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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith and Jane Austen. © 2010 Quirk Classics. ISBN 9781594744549. Paperback. Classics/Horror. 288 pages. $12.95 US. [ Pre-order ] Source: copy from publisher

Ah, April in Meryton. The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the temperature is rising … and so is the undead body count. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls tells us the origin of how the Bennett girls of Longbourn became masters of the art of zombie-killing seen in the first book.

As the novel dawns, we are introduced to the first ‘dreadful’. Mr. Bennett quickly takes the reign of this tense situation and instructs Elizabeth and Mary on dealing with the ‘unmentionable’—and with that they witness their first killing. From here on out, the girls begin intense training in the Shaolin tradition of martial arts, first from their father and then from Master Hawksworth. From here …

“We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naïve young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry.” (back cover) Read more

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2010: 03/03
POSTED BY: Teresa
CATEGORY: Classic Literature
TAGS: Author: Jane Austen
Author: Steve Hockensmith
england
Publisher: Quirk Classics
regency era
zombies
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Synopsis
Set in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, Margaret Hale’s life is turned upside-down when her father gives up his parish and moves their family to Milton, a city in the north of England. Milton is so much different than everything Margaret had been used to – going from the south of England to the harsher northern part of the country, where the people all depend on the cotton mills for their jobs – and she and her family have a very tough time adjusting. Margaret’s father takes up teaching, and one of his students is the proud Mr. Thornton, owner and manager of a local mill.

In a story not unlike Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Margaret and Mr. Thornton soon discover they have feelings for each other, but pride, bruised egos and major misunderstandings seem to be in the way of their ever forming a more lasting attachment.