Austenland will never be the same. This first release from the new teen publisher, Quirk Classics, brings readers back to the quiet English village of Meryton, but this time England is overrun with zombies and the Bennet family is trained zombie killers. All of the romance and intrigue from Jane Austen's original is intact, featuring the classic characters of Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy, and more; however, now they not only have to survive the gossip and ridicule of their time, but also the brain-eating hellspawn they have sworn to destroy. Purists may faint on sight, but over 80% of Jane Austen's original material is retained with small "adjustments" and "additions" by author Seth Grahame-Smith included throughout the book. A fun read for horror enthusiasts and Austen fans alike. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies also comes in a hardcover Deluxe Heirloom Edition with 30% more zombie action than the original New York Times bestselling paperback!
Also from the publisher: Sense and Sensibility and Sea-Monsters
My sister and I are avid fans of Jane Austen and of P&P in particular, and we thought that this book was a hoot! It's supposed to be silly and ridiculous. We picked it up while we were in Birmingham and spent two days of our trip reading it aloud dramatically to one another and crying tears of laughter. There's a lot of humor in the original P&P, and P&P&Z exaggeratedly made fun of all the right things in the original. (We especially liked the way they talked about Charlotte being so ancient that she could never hope to be married) To my mind, if the reader has never read P&P, they are unlikely to appreciate this parody.
On the otherhand, I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much if I'd not had my sister there to laugh with me. 
