Specifications
| Publisher | 399566848 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399566844 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780400000000 |
| Book Description | NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR ANDTHE TIMES (UK) This version of the Bennet familyand Mr. Darcyis one that you have and havent met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to helpand discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online masters degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she wont discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Janes fortieth birthday fast approaches. Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chips friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.Praise forEligibleEven the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.O: The Oprah Magazine Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way youd guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.People (book of the week) [A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.Entertainment Weekly[Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter |
| Language | English |
| Language | English |
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Added to cart
Cart Total EGP 0.00
