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 (Chapters Online)
Rating = 4 Irises
Discussion NotesOur book club enjoyed this book. Most of us had already read the original
Pride and Prejudice so this book made for interesting comparison. We found that P & P & Z improved on the boring parts of the original, but didn't development the characters as much. And while some of the zombie parts felt forced, the final fight between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth was way better. We would recommend reading the entire series. Our only issue with picking this book for book club was that there were not many options for discussion questions. We used the ones provided at the back of the book, but found our discussion strugged.
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