2016 novel curtis sittenfeld5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Their practical assistance and support are needed because their younger sisters while living at home, are little help to their parents. Jane and Liz have carved out careers in Manhattan: the eldest Miss Bennet teaches yoga while her sister writes features for a magazine. Bennet’s life revolves around country club gossip and planning luncheons for the Women’s League. Bennet spends as much time as possible alone at his computer, while Mrs. ![]() Brief, episodic chapters mirror the short attention span of a digital era audience. ![]() In Eligible, the tension between the original story and Sittenfeld’s inventions kept me turning pages. Many of the issues that Austen’s characters grappled with are barely recognizable if they exist at all in modern daily life. While P&P-inspired books and films such as Bridget Jones’ Diary and Bride and Prejudice demonstrate that the story and its themes have broad appeal, I wondered how Sittenfeld’s Eligible would handle the main plot points in a modern setting. Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of four novels including Prep and American Wife, was chosen to take on Austen’s best-known work, Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen is a tough act to follow and that is exactly what the Austen Project asks contemporary authors to do: reimagine one of Austen’s novels in the here and now. ![]()
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