Questions About Modern Lovers

by Emma Straub (Goodreads Author)

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Heather You are not the only one. The timeline drove me to distraction-literally. I was constantly stopping to do age math.

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does iggy pop come back? if he doesn't, I don't want to finish it. i'm serious.

Diane

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What's with the Austen allusions? Elizabeth, Lydia, Jane, Darcey, Zoe Bennett, Kitty's Mustache...is Modern Lovers a loose, modern continuation of Pride and Prejudice's story, or am I just overanalyzing?

Diane I noticed this too but decided the author was just having her fun (she is named Emma after all). It would be awfully hard to make any of these charact…moreI noticed this too but decided the author was just having her fun (she is named Emma after all). It would be awfully hard to make any of these characters correspond to the one's in P and P.
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Haris Who's "they"?

Goodreads insists that I make this answer longer, so: are you referring to Andrew and Elizabeth, Zoe and Jane, or Harry and Ruby?…moreWho's "they"?

Goodreads insists that I make this answer longer, so: are you referring to Andrew and Elizabeth, Zoe and Jane, or Harry and Ruby?(less)

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Is the title of the book any reference to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers?