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A chunk of flesh please, Mr Darcy

It’s WTF Wednesday and you know what that means? Something weird and whacky this way comes. When I heard about this zombie rewrite of the famous ‘Pride and Prejudice’ novel by Jane Austen, I didn’t believe it at first. I mean, Zombie X-Men is one thing… but a Zombie remake of ‘Pride and Prejudice?’ – that’s really kinda insane.

So I checked it out and for sure, the book has been rewritten by author Seth Graham-Smith and is entitled ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’.

Here’s a short summary taken from IO9

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. 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. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen’s classic novel to new legions of fans.

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