The Eyre Affair
A Thursday Next Novel
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4.3 • 285 Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •The first novel in the renowned Thursday Next series, which “combines elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (The Wall Street Journal).
“A literary wonderland [that] recalls Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series [and] the works of Lewis Carroll.”–USA Today
Meet Thursday Next, “part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), a literary detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend–and welcome to a surreal version of Great Britain, circa 1985, where time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wadsworth poem, militant Baconians heckle performances of Hamlet, and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday, renowned Special Operative in literary detection, until someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature.
When Jane Eyre is plucked from the pages of Brontë’s novel, Thursday must track down the villain and enter a novel herself to avert a heinous act of literary homicide.
Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels:
THE EYRE AFFAIR •LOST IN A GOOD BOOK •THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS •SOMETHING ROTTEN •FIRST AMONG SEQUELS •ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING •THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Mystery fans and literature nerds alike will adore this hilariously meta detective story. It’s 1985 in an alternate-universe Britain. How alternate? Well, everybody’s obsessed with classic literature, disagreements about Surrealism spark riots in the streets, and criminals like Acheron Hades have discovered that original manuscripts contain portals into the books themselves, causing havoc and changing popular stories. Luckily, plucky police detective Thursday Next is hot on Hades’ trail—with the help of her grumpy time-traveler father. Jasper Fforde has created a brilliantly fun mystery with shades of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Even with all the laughs, Thursday is a likable and dogged detective who takes her work seriously, which naturally makes everything that much funnier. Strap in for a wild and exciting read that’s like nothing you’ve ever read before.
Customer Reviews
Thursday Next and her travels
This book, the first in the series, is a masterpiece, combining of pure imagination and classic literature. Jasper Fforde has done a fantastic job; my favourite book now and always.