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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

Jasper Fforde

Start date: January 19, 2023

Finish date: February 19, 2023

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Feb 18, 2013 Barbara ★ rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-fbi-pi-cop, x-set-in-europe, humor-funny, zzz-cover-building, challenge-books, x-set-in-europe-uk-england, books-about-books, zz-cover-blue, time-travel, steampunk

In this alternative England, people can jump into literature and characters can leave the story and enter real life. As the author puts it - a cross-fertilization between works of fiction and reality. Some of the character names are hilarious - Jack Schitt, Paige Turner and Mr. Stoker (who works in the vampire division). Very creative and funny.

Thursday Next, SO-27 agent is asked to help SO-5 on a highly confidential case because she's the only one who can identify the suspect, Acheron Hades. Th ...more

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Jan 06, 2011 Almeta rated it liked it

Shelves: caught-read-handed, i-am-somebody

Love what's been done with the Classics.

Audience participation in a night with Richard III was so much fun. Makes me actually want to go to another Rocky Horror viewing.

And getting literally caught up in a Wordsworth poem sounds enchanting.

Conversely what was done to Jane Eyre means it and other classic mentioned should be re-read.

The "did Shakespeare really write Shakespeare" debate continues.

Fun introduction to the series. ...more

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Feb 06, 2016 Marie (UK) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fabulous-reads, top-twenty, 2018-reading-challenge, favourites

this really is a fabulous read. Fforde has a clever and innovative take on classical literature - in the main Jane Eyre but there are references to Shakespeare and Martin Chuzzlewit. He juggles an introduction to the life of Thursday next with a mystery story surrounding Acheron hades, Goliath and Spec ops. yes there are some things that jar in the storyline but overall it is a great read. I have read a lot of Fforde and love to know what he has against Wales

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Nov 16, 2010 Calla rated it really liked it

i really liked this book but some part confused me because so many things were left unsaid or just stopped altogether...besides that i loved it and want to read the second book of the series. But now that i finished i have to do a book report

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