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Much to the consternation of the poor woman who tried to teach me a British literature course in college, I never could get into Jane Austen. Still, I like to think I’ve done some growing since those years, and I think I’ve finally found an Austen novel that I can really sink my teeth into. I mean really, who doesn’t like “bone-crunching zombie mayhem”?

The New York Times Book Review reports:

Quirk Books’s spring catalog features at least one title I’d like to get my hands on: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Like a DVD loaded with extras, the book includes the original text of the Regency classic, juiced up with “all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.”

[…] We at the Book Review strive to drive a stake through the heart of all reincarnations of Austen’s most famous opening line, but the version in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is actually pretty good: “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

In related news: the best prank ever is made ten times better by an NBC affiliate’s extensive coverage, “Guide to the Undead,” and official “zombie escape plan.”

Thanks, James!

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