Sittenfeld writes so well-her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted. She’s the one you want to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. She can spot hypocrisy, cant, self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and motivation. “ sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.” - Entertainment Weekly Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you’d guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.” - People (book of the week) “Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.” - O: The Oprah Magazine At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip’s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming.Īnd yet, first impressions can be deceiving. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane’s fortieth birthday fast approaches.Įnter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master’s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won’t discuss. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs.
When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help-and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Darcy-is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City.
This version of the Bennet family-and Mr. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.
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