Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition
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3.2
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Jane Austen
Seth Grahame-Smith
The New York Times best seller is now a major motion picture starring Lily James and Sam Riley, with Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey. This deluxe heirloom edition includes a new preface by coauthor Seth Grahame-Smith, thirteen oil painting illustrations by Roberto Parada, and a fascinating afterword by Dr. Allen Grove of Alfred University—plus 30 percent more zombies!Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an audacious retelling of English literature’s most enduring novel. This expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem begins when 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. It’s the perfect read for literature lovers, zombie fans, and anyone who loves a reanimated Austen.
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Author
Jane Austen
Pages
368
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Published Date
2009-10
ISBN
1594744513 9781594744518
Ratings
Google: 3
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"With zombies included I gave this book one more star over the classic Pride and Prejudice novel. I didn’t care for either honestly. I should have just DNF’d both of them but I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Plus I always enjoy watching movies that have been adapted from book. So hopefully those will be better my speed. I’m not sure what I was expecting out of this book but I definitely wasn’t expecting the exact same writing from Pride and Prejudice with a zombie story woven within. But I also didn’t pay attention that the author listed him self and Jane Austen as dual authors for this book. If I had know that I probably would have not bothered so much into reading it. I did enjoy the pictures with captions from the story. I wish there were more pictures, it helped keep the interest of the book. The book itself was paperback and it was hard to hold and keep open while reading. My hands kept cramping and it was just not an enjoyable reading experience. I wish it didn’t take me so long to get through but I was just not as excited for this story every time I picked it up. <br/>Also I wish there was more zombie scenes. Basically just fill the whole book with zombies. Leave out the ancient art of learning how to kill zombies. I just want the action. I liked the twist of certain characters being bitten and turning into unmentionables. But overall I would not read again."
Genna Wells