zombies Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen
and Seth Grahame-Smith
Batlles Vinn Camila Translation Ed
Umbriel, 2009
381 pp. 16 euros
Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen in 1796 and published anonymously in 1813 and regarded as one of the great classics of English literature.
The plot of Pride and Prejudice would be the story of the Bennet family, a bourgeois family crazy and ruined, who has five daughters of marriageable age and whose mother, a rather vulgar and hysterical, do the impossible to make a good marriage, if possible with a rich man. They live in a quiet little English town, Meryton, near London. The problem begins when you stay in the town Mr. Bingley, handsome and wealthy, who will be accompanied by his sisters, his brother and his friend, Mr. Darcy, a man as proud and straight as handsome and rich. Mr. Bingley falls in love with Jane, the eldest of the Bennet sisters and Mr. Darcy falls in love with Elisabeth. Both Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet will struggle against pride and prejudice him it to him. Y appear throughout the story very interesting characters that give an idea of \u200b\u200bhow people lived in England during the reign of George III.
Seth Grahame-Smith published Pride and Prejudice and zombies in 2009. It combines the extraordinary novel by Jane Austen with zombies who devour humans to eat their brain. In it, the Bennet sisters fight against unspeakable or zombies following the techniques learned under the tutelage of Master Liu at the Shaolin Temple in Henan province.
The first chapter of Pride and Prejudice begins: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man needs to rich take a wife. " (1)
So begins Pride and Prejudice and zombies : "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a zombie has a brain needs more brains."
At that time women should be educated for marriage and motherhood. Instructed in the doctrines and moral education approach to the tasks that women themselves: religion and the talents (music, singing, dancing, embroidery ...), and apart from other knowledge that could lead to women unattractive to men. Jane Austen prefers a more liberal education for women without taking into account all these talents.
Chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice we find the following paragraph: "A woman should have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and modern languages \u200b\u200bto deserve the adjective (talented) and also , must have a certain I do not know what in your air, her walk, in the tone of his voice, in their dealings and in their expression, without which the dictation is only half-deserved. "
In the same chapter 8 but Pride and Prejudice and zombies, the paragraph would read: "A woman should have a good knowledge of music, singing, dancing and modern languages; must be properly trained in the fighting styles of the masters of Kyoto and the modern European weapons and tactics. Also, must possess a certain quality in his air and gait, tone of his voice, his manner of speech and expression, to qualify as an educated woman. "
Pride and Prejudice is a novel zombies really entertaining, very interesting for young people into contact with the classics of literature that, under normal conditions, not read. Although the funny thing is that I have read Pride and Prejudice first Jane Austen and after reading Pride and Prejudice zombies and look for differences, as in cartoons in newspapers.
Supporting characters of the play, which are as important as the stars for the wealth of nuances: Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, Mr. Bennet, the guys at the Miss Bennet, army officers , etc - Pride and Prejudice and zombies are extraordinary. For example, Lady Catherine, apart from having the talent to be extremely rich, has killed more unspeakable that anyone who lives in England.
The vicissitudes experienced by actors accompanied by the dangers they will encounter on your walks, dances, etc, to meet the living dead.
The book contains some splendid artwork by Philip Smiley zombies and the end of the book is a discussion guide for readers curious to perform.
Pilar I.
(1) All quotations are taken from the edition More Pride (Pride and Prejudice ). 1944 Edition (2nd Edition) M. Arimany, Ed (Barcelona). English translation by R. Berenguer).