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Following the massive success of "Pride Prejudice and Zombies", and the impressive pre-pub sales of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Sea Monsters", we have "Quirk Classic 3". Like 1 and 2 the suspense will build as we discover what new monster mayhem will descend upon us this Spring. Certain to... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Elizabeth Bennet: The second of the Bennet girls; her father's favorite.
- Jane Bennet: The eldest of the Bennet girls, she is known for her beauty and tranquility. She is more of a peacekeeper than a fighter.
- Mary Bennet: The third of the Bennet girls, she is also the most intelligent. She loves to read and spends most of her time studying.
- Lydia Bennet: The fourth of the Bennet girls, she takes after her mother and wants to be a proper lady. She is more stubborn than the others and loves gossip.
- Kitty Bennet: The youngest of the Bennet girls, she is much like her sister Lydia.
- Mr. Oscar Bennet: Mr. Bennet is the father of the Bennet girls and the husband of Prudence (Mrs.) Bennet. He loves his daughters dearly.
- Mrs. Prudence Bennet: Mrs. Bennet is the mother of the Bennet girls and the wife of Mr. Bennet. She wants to raise her children to be proper ladies and verges on obsession when it comes to finding a rich husband for her oldest girls. She is very dramatic and often makes a scene.
- Master Geoffrey Hawksworth: Sent by the order to whip the Bennets into shape, he trains them in the deadly arts.
- Dr. Bertram Keckilpenny: An enthusiastic doctor, he studies zombies.
- Captain Cuthbert Cannon: He was a veteran of the Troubles, in which he lost all of his limbs. He is carted around in a wheelbarrow by his "limbs."
- Limbs: Two burly soldiers who carry Captain Cannon around in a wheelbarrow and do the work that his missing limbs would normally do. They serve, also, in a way, as his bodyguards.
- Lieutenant Tindall: A handsome officer in Captain Cannon's army, he falls in love with Jane Bennet almost as soon as he meets her.
- Reverend Mr. Cummings: The Reverend at the church attended by the Bennets, he is often drawn into zombie related business because he is the only religious leader in town. He is often very nervous and tends to stutter.
- Richard George Saunders-Castleton Harper-Milford Norman-Stilton-Harrowby Lumpley II (Lord Lumpley): A rich nobleman, the Baron of Lumpley, he is lazy and loves to drink. He does almost nothing but sleep and invite women for less-than-honorable purposes. He is overweight, bossy, and vain. He also has a fancy for Jane Bennet.
- Geoffrey Hawksworth: Sent by the Order to train the girls
- Mr. Smith: Zombie being trained to be semi-human again.
- Dr. Kecldlpenny: Silly doctor trying to experiment with zombies in hopes of being able to live among them in harmony.
- Mamma: Really annoying mother of the Bennett sisters and wife of Mr. Bennett
- Emily Ward: Friend of Jane Bennett who is missing in the beginning of the book.
- Ensign Pratt: Silly young boy soldier
- Belgrave: Creepy and disgusting butler
- Dr. Thorne: Surgeon for the army
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“Unmentionables, Kitty, she chided. Don't forget: A young lady doesn't use the Zed word.”
Mary to Kitty
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Even if it’s missing, one can know its shape from the blank space it’s meant to fill.
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WALKING OUT in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one’s own was beyond the pale.
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For the next eternity or so, by Elizabeth’s reckoning, the conversation limped along this line of thought very much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.
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“Oh, we can’t have that, can we? We can’t go around being impolite when we’re about to be overrun by reanimated cadavers! Egad—the English!
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“‘Try,’ Master?” Mary said. “Did you not tell us once that try is a word the warrior does not know? That one either does, or does not?”
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Far, far too late she’d recognized the fault within the man—perhaps because all that was outward about him was so very pleasing. It was a mistake she would never make again.
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Lydia, meanwhile, was honing her embroidery skills with a needlepoint portrait of Mary, complete with halo, pimples, fangs, and the words OUR LITTLE ANGEL—MAY GOD TAKE HER BACK SOON floating over her wispy hair.
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(Shy, delicate, gentle Jane, though the eldest, could no more initiate conversation with a newly met man than a rose petal could belch.)
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First Sentence edit
Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1-37
Epilogue
Glossary edit
- Dreadful: A person who has succumbed to the zombie plague after their death. They are killed only when their spinal cord has been severed.
- Unmentionable: The same as "Dreadful."
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 3 in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. (standard series)
Preceded by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and followed by Dreadfully Ever After.
This book is in Classics Retold. (community list)
This book is in Quirk Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Steve Hockensmith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Quirk Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59474-454-9
Page Count: 287
Publisher: Quirk Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-59474-454-9
Page Count: 287
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- Dewey: 813.6
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Add the suggested reading level for this book.Definitely not for elementary readers. Great for High School Readers. Strongly recommend reading Pride and Prejudice first, and then move to this and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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