Bad Austen The Worst Stories Jane Never Wrote |
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| Editor:
| Archer, Peter
Lawler, Jennifer |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4405-2944-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Adams Media Corporation
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Imagine
Mansfield Park set on the Jersey Shore. Or Mr. Darcy heading up the Starship Enterprise. Or Emma Woodhouse traveling through time to indulge her matchmaking. If you think that sounds like bad Austen, you couldn't be more right. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author as popular as Jane Austen should be imitated, expanded upon, and parodied. Now, in the tradition of the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests, comes a new collection of hilarious...
More DescriptionImagine Mansfield Park set on the Jersey Shore. Or Mr. Darcy heading up the Starship Enterprise. Or Emma Woodhouse traveling through time to indulge her matchmaking.
If you think that sounds like bad Austen, you couldn't be more right. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an author as popular as Jane Austen should be imitated, expanded upon, and parodied. Now, in the tradition of the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests, comes a new collection of hilarious efforts to write the worst excerpt from the novel Jane Austen never wrote.
Bad Austen: Because the only thing better than good Austen is bad Austen!