
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
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Narrated by:
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Katherine Kellgren
About this listen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.
As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton - and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers - and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry?
Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to hear.
This Heirloom Edition of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies includes a new preface by the author, an afterword by Dr. Allen Grove, professor of English literature at Alfred University, and new scenes of gratuitous zombie mayhem.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2009 Quirk Books (P)2009 Audible, Inc.Critic reviews
Kellgren did a magnificent job of narrating the two styles. Her lovely refined pronunciation was very well suited to Austen’s prose and she delightfully relished in the horrifying descriptions and gore. She handled distinguishing characters voices very well although some of her male voices were very similar and this led to mild confusion.
Overall it was gory fun with added emotional investment
Surprisingly gentle, but delightfully wicked
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And then there is the performance by Katherine Kellgren. This my be my favourite piece of her work. Hard to imagine anyone ever being better than her. She's sadly missed but at least we all have this book which she brings to life with extraordinary characterisations and performance throughout. A very, very entertaining listen.
The book is exactly as the title suggests, this is "Pride and Prejudice"...just with "Zombies".
Much better than it has any right to be.
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This however is the whole story entertainingly set during a long standing zombie plague and well worth the effort. The variations to the Austen story all add to the enjoyment.
The performance by the great voice artist Katherine Kellgren really adds to the story.
Highly recommended
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Amusing mix of Austen and the almost dead
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Absolutely Brilliant!
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Highly recommended!
Very entertaining!
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It's not 'The Breathing Dead' a zombie tale audiobook or 'wwz' but it is worth a listen.
Nice spin on a classic but...
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Brilliant. Excellent Listen
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It's basically an overly-long one-pun joke. It's one of those crazy ideas you might have drunk one night in a pub with your friends, but like most ideas of this type, it shouldn't go beyond the beer mat. I listened to it all but often found myself wondering why. Ninja's, zombies, Mr. Darcy....this is six form stuff. Yeah it's funny at times, but, really, why the fuss?
I guess it's a novel technique to get the masses reading the classics.
Why all the fuss?
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Seth Grahame-Smith manages to integrate his schlock-horror so well into the txt, I had to go back to the original book to just make sure there weren't any zombies lurking!
Katherine Kellgren's plummy tones set the parody up perfectly. This is a great antedote for anyone who has overloaded on classic texts for literature exams.
Laughed so hard I cleared the train carriage
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