#quirk classics

[kirbylives]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies valentines

[punkrockandreticence]

[From Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith]

[libraryofexcellence]

“So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.”

[kirbylives]

A few more illustrations from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

[kirbylives]

Illustrations from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

[kirbylives]

The covers of all over the variations I could find of the covers of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

1. original version with black and white illustrations

2. deluxe extended hardcover version with color illustrations and afterword and discussion guide.

3. Graphic novel (black and white illustrations)

4. Movie cover version, which had the deluxe extended content but the illustrations are in black and white, with additional content ("Why England? A Sermon by Rev. Richard Manville" a fictional sermon).

[kirbylives]

The making of the cover for Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters and Jane Austen. Plus 2 illustrations from the book.

[winterroseposts]

The Dashwood sisters - prudent, sensible Elinor and impulsive Marianne live in an England beset on all sides by deadly sea monsters. This doesn’t stop them from being preoccupied with their various romatic prospects.

This book is ridiculous but a lot of fun. Jane Austen’s deathless prose is interspersed with very gory encounters with all kinds of sea monsters.

There are several funny scenes. The way characters are often completely blase’ towards sea monster attacks or don’t even notice them. Apparently it’s considered bad form for servants to make a fuss when being eaten.

Building a city on the ocean floor is hardly a bright idea when everything in the water is trying to kill you! Neither is living on the beach which nearly everyone seems to do.

It does make a nice change to see the heroines in a Regency setting killing monsters themselves and not needing rescuing.

3.5 Stars