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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen
Quirk Classics: 2009, 319 pages
Reviewed by Jessie Park
In an interesting retelling of a beloved classic, this version of Pride and Prejudice is set in the same time and place as the original, just with the exception of the world having zombies. The lovely Bennet sisters are trained warriors, having studied in China under the expert tutelage of Master Liu, and have vowed to the King to keep their home and surrounding area free of the "unmentionables." Lizzie is a most determined warrior, believing herself never to marry and relinquish her beloved katana sword. However, the arrival of Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy is putting everyone in a tizzy, and Lizzie is no exception, even if she can't stand the proud and standoffish Darcy. Readers of the classic story will notice how similar this retelling is to the original, with the exceptions of the brain-eating zombies, of course.
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