Flirting with Pride and Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance. Leading authors in the area of women's literature and romance contribute to this fresh...
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** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance. Leading authors in the area of women's literature and romance contribute to this fresh collection of essays on everything from Lydia's scandalous marriage to George Wickham to the female-dominated Bennett household and the emphasis placed on courtship and marriage. Contributors include Jo Beverly, Alesia Holliday, Mercedes Lackey, Joyce Millman, and Jill Winters. This compilation is an excellent companion for both those new to Jane Austen and well-versed Austen-philes.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781932100723 (1932100725)
Publish date: August 11th 2005
Publisher: Smart Pop
Pages no: 230
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Anthologies,
Culture,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Regency,
Pop Culture
This marks the first (and hopefully only) time I have used the words “Pride and Prejudice” and “disappointment” in the same sentence.Everything started off well enough when I first opened Flirting with Pride and Prejudice. The first few essays are entertaining, if not elucidating; I learned a little...
As any book compiled from varying authors, you love some essays, hate some and the rest you don't really care about one way or the other. Sometimes it is fun to see another person's perspective on a well-loved subject, and sometimes their viewpoint is seemingly incomprehensible to you. My favorite e...
A fun anthology. And it taught me that the scene of Mr. Darcy in his wet shirt in the BBC adaptation is the most swoon-worthy piece of film in the past twenty years.
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