The Eyre affair : a novel

Title:

Author:

Fforde, Jasper.

Personal Author:

Fforde, Jasper.

ISBN:

9780142001806

Publication Information:

New York : Penguin Books, 2003, c2001.

Physical Description:

vii, 374 pages ; 20 cm.

Series:

Thursday Next novels ; book 1

Thursday Next novels ; book 1.

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2001.

Abstract:

In a world where one can literally get lost in literature, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, tries to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of literature.

Reading Level:

850 Lexile.

Subject Term:

Next, Thursday (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Characters and characteristics in literature -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Wales -- Fiction.

Crimean War, 1853-1856 -- Fiction.

Books and reading -- Fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Censorship -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Wales -- Fiction.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Summary:

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Summary

Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend

Jasper Fforde's beloved New York Times bestselling novel introduces literary detective Thursday Next and her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England--from the author of The Constant Rabbit

Fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse will love visiting Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, when time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously: it's a bibliophile's dream. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy--enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel--unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix.