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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

By: Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
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Publisher's summary

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.

As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen 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 as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry?

Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to hear.

This Heirloom Edition of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies includes a new preface by the author, an afterword by Dr. Allen Grove, professor of English literature at Alfred University, and new scenes of gratuitous zombie mayhem.

©2009 Quirk Books (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"[Seth Grahame-Smith] has taken the merry world established by a 19th-century literary lady, added a scourge of reanimated corpses, and created...well, a pop cultural phenomenon, certainly, and one that has stirred up a lot of excitement. But the greater achievement of the book may lie in the satisfying desire it awakens to read the remix and the original side by side." ( Entertainment Weekly)

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This is everything

Katherine Kellgren’s performance is the most perfect I could imagine of this work. It’s dignified and refined, as this book most undoubtedly is as well. The story had me smiling and laughing throughout, causing other drivers on the highway to wonder if I had lost all sense while behind the wheel.

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Zombies & Mr. Darcy. How much more do you need?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, what to say but

Play it, Hear it, Love it.

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Turning Zombie Fans Into Jane Austin Fans

What made the experience of listening to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies the most enjoyable?

As the introduction to the books says, what Pride and Prejudice really needed was more zombie violence.

What did you like best about this story?

I'm not particularly a fan of Jane Austin, but I am a particular fan of zombies. Somehow, the addition of zombies made Austin's wry wit shine in a way it never did for me before.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Be warned, this is a "laugh aloud on the subway" kind of book.

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Surprised

I've never read the original but this version had me picking it up to compare

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No wonder it's a classic

This is the it should have been written in the first place! Excellent! All books should have zombies. They will eventually take over the world, might as well embrace it now.

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Zombies?

I have to say that I couldn't help but laugh at parts of this story. I thought it was a great way to spice it up. I want to listen to it again. Thanks for the great twist on a classic!

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perfect in every way

This is what you are looking for when you get an audio book so wonderful

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Pure Genius

Truly one of the greatest works I’ve ever read. Pride and Prejudice was not for me, not sure why I read it?! P&P& and Zombies was for me, it made reading Pride and Prejudice worth it!

Wow, I’m ready for more Seth Grahame-Smith

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Not very violent imho

I feel that even though this book is supposed to be mostly about zombies, it doesn't focus on that at all. I understand that the story is about Pride and Prejudice but I'm also fairly certain it could have been done quite nicely otherwise. Still for what it was, it was well done. It IS a parody after all and I did laugh at some very fun moments in the story.

I enjoyed thoroughly the performance of the storyteller, all her different voices and intonations were great. I loved how very Austen it sounded throughout the entire story and how from beginning to end it had the same enthusiasm.

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Hysterically violent!

What did you love best about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

The mix of prim and proper with zombie... (sorry, unmentionables) killing and ninja fighting.

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