"Mr. Darcey watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward beheading zombie after zombie as they went."

Look what just arrived in the mail! Please can anyone suggest ways that I can stop myself from dropping everything and devouring it cover to cover? How am I supposed to pay attention to work this afternoon with this sitting on my desk?

I cannot wait to read this. What better way to spend a quiet Easter weekend then reading a zombified version of a beloved novel? The possibility that Elizabeth might have to behead an infected Mr. Darcey gives me the giggles.

Let's just do a little comparison from chapter one, and then I'll go back to work...

First Line – Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

First Line – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.

Pride and Prejudice
"Do not you want to know who has taken it?’’ cried his wife impatiently.

"You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.’’

This was invitation enough.

"Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.’’

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.

“Woman, I am attending to my musket. Prattle on if you must, but leave me to the defense of my estate!”

This was invitation enough.

“Why, my dear, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune; that he escaped London in a chaise and four just as the strange plague broke through the Manchester line.”