PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

Start with the classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and intersperse additional passages about the invasion of zombies in the countryside and the mayhem that follows in their wake, and, voilà, a novel of English manners is transformed. Katherine Kellgren delivers a serious reading that allows the tongue-in-cheek humor of the "new" book to stand on its own. She’s equally proficient with the condescending tones of the upper-class males; with the fluttering superficiality of poor Mrs. Bennet, who expends great energy in finding husbands for her daughters; and with daughter Elizabeth, who is a consummate slayer of the unmentionables. One special treat is a brief rendering of an excerpt from a song. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2009]