Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Author: Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
Publication date: 2009
Number of pages: 319
Genre: Classical Zombie Literature, Literature Mashup
Geographical setting: England countryside, village of Meryton
Time period: early 19th century
Series: N/A

Plot Summary: A plague has caused the dead return to life—and they are hungry for human brains! Luckily the town of Meryton has the Bennet sisters, trained in the deadly arts, to help defend the people of England against the “unmentionables.” Elizabeth Bennet has a duty to vanquish the spawn of Satan but she is soon distracted by the handsome, but arrogant, Mr. Darcy.

Subject Headings: 19th century England, zombies, romance, heartbreak, sisters, martial arts, classism, ninjas

Appeal: literature mashup of public domain work and zombie and ninja elements, comical and violent elements alongside original scenes of Austen’s work; illustrations; farcical reader discussion guide included; well received by critics; possible movie adaptation in the works

If you liked Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, you might enjoy: S.G. Browne’s Breathers: A Zombie Lament, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Zadie Smith’s On Beauty