- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre; New edition edition (1 Feb 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340640197
- ISBN-13: 978-0340640197
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 457,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An entire cast and crew of a new television production of "Pride and Prejudice" descends on a sleepy valley in Yorkshire. The real life relations between crew and locals gradually begin to echo fiction in a curious way.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book stands well enough on its own wit and sheer exuberance even if you don't catch any of the sly references to "Pride and Prejudice." I was already fully enjoying the core story of a TV crew's disrupting influence on a bucolic village before something in the pub dance scene struck a chord of recognition. It sounds as if some of the previous reviewers got a bit hung up looking for parallels when the book was offering surprises. Certainly the early chapters, which lulled this New Yorker into a sentimental longing for the Yorkshire countryside, left me quite unprepared for the breathless page-turners in the latter half. I haven't read such well-sustained suspense since Jack Finney's multi-chapter chase scene in "Time and Again."
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you love Pride and Prejudice, here's one of the most clever send ups I've read. The genders are reversed - but Kate Fenton goes further, twisting the plot more. Is it Jane Austen? No - but there was only one Jane Austen. This is fun..
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book. As I love "Pride and Prejudice" I was slighlty wary of reading this book. It was soon abudently clear that I wouldn't have to worry on that account, The role reversal of the characters was brilliant and making the connections with Austen was just downright fun. I read it very quickly because I just couldn't stop myself.
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Excellent and funny
I soon forgot about the Pride and Prejudice connection while I was reading this book. It was just downright funny, splashed with Northern humour (?), and a hysterical ending. Read more
Published on 25 April 2000 by Paul Tang
Very good, but takes a while to get into
I would reccomend this book to anyone who loves Jane Austen. The setup can be kind of difficult to understand, at first, but eventually starts to make sense. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000
a clever take on Pride and Prejudice
One of the funniest books i know. I borrowed this from the library when it first came out in paperback because i liked the cover, i ended up reading it and having fits of hysterics... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2000
A story within a story of another story
It's That Woman from Baltimore's fault (the reviewer likely above mine). Turns out she's a writer I like, and she was quite happy with this recursive treatment of Pride &... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 1999
An original - one of the few good 're-takes'
I haven't found many 'sequels' or 'parallels' that were worth the effort of reading; anyone who's asked me about them, will know well my views on Emma Tennant's versions! Read more
Published on 16 Nov 1999
Jane Austen would approve.
This is one of the most delicious books I've read in years. A modern version of Pride and Prejudice, Lions and Liquorice turns Austen's demure maidens into a pair of North... Read more
Published on 2 May 1999
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