![]() Sittenfeld adeptly updates and channels Austen’s narrative voice-the book is full of smart observations on gender and money. Austen fans will recognize Liz and Darcy’s instant dislike for each other, their serial misunderstandings and sexual tension, and Jane’s quiet goodness, Bingley’s sister’s snobbishness, and Darcy’s sister’s vulnerability. ![]() Her hopes for Liz rest with Silicon Valley tech doofus Willie Collins. Their mother, having watched contestants compete for Bingley’s hand in marriage on Eligible, believes him to be a great catch for Jane. Approaching 40, and definitely not virgins, Liz and Jane leave their jobs in New York to return to the old family house in Cincinnati after their father suffers a heart attack. ![]() In Sittenfeld’s modern version of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet writes for a women’s magazine, Jane Bennet teaches yoga, Lydia and Kitty Bennet are Crossfit enthusiasts on paleo diets, heartthrob Chip Bingley is a reality-TV star, and Fitzwilliam Darcy a neurosurgeon. ![]()
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