Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry?Ĭomplete 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. 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. He also wrote Tim Burton’s latest film ‘Dark Shadows’. "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.Īs 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. SETH GRAHAME-SMITH is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, for which he also adapted the screenplay. Get this audiobook for free when you try Audible: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith on Audible:
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