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Flirting with Pride and Prejudice : Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece (Smart Pop)
Flirting with Pride and Prejudice Fresh Perspectives on the Original ChickLit Masterpiece - Smart Pop Author:Jennifer Crusie (Editor), Glenn Yeffeth (Editor) One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance. Leading authors in the area of women's literature and romance contribute to this fresh collection of essays on everything from Lydia's scandalous marriage to Geo... more »rge Wickham to the female-dominated Bennett household and the emphasis placed on courtship and marriage. Contributors include Jo Beverly, Alesia Holliday, Mercedes Lackey, Joyce Millman, and Jill Winters. This compilation is an excellent companion for both those new to Jane Austen and well-versed Austen-philes.
Introduction / Jennifer Crusie
Jane as universal social commentator: "Does this petticoat make me look fat?" / Beth Kendrick
A little friendly advice / Jennifer O'Connell
High-class problems / Laura Caldwell
Jane and history: A world at war / Lawrence Watt-Evans
Gold diggers of 1813 / Jo Beverley
Jane and academe: Any way you slice it / Elisabeth Fairchild
Jane Austen and the masturbating critic / Adam Roberts
The original chick-lit masterpiece / Shanna Swendson
Plenty of pride and prejudice to go around / Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Jane and the movies: Elizabeth
on the roof / Jennifer Coburn
Bride and prejudice / Laura Resnick
Times and tenors / Sarah Zettel
Jane's hero: My darling Mr. Darcy / Teresa Medeiros
My Firth love / Lani Diane Rich
Jane's untold stories: Not precisely pride / Mercedes Lackey
Georgiana / Jane Espenson
Charlotte's side of the story / Melissa Senate
The secret life of Mary / Jill Winters
Lord Byron and Miss A / Cheryl Sawyer
Jane in the twenty-first century: Pride and prejudice. With cell phones / Michelle Cunnah
Bennets and Bingleys and bitches. Oh my! / Erin Dailey
Pride and prejudice : the reality show / Joyce Millman