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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.

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"[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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Zombie Logic Fail

It's a bit silly to state that a book about zombies in Pride and Prejudice didn't make sense - but sadly that is the case. I'm not talking about the obvious zombie issues (like why they don't die if they don't eat, why do they only decompose a little and not the whole way, etc.). I'm all for the willing suspension of disbelief - and zombie lit in general - but the grafted on bits about fighting the un-dead didn't follow logic. One example: Eliza Bennett is well known as one of the great zombie fighters - but Lady Catherine keeps assuming her ninjas (yes, ninjas) will kill her easily. Really - this is too ridiculous to go on. Suffice it to say, the fact that zombies were grafted on to the unaltered original text instead of this being a newly written book with the same plot lead to many unsatisfying holes in the narrative.

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An awesome modern riff on Jane

C'mon folks, lighten up. This is meant to be a silly book. The worst of Jane is when her characters take themselves too seriously; the best of Jane is when she is shining light on the absurd. I actually think she would have enjoyed this - it is a bit Northanger Abbey in its mocking treatment of the gothic. Also, it was a thing of beauty when Seth took the proposal scene up a notch by having Eliza Bennett kick Mr. Darcy in the head. Brilliant!

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very fun listen

Very fun premise to the story and great narration. I was surprised at how true to the original story this version stayed, while adding in a layer of zombies versus the deadly arts. Loved it. I think I got much more out of hearing the audio version than I would have by reading the print version.

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Only a Brain Dead Zombie Wouldn't Enjoy This Book

This book is utterly brilliant The mashup of Austen and zombies is fantastically clever, and the juxtaposition of the strict societal rules and monster-fighting adds a whole new level of conflict. The fact that in polite society you almost never hear them referred to as "zombies" is great. This is a cut and paste, it's a reimagining of the original book.

I found myself laughing out loud often, and loving Kellgren, the narrator. Her British accent makes the audiobook even better than it's print companion.

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BORING

THIS WAS VERY DISAPOINTING. THE ZOMBIE PARTS ARE GOOD BUT NOT VERY DETAILED AND THE OVER ALL STORY IS BORING.WHICH IS WHY I NEVER BOTHERED TO READ PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

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Garbage

If you like Pride and Prejudice then you probably have an appreciation for literature. This is not literature. This book could have been written by a 5 year old. It is neither funny nor clever. The "author"simply added a Zombie theme every now and then in place of the original plot, and then (likely with the assistance of 10,000 monkeys chained to keyboards) adjusted minor details of the story to make it "work". This adaptation reminds of the childhood books we used to take on long car rides where we were asked to pick a noun, a verb, an adjective etc. (usually words like fart, bum and stinky), ultimately creating a silly sentence.

Do not waste your time.

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Proved to not be my Cup Of Tea

I am about the last person who would ever think to read a book like "Pride and Prejudice" but throw Zombies in the mix and I had to give it a chance.
I regret that it was still just to much P & P and not enough Zombies. Just as I would be wishing the actors would speak normally at a Shakespearean play, the wording of this book only helped to loose my interest.

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I love P&P and love zombies but hate this book

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Considering my deep love of both Jane Austen and zombies this book seemed a perfect fit for me. Unfortunately, the author changed enough of the Jane Austen dialog enough to make some of the most delightful and witty characters in literature into mean, nasty,abusive people that nobody could love. The concept is cool but the execution was very poor.

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Not as good as the first one

I didn't expect it but the premise wore extremely thin within the first few hours of this sequel and I had a hard time sticking with it. The narration was pretty much the only thing that kept me going - if not for that, I probably would've cut it short and moved on. I need to remember that sequels are almost always less satisfactory than the original in a series and either adjust my expectations or forgo them altogether.

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Hilarious! LMAO!

I am an avid Austen fan, and so I wasn't sure if I would like this book, but I thought it was hilarious! I think if you go into this book knowing that it is written to be funny and don't take it too seriously, you will enjoy it too. If you read Jane Austen's letters you can see that she had a great sense of humor herself and was very sarcastic, and I think she may have enjoyed the spirit in which it was written. Very well done!

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