Orgueil et préjugés et zombies

316 pages

French language

Published Nov. 7, 2009 by Flammarion.

ISBN:
978-2-08-122949-5
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OCLC Number:
624425367

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Le célèbre roman de Jane Austen revisité par Seth Grahame-Smith avec des milliers de morts-vivants.--[Memento].

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Review of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' on 'Goodreads'

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I finished this in agony. The dialogue is witty at times, but always at such a boring, inconsequential level. Most of the conversation is about how agreeable or disagreeable this or that person is, and while Austen tries to address this superficiality with the character of Mr. Darcy, his character arc is extremely superficial in its own way. Actually, this dickhead very predictably turns out to be a very kind, lovely and agreeable man once you get to know him.

The characters are boring. Mr. Darcy makes the very predictable transformation from total dickhead to precious darling in basically the snap of a finger. Elizabeth's only character trait seems being a smart-ass. Jane is a gullible fool. Mr. Collins is ugly and disagreeable. All Mrs. Bennet ever worries about is marrying her daughters. And Mr. Bennet doesn't ever give a shit about anything, except his daughter Lydia being …

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  • Parodies, pastiches