Curtis sittenfeld pride and prejudice5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In defense of my snobbishness, I’m not necessarily an Austen purist. To point out where exactly those differences are would require me to divulge the plot of Eligible, which I won’t do because once you take away its few twists there is little left to enjoy. Though the novel more or less ends up where its predecessor does (albeit with a surging degree of absurdity toward the end), the points of tension in the plot differ. The characters and setup take directly from the original, but once Sittenfeld has the stage laid, Eligible diverges to tackle issues like financial independence, hate sex, feminism, reality shows, and gender identity. ![]() Liz Bennet writes for a women’s magazine, Jane Bennet is a yoga instructor, Kitty and Lydia are CrossFit fiends, and Darcy and Bingley are doctors. In Sittenfeld’s version, Hertfordshire is Cincinnati and Pemberley is a California mansion. Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, and Sisterland, takes on a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in her novel Eligible. ![]()
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