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Thursday Next is a "literatech," investigating literary crimes in a world in which classic English literature is everyone's obsession and literary forgery threatens state security. Funny, engrossing, full of goofy action and literary puzzles, a great mystery for the literary minded.
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Il caso Jane Eyre è un romanzo scritto da Jasper Fforde nel 2001. È il primo libro della serie "Thursday Next", che segue le avventure di Thursday Next, un'agente letteraria che vive in un universo alternativo in cui i personaggi dei libri sono reali e possono interagire con il mondo reale.
Nel romanzo, Thursday Next viene incaricata di indagare sulla scomparsa del personaggio di Jane Eyre dal romanzo omonimo di Charlotte Brontë. Thursday scopre che il colpevole è Acheron Hades, un criminale che ...more
Nel romanzo, Thursday Next viene incaricata di indagare sulla scomparsa del personaggio di Jane Eyre dal romanzo omonimo di Charlotte Brontë. Thursday scopre che il colpevole è Acheron Hades, un criminale che ...more

I have to have some books on a regular basis that are just for fun, but also have merit, either exceptional writing, a clever premise, and in the case of The Eyre Affair, a good romp through literary references with a wink and a nod.
Fforde is so much fun. I didn't have to have at my side: Wikipedia, or The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, or Bartleby's, the last two of which I have only a passing acquaintance. Some of my literary experience is lost in the mists of early educ ...more
Fforde is so much fun. I didn't have to have at my side: Wikipedia, or The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, or Bartleby's, the last two of which I have only a passing acquaintance. Some of my literary experience is lost in the mists of early educ ...more

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I was disappointed by this book. I wanted to love it and I did like the Douglas Adams-style irreverence and absurdity and the idea of being able to jump into classic novels, but as a whole, it didn't grip me. I didn't feel a strong pull towards any of the main characters, despite wanting to like and identify with Thursday Next.
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Kidnapped Jane Eyre.


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