Eligible

· HarperCollins UK
4.0
14 reviews
Ebook
544
Pages
Eligible
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About this ebook

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘This is Pride and Prejudice 2.0 and I must confess, I liked it more than the original’ STYLIST

‘Bold and brilliant’ GLAMOUR

'Sheer joy... Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice’ JESSIE BURTON, author of The Miniaturist

Liz and Jane Bennet are good daughters. They’ve come home to suburban Cincinnati to get their mother to stop feeding their father steak as he recovers from heart surgery, to tidy up the crumbling Tudor-style family home, and to wrench their three sisters from their various states of arrested development.

Once they are under the same roof, old patterns return fast. Soon they are being berated for their single status – and for two successful women in their late thirties, it really is too much to bear. That is, until the Lucas family’s BBQ throws them in the way of some eligible single men . . .

In this dazzling, heart-warming read, the much-loved classic Pride and Prejudice is catapulted into our modern world, singing out with hilarity and truth.
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Praise for ELIGIBLE:

‘If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it’Elle

‘These days, if Curtis Sittenfeld writes it, I read it’ Judy Blume

‘Eligible has all the charm, wit and romance of Pride & Prejudice...an absolute delight’ Red

‘Dazzling’Woman and Home

‘Such a feast of a book’ Nigella Lawson

‘Not since “Clueless,” has Austen been so delightedly interpreted’ New York Times

Ratings and reviews

4.0
14 reviews
Nicki Hutley
May 6, 2024
Fans of Pride and Prejudice may enjoy this modern American retelling, with some interesting twistd. It's a fun light read that also observes modern-day US society and some of its foibles. I think Bridget Jones did it better, but this was a good holiday read.
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Renee Harris
November 8, 2023
Loved the world, the side characters and the refreshing update of pride and prejudice but both main characters were unlikable to me.
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A Google user
May 22, 2017
Loved It. Had me in fits of giggles in some parts. Great read, recommend it highly.
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About the author

Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of the novels Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, and Sisterland, which have been translated into twenty-five languages. Her nonfiction has been published widely, including in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, Vanity Fair, and Glamour and broadcast on public radio’s This American Life. A native of Cincinnati, she currently lives with her family in St. Louis.

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