Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’

It is a truth universally acknowledged… Homages and Parodies

Few writers who have found inspiration in Pride and Prejudice can resist including a parody of its immortal first sentence. The book begins with (all together now!):
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’
As every high school student of the [...]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – A Review

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”
There is, most understandably, an insatiable appetite for anything Pride and Prejudice. Recent reworkings have proved popular, so why not add a sprinkling of the living dead?Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, published by Quirk [...]