Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Raven & Black Cat Book Club



This weekend I am finally reading Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I love the idea of this book. I can't think of anything funnier than the undead descending upon the polite society of classic literature. I'll let you know how it goes. Read it with me. Report back with your thoughts!_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Publisher's Synopsis

“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. Can Elizabeth 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.