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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains".
It's a fact well-known that the classic's Jane Austen "Pride and Prejudice" is a master piece of Victorian Literature. And now, you have this new book or maybe not that new, a mixture of classic novel of manners and zombie-slayer, blood spouting, rotten flesh and ninja's technics learnt from Shaolin Master in China.
I have heard that the word zombie is never mentioned in itself. They are unmentionables, undead or poor stricken, because the word did not appear untill 1871. Well, I may say that is not true, I have found the word zombie several times, indeed.
The new part is perfectly sewed up in the love story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy that did happen in those beautiful parlors and gardens in Netherfield and abouts.
Some critics have suggested that the zombies represent the authors' views toward marriage -- an endless curse that sucks the life out of you and just won't die. Do you agree?