By Jovanna Brinck
Courier Columnist
“It is a truth universally acknowledge that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith took the beloved, classic story of Pride and Prejudice and intertwined the undead into it.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is an eighteenth-century comedy novel that displays a man, Mr. Darcy, with too much pride, and a woman, Elizabeth, who is prejudice towards people with good fortune, and their interactions together that eventually turns into a romance. This classic is on the reading list in many literature classes, and many people have read it, or at least know of its themes.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has a twist to the original story, though. Zombies walk among the characters, and many times the characters have to fight for their lives. Elizabeth and her sisters have been trained to kill and are some of the best zombie killers in town. When they are at a ball searching for men to marry, they are interrupted by an attack by zombies and have to put their skills to the test. Throughout the story, while at social gatherings, they are met by the nuisance zombies in the town.
This story pretty much follows along the same plot and has the same events as the original novel. The added zombie scenes provide more action to the otherwise calm plot, which was a nice surprise while reading the story.
In my opinion, I did like the idea of having zombies in a classic novel, even though I’m not a big zombie fan. However, the zombie scenes, the only scenes that Seth wrote in this book, were plain to me and seemed novicelike, in terms of writing, next to the elaborate work of Jane Austen. I praise Grahame-Smith for the idea, but the zombie scenes could have been written by anybody and have the same effect on me.
This is a great recommendation for those who have difficulty with the original as it adds action and excitement to the plot. For people who are big fans of the original Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen’s work, their opinion could go either way. Either you think that the zombie additions takes away from the original work, or it’s a funny and creative twist to an amazing work. For me, it’s more the latter, but I don’t feel like it’s the greatest thing ever made. Nonetheless, everyone should check out this work, as it is coming to theaters this Friday, and it’s a great way to experience the story before it’s on the big screen.“It is a truth universally acknowledge that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith took the beloved, classic story of Pride and Prejudice and intertwined the undead into it.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is an eighteenth-century comedy novel that displays a man, Mr. Darcy, with too much pride, and a woman, Elizabeth, who is prejudice towards people with good fortune, and their interactions together that eventually turns into a romance. This classic is on the reading list in many literature classes, and many people have read it, or at least know of its themes.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has a twist to the original story, though. Zombies walk among the characters, and many times the characters have to fight for their lives. Elizabeth and her sisters have been trained to kill and are some of the best zombie killers in town. When they are at a ball searching for men to marry, they are interrupted by an attack by zombies and have to put their skills to the test. Throughout the story, while at social gatherings, they are met by the nuisance zombies in the town.
This story pretty much follows along the same plot and has the same events as the original novel. The added zombie scenes provide more action to the otherwise calm plot, which was a nice surprise while reading the story.
In my opinion, I did like the idea of having zombies in a classic novel, even though I’m not a big zombie fan. However, the zombie scenes, the only scenes that Seth wrote in this book, were plain to me and seemed novicelike, in terms of writing, next to the elaborate work of Jane Austen. I praise Grahame-Smith for the idea, but the zombie scenes could have been written by anybody and have the same effect on me.
This is a great recommendation for those who have difficulty with the original as it adds action and excitement to the plot. For people who are big fans of the original Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen’s work, their opinion could go either way. Either you think that the zombie additions takes away from the original work, or it’s a funny and creative twist to an amazing work. For me, it’s more the latter, but I don’t feel like it’s the greatest thing ever made. Nonetheless, everyone should check out this work, as it is coming to theaters this Friday, and it’s a great way to experience the story before it’s on the big screen.
