Do you like literature, Jane Austen, Mysteries, time travel and a healthy dose of British humor and snark? Look no further than Jasper Fforde's literary detective novel The Eyre Affair. Starring detective Thursday Next, the book gives readers a firsthand look into the inner workings of Jane Eyre and brings characters to life...literally! Confused? Me too - but you won't be after you pick up this book and take a look at the tightly plotted, excellently scripted story that Fforde has put together.
Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publication Date 2003-02-25
Section Fiction / All Staff Suggestions / Steve S.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780142001806
The first in a series of outlandishly clever adventures featuring the resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next—a New York Times bestseller!
In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy—enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel—unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix.
