{"id":556,"date":"2016-11-03T22:12:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T22:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/?p=556"},"modified":"2017-01-03T22:14:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T22:14:47","slug":"eligible-a-modern-retelling-of-pride-and-prejudice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/eligible-a-modern-retelling-of-pride-and-prejudice\/","title":{"rendered":"Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"myoptions\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtissittenfeld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">By Curtis Sittenfeld<\/a><\/br>\r\n[myrating]\r\n<\/div><br \/>\nFrom the \u201cwickedly entertaining\u201d Curtis Sittenfeld,\u00a0New York Times bestselling author of\u00a0Prep\u00a0and\u00a0American Wife,\u00a0comes a modern retelling of\u00a0Pride and Prejudice. Equal parts homage to Jane Austen and bold literary experiment,\u00a0Eligible\u00a0is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the twenty-first century.<br \/>\nThis version of the Bennet family\u2014and Mr. Darcy\u2014is one that you have and haven\u2019t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help\u2014and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.<br \/>\nYoungest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master\u2019s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious\u00a0Tuesday-night outings she won\u2019t discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane\u2019s fortieth birthday fast approaches.<br \/>\nEnter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show\u00a0Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip\u2019s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . .<br \/>\nAnd yet, first impressions can be deceiving.<br \/>\nWonderfully tender and hilariously funny,\u00a0Eligible\u00a0both honors and updates Austen\u2019s beloved tale. Tackling gender, class, courtship, and family, Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.<br \/>\n<div class=\"myoptions\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtissittenfeld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">By Curtis Sittenfeld<\/a><\/br>\r\n[myrating]\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"myoptions\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtissittenfeld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">By Curtis Sittenfeld<\/a><\/br><br \/>\n[myrating]\n<\/div>\n<p>From the \u201cwickedly entertaining\u201d Curtis Sittenfeld,\u00a0New York Times bestselling author of\u00a0Prep\u00a0and\u00a0American Wife,\u00a0comes a modern retelling of\u00a0Pride and Prejudice. Equal parts homage to Jane Austen and bold literary experiment,\u00a0Eligible\u00a0is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the twenty-first century.<br \/>\nThis version of the Bennet family\u2014and Mr. Darcy\u2014is one that you have and haven\u2019t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. 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