Short Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

Format read: paperback from publisher for reviewNumber of pages: 320 pagesRelease Date: April 2009Publisher: Quirk PublishingFormats available: ebook, paperbackPurchasing Info:Amazon, B&N, Book Depository, Goodreads

Book Blurb:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. 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 …