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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.".(The Week)(Brief article)
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." Thus the opening sentence of a new bestseller by Los Angeles novelist Seth Grahame-Smith. With blithe disrespect for a great literary classic, Mr. Grahame-Smith has rewritten Pride and Prejudice to include zombies. The Bennet sisters, armed with martial-arts skills, struggle to free their country district from a plague of the undead. The author is no mere opportunist: He has literary theory to support his project. "The people in Austen's books are kind of like zombies," he explains. "They live in this bubble of privilege." Yes, ...
- No plain Jane; English literature.(Why Jane Austen is still so widely read)(A...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) November 21, 2009 700+ words
...offers many such discoveries, and it would make a perfect Christmas present for anyone who loves Austen. A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen. Edited by Susannah Carson.
- Now universally acknowledged.(Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the...
- Magazine article from: Spectator Hensher, Philip April 4, 2009 700+ words
Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman Canongate, 20 [pounds sterling], pp. 342, ISBN 9781847672940 [telephone] 16 [pounds sterling] (plus 2.45 [pounds sterling] p&p) 0870 429 6655 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What does Mr Darcy look like? Anyone who has read Pride and
- A record universally acknowledged ...
- Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday Emily Dugan September 20, 2009 700+ words
Fans of Jane Austen converging on Bath to revel in the world of 'Emma' and 'Persuasion' are joined by hundreds in full Regency costume who have their eyes on quite a different title - Guinness World Records A slice of Britain The woman is dressed in a powder-blue satin bonnet and dress, waiting
- Talking smack.(Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction...
- Magazine article from: National Review Sullum, Jacob November 6, 2006 700+ words
...That withdrawal from opiates is not a serious medical condition is a truth universally acknowledged by doctors," he writes, "but it is also a truth universally ignored, or whose significance is not much reflected on." Just as the...
- Bridget Jones's trivia tips.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service McKenzie, Aline April 30, 2001 700+ words
...Elizabeth's underage sister. 3. "It is a truth universally acknowledged " (Echoes the opening line of P&P: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good...
- "Found wanting?" Second impressions of a famous first sentence.(Miscellany)
- Magazine article from: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal Neill, Edward January 1, 2003 700+ words
"IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife" (3). But it is not a truth universally acknowledged that the opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice is not...
- The Best of the Best American Poetry: 1988-1997.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Poetry GILBERT, SANDRA M. April 1, 1999 700+ words
...in the human breast. William Blake It is a truth universally acknowledged that every reader--especially every student...anyway, until a few decades ago this was a truth universally acknowledged. Now, to judge by the apoplectic fulminations...
- The Yale Younger Poets Anthology.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Poetry GILBERT, SANDRA M. April 1, 1999 700+ words
...in the human breast. William Blake It is a truth universally acknowledged that every reader--especially every student...anyway, until a few decades ago this was a truth universally acknowledged. Now, to judge by the apoplectic fulminations...
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