Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Book Cover

Pride and prejudice and zombies book trailer.

Pride and prejudice and zombies book cover. If you re familiar with pride and prejudice by jane austin this spin on the classic by seth grahame smith adds another dimension to the story by introducing zombies and martial arts. Pride and prejudice and zombies is a 2009 parody novel by seth grahame smith it is a mashup combining jane austen s classic novel pride and prejudice 1813 with elements of modern zombie fiction crediting austen as co author. The pride and prejudice and zombies cover by doogie horner is a zombification of a painting of marcia fox by william beechey. I read this within a few days purely because i had to physically put the book down and go to work otherwise it would have been a matter of hours.

It was first published in april 2009 by quirk books and in october 2009 a deluxe edition was released containing full color images and additional zombie scenes. This type of approach which capitalizes on previously written work as described by some scholars is somewhat controversial. The combination of zombies with pride and prejudice managed to keep me enticed in both the survival horror aspects as well as the themes of the original book. Had grahame smith simply employed the available military training of the regency period and allowed taking my cue from the emotional ratings of the goodreads star system and i can only muster two stars for this book i offer you a fully gut reaction to pride and prejudice and.

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