Saturday, May 26, 2018

What Happens When The Nerdy Sister In "Pride and Prejudice" Meets Frankenstein.

Saga Press

VOX: 2 of the loneliest characters in literature find companionship in Pride and Prometheus

Jane Austen and Mary Shelley get Frankensteined together in John Kessel’s achingly sincere new novel.

So the nerdy sister from Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein’s monster walk into a bar...

That is more or less the premise of John Kessel’s Pride and Prometheus, which sees Mary Bennet, the dourest of Jane Austen’s Bennet sisters, become enmeshed in the plot of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. (Frankenstein’s subtitle, The Modern Prometheus, gives Kessel the second half of his title.)

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Bookyards.com: A book on what happens when the nerdy sister in "Pride and Prejudice" meets Frankenstein.

Jane Austen's works (the author of Pride and Prejudice) can be downloaded here.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's ebook can be downloaded  from here.