Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
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Publish Date: April 01, 2009
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"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 read. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

Author Information

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817.
As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.

Seth Grahame-Smith

Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of The Big Book of Porn (Quirk, 2005) and The Spider-Man Handbook (Quirk, 2006). He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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4.Great Execution

Posted April 23, 2010 by Hannah, Portland, OR

I thought the idea was a bit weird at first, but after a few pages I was totally sold. Of course there were zombies! And of course Elizabeth Bennet is the greatest zombie slayer ever! It feels very natural and is also a hilarious read.
5.Great read

Posted January 14, 2010 by Heather, Taylorsville, KY

I just got through reading this book and I thought it was great. I never thought you could fit zombies into a book like this but the author did a great job of saving the orignial integrity of the story while putting a little action in at the same time. I think this made Pride and Prejudice way more fun to read. I would recommend it to family and friends who don't mind a little zombie brain eating mixed with their love stories.
6.Funny

Posted December 17, 2009 by Leslie, Texas

Tried to read the original but only made it half way. This one follows the original but you want to keep going to read about the parts with the zombies.
7.Hilarious but true to the original story

Posted October 24, 2009 by Jennifer, Virginia

As the other reviewers mentioned, the story stays very close to the original storyline of Pride and Prejudice. The moments where zombies are added in are hilarious. Even the reading questions at the end of the book are funny.
8.Enjoyed the "between the gaps" action

Posted October 07, 2009 by JeanTexas, Texas

I was surprised at how closely this followed Jane Austen's classic; and was entertained at how well the Zombies were threaded through the storyline. Not being a fan of horror and scary stories, I did enjoy the diversion that the Zombies played. It's a fun, easy, delightful read.
9.Zombies make Jane Austin paletable

Posted May 28, 2009 by Josh, Anchorage

This is wonderful. This is what should be given to children in freshman english. Now if we could just spice up Shakespeare and some other classics with zombies.
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Posted March 14, 2009 by , Traverse City, MI