I read a story about this the other day and am still marveling at what a deliciously clever idea this is. Seth Graeme-Smith, a writer of little repute, wrote a version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice that now includes deadly zombie action:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies — Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. 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. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen’s classic novel to new legions of fans.I am sure the book will be wonderfully clever and ironic — I don’t think I’ll buy it but you have to give props to a guy that combines Jane Austen and the undead!
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