Pride and Prometheus, John Kessel
Pride and Prometheus, John Kessel
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Pride and Prometheus

Author: John Kessel

Narrator: Jill Tanner, James Langton, Samuel Roukin

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/13/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

"Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful." -Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Pulitzer Prize finalist for We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves Pride and Prejudice meets Frankenstein as Mary Bennet falls for the enigmatic Victor Frankenstein and befriends his monstrous Creature in this clever fusion of two popular classics. Threatened with destruction unless he fashions a wife for his Creature, Victor Frankenstein travels to England where he meets Mary and Kitty Bennet, the remaining unmarried sisters of the Bennet family from Pride and Prejudice. As Mary and Victor become increasingly attracted to each other, the Creature looks on impatiently, waiting for his bride. But where will Victor find a female body from which to create the monster's mate? Meanwhile, the awkward Mary hopes that Victor will save her from approaching spinsterhood while wondering what dark secret he is keeping from her. Pride and Prometheus fuses the gothic horror of Mary Shelley with the Regency romance of Jane Austen in an exciting novel that combines two age-old stories in a fresh and startling way

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eeva

This idea had such a potential! It could have been great! But.... I'm putting this whole review in spoilers brackets, because I can't properly complain without spoiling the plot (or rather lack of thereof). (view spoiler)[ Every single author of fanfic knows that the whole idea of rewriting the story is to CHANGE IT. (hide spoiler)]......more