Jane Austen. In fact, I quite liked it. Of course it's strange or comical or what else you call it. But I think, the author did really well. You just shouldn't take it to seriously. Read it and enjoy and DON'T ask yourself whether Jane Austen would like or not.

    Oct 24, 2023

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