Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Quirk Books
By Jane Austen
and Seth Grahame-Smith

5-1/4 x 8 in; 320 pp ;
Paperback
Published in March, 2009
ISBN 9781594743344
ISBN10 1594743347

$12.95  


Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- "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 as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she 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.


Jane Austen is the author of Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and other masterpieces of English literature.

Seth Grahame-Smith once took a class in English literature. He lives in Los Angeles.


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Absolutely amazing.

2009-09-16 | 1:06 PM | Brooke Mason
This is a hilarious story, and I take "pride" in denouncing the "prejudiced" comments made just because there are "zombies" in this book. Did you get the references? Oh goodie. Five stars, and an extra fifty-thousand stars for me writing a large book-review on this for the paper I work at.
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BE PREPARED!

2009-07-06 | 10:49 AM | Tad Jones
IF Jane Austen is turning in her grave right now i would suggest digging her up and decapitating her with a shovel. Bloody Zombies.. The apocalypse is coming people be prepared.
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P & P & Z gets an A

2009-06-18 | 10:12 AM | sarah Baker-Siroty
I never imagined iI could enjoy this more than the original. This is Austen for everyone living and un-dead.
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Awesome

2009-04-27 | 10:45 AM | Robert Earl
Zombies make everything better except breakfast cerial. I want to read Robin Hood and His Merry Men vs. Zombies. I think Jane Austen would be seized by fits of laughter over this. "Class Warfare" indeed!
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Have a sense of humor

2009-04-26 | 11:20 PM | GT Bondurant
If Jane Austen were alive today she would not only authorize this, but would laugh as heartily as I did. Have you actually ever read her work? As for rolling in her grave, that would certainly make an excellent follow up. You shouldn't fear though as zombies are attracted to brains.
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Disrespectful

2009-04-25 | 10:17 PM | Kathryn Bausch
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of and have ever seen. Way to ruin one of the best romance classics out there. I bet Jane Austen is rolling in her grave right now.
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