If
you are a fan of Jane Austen’s novels, chances are you will like this month’s
book selection, Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld.
My summer reading continues to be on the light side. I noticed this novel
advertised as a new release in a magazine and was curious what a present-day
retelling of a favorite tale would look like. The story is a take-off of Pride and Prejudice with modern
sensibility.
There
are still five unmarried sisters, a frivolous mother and a vague father. The
male love interests are still present. The catastrophic and thoroughly modern
situations the girls and their suitors find themselves in diverge wildly from
the original. As a result, Sittenfeld gives us a wry, tongue-in-cheek commentary on contemporary
dating, reality TV, gender identity and courtship. This is a fast, easy read
and great fun.
Recommend.
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