Summary:
Grahame-Smith mixes up the high civility of Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice with ZOMBIES! He follows the same plot as the original text but just with more excitement and primal battling not just between Darcy and Elizabeth but also between the high class English and cannibalistic zombies. Grahame-Smith adds more interesting emotion to this classic by letting the characters take action with their strong feelings. For example Darcy is able to take out years of anger and frustration on George Wickham by beating him until he is crippled and bed ridden. Finally Wickham gets what he pays for and is now subjected to soiling himself in front of company.
Opinion:
"Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" (PPZ) is my dream book come true, combining Jane Austin with supernatural beings, GENIUS! Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books of all time and PPZ is fighting for the number one spot. Combining Austen's witty attitude with a hilarious zombie atmosphere is beyond comical, I truly was laughing out loud. Grahame-Smith does too good of a job inserting zombie mayhem into this classic, I can't imagine PP without the zombies. To me, zombies have always been more comical to me then scary and I think this is one of the reasons the combination works so well. I would give anything to hear what Jane would say about PPZ, maybe "Well, zombies are quite miserable creatures, almost as miserable as a day with a selfish, ignorant man." I can't wait until "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" by Jane Austen and Ben Winters comes in for me!
Quirk Classic Series
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
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