![]() ![]() So the Bennets of Eligible are hooking up. Since Sittenfeld steeped herself in this story for two years, we thought she was the ideal person to weigh in on the themes and memes of the classic. Suffice it to say, however, that the author taps into the undercurrent that propels Austen's story: the sexual tension between Lizzy and Mr. Many more postmodern plot twists ensue we won't spoil them. Bingley is the star of a Bachelor-like reality show called Eligible. In Sittenfeld's version, the plot hinges on the premise that Mr. ![]() ![]() Let's just say it out loud- P&P is Cinderella for feminist girls with wit, brains, and good literary taste. Emma (Alexander McCall Smith), Northanger Abbey (Val McDermid), and Sense & Sensibility (Joanna Trollope) have already been published new takes on Mansfield Park and Persuasion are yet to come.īut it is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice is the gateway drug to Austenland. Sittenfeld, the author of the critically praised best-sellers Prep and American Wife, is part of the Austen Project, an idea that started in the UK: Publishers commissioned six well-known novelists to recast Austen's classics for modern times. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play ![]()
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