Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Description

TheNew York Timesbest selleris now a major motion picture starring Lily James and Sam Riley, with Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey. Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses,Pride and Prejudice and Zombiesis an audacious retelling of English literature's most enduring novel. This expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem begins when a mysterious plague falls 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. Darcy. 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. It's the perfect read for literature lovers, zombie fans, and anyone who loves a reanimated Austen.

Jane Austenis the author ofSense and Sensibility,Persuasion,Mansfield Park, and other masterpieces of English literature.Seth Grahame-Smithis the author of theNewYork Timesbest sellerAbraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. He also wrote the screenplay for the Tim Burton filmDark Shadows. He lives in Los Angeles.

"...a jolly mash-up of Austen's 1813 classic and the horror tropes of the walking dead..."-Philadelphia Inquirer "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is the ultimate mash-up." - Newsday "Because every story is better with zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith's bestselling novel-turned-movie is a must-read for Austen lovers... Pride and Prejudice and Zombies needs to be on every P&P fan's shelf."-Bustle "A delightful horror-comedy that can be kind of scary, but it's an absolute joy to read. Feel-good horror at its finest!"-BookRiot