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Loading... The Eyre Affair (2001)by Jasper Fforde
  
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The premise seemed like something I would enjoy, but the execution was a little too bananas for my liking. There were a handful of pleasing elements--the wild Baconians and the John Milton convention, for examples. And, yes, for anyone who has read Jane Eyre, this is a cool ad extra tie-in. Overall, however, it served only to while away a couple hours on my long flight. (  ) chrisvia | Apr 29, 2021 |  Erudite. Very silly. Quite entertaining. Well worth a try. jimroberts | Apr 28, 2021 | This was cute. Steampunk spy story. (  ) KittyCunningham | Apr 26, 2021 | Insane in nearly every regard, and in the best way possible. (  ) wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 | This book throws right in so it took me a minute to get my bearings. It's in an alternate reality. Books are a huge deal. Parts can come to life. Throw in some time travel and comedy. There are murders and robberies. There are government agents trying to bring down criminals disrupting lives and stories. I enjoyed it. I'll be continuing the series. (  ) ToniFGMAMTC | Feb 17, 2021 |
 Fforde wears the marks of his literary forebears proudly on his sleeve, from Lewis Carroll and Wodehouse to Douglas Adams and Monty Python, in both inventiveness and sense of fun.  Fforde delivers almost every sentence with a sly wink, and he's got an easy way with wordplay, trivia and inside jokes. ''The Eyre Affair'' can be too clever by half, and fiction like this is certainly an acquired taste, but Fforde's verve is rarely less than infectious. A good editor might have trimmed away some of the annoying padding of this novel and helped the author to assimilate his heavy borrowings from other artists, but no matter: by the end of the novel, Mr. Fforde has, however belatedly, found his own exuberant voice. THE EYRE AFFAIR is mostly a collection of jokes, conceits and puzzles. It's smart, frisky and sheer catnip for former English majors....And some of the jokes are clever indeed. Dark, funny, complex, and inventive, THE EYRE AFFAIR is a breath of fresh air and easily one of the strongest debuts in years. Belongs to SeriesThursday Next (1) Is contained inThe Thursday Next Chronicles I-V by Jasper Fforde (indirect) The Thursday Next Chronicles I-VI by Jasper Fforde (indirect) The Thursday Next Chronicles I-VII by Jasper Fforde (indirect) Was inspired byHas as a studyHas as a student's study guide
There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is disappointed by the ending of Jane Eyre. But in this world there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic - and a woman called Thursday Next. No library descriptions found. |
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