Wuthering Heights and a Werewolf...and a Zombie too by Ralph S. King

Jane Fairfax: The Secret History of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen’s “Emma” If you see a title on this list that is not hotlinked to our collection, please consider ordering it through our Interlibrary Loan department. Some titles not owned by the libraries are included in this list due to their classic nature, or their position as part of a series. Pure sequels, by other authors, either authorized or unauthorized, are a slightly different category of reading, and one which we may create a separate booklist for in the future!Īll books in this list which are owned by Lincoln City Libraries are hotlinked to their entries in our library catalog, so that you may check on their current availability. Though this book went on to inspire two sequels, and many similar works by other authors in the past few years, these titles are just the latest in a long tradition of “Classics With a Twist.”This list focuses primarily on the novels which retell the well-known stories, but with changes or different viewpoints. One of the most well-known examples of this literary art form would probably be Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith, which takes Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice from 1813, throws in some undead characters and retells the story…with a twist. I only paid 77 English pence for it, and quite frankly it was 77 English pence too much.A recent trend in publishing in the early 21st century has been the release of books that serve as retellings or reimaginings of classic works of fiction, or parodies of such well-known works. Come to think of it, I wish the author had broken his pencil and never subjected us to it in the first place. It's a bit like that old Blackadder joke - it's like a broken pencil - Pointless. There was no need for this ever to have been written and certainly no need for it to be published. 254, I felt the need to cleanse myself and downloaded the real Wuthering Heights to my Kindle, to get rid of this claptrap from my mind. I feel my reading experience of that classic novel has been sullied by reading this tripe. This has actually managed to detract my enjoyment from a classic read. Pride and Prejudice (another great book) was enhanced by the addition of zombies. I don't know about the zombie - I never made it that far. The thing with it is, Wuthering Heights is a GREAT book, a fantastic book, and there is probably a way to make it into a GREAT and funny book by adding in your werewolves and your zombies but this just reads like Wuthering Heights, with the odd wolf-related observation chucked in there.

I've read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and loved it - it was the perfect monster genre mashup - but this, this is complete and utter rubbish.

Wuthering Heights and a Werewolf...and a Zombie too by Ralph S. King