Jasper fforde is the author of the eyre affair, lost in a good book, both from. The eyre affair is quite easily one of the cleverest books that i have read. Thursday next is a lowly special ops agent tracking down errors in literature, and her adventures with the evil acheron hades in and out of jane eyre form the basis of the story. The crimean war has dragged on for more than years and wales is selfgoverning. The only recognizable thing about this england is her citizens enduring love of literature.
The eyre affair by jasper fforde, 9780340733561, available at book depository. Jasper ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, is a spirited sendup of genre fictionits part. The eyre affair devaney, doak and garrett booksellers. Okay, theres the manuscript she pointed at the book, clearly visible in the frame as the vcr flicked to the camera at the front door. Houston chronicle the eyre affair by jasper fforde could hardly be more delightful. If you could travel through time, is there anything in history, either in the broad sense or in your own personal. Her job is to rescue literary characters kidnapped out of books from being wiped off the face of every copy of a work by tracking down and outwitting the purely evil. Introduction to the eyre affair masterpiece theatre meets james bond in the eyre affair, the first novel in jasper ffordes cheeky sleuth series featuring a book loving, guntoting, witslinging heroine named thursday next.
By the end, however, when hades attempts to change jane eyre fforde gets back around to clever twists that make reading him him fun. Blending the surreal with some truly intelligent parody and an incredible number of literary allusions, this is undoubtedly a book. The eyre affair is the first published novel 1 by english author jasper fforde, released by hodder and stoughton in 2001. Thursdays job is to solve crimes related to literature. Fforde has gone on to expand the thursday next universe with a series of seven novels in two connected series.
Literary detection and firearms dont really go hand in hand. Paradox by amity cross is the second book in her three part series the thornfield affair, a modern day reimagining of the story of jane eyre. Ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, was published in 2001. Baconians are trying to convince the world that francis bacon really wrote shakespeare, there are riots between the surrealists and impressionists, and thousands of men are named john milton, an. I read a scrappy, dogeared paperback of jasper ffordes the eyre affair for the first time three years ago, curled up outdoors under a large tree and sneezing regularly in the summer pollen haze. Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun, the eyre affair is a caper unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and. Reading and rereading it over two separate summers, i found myself lost in the story whatever format it lived in. She spends the whole of lost in a good book persistently trying to get thursday to do press interviews regarding the alterations made to the storyline of jane eyre during the events of the eyre affair. The eyre affair was his first novel in the bestselling series of thursday next series novels, which includes lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, something rotten, first among sequels, one of our thursdays is missing, and the upcoming the woman who died a lot. Jasper fforde webchat as it happened books the guardian. Acheron hades claims that pure evil is as rare as pure good. The eyre affair is the debut novel by english author jasper fforde, published by hodder and stoughton in 2001. The eyre affair is the first book in the thursday next series, followed by lost in a good book.
Two of the main plot devicestime travel and book jumpingillustrate the infinite possibilities of alternate endings. A thursday next novel ebook written by jasper fforde. Blending the surreal with some truly intelligent parody and an incredible number of literary allusions, this is undoubtedly a book for any bibliophile. The eyre affair by jasper fforde book club discussion.
Fixed the book against the very dangerous colonic virus. In thursdays world, an alternate version of 1985 london, literature rules popular cultureaudiences enact and participate in richard iii for fridaynight fun, thousands of visitors make literary. There was also a plethora of puns and grammatical wordplay, which was fun. Creating all the different elements and characters that were going to be contained within, it managed to build a fully realized world. In this novel, thursday next is a detective with so27, the literatec division. The eyre affair is an exuberant melange of crime, comedy and alternative history. Then the inside door through which any burglar would have to come. When i first heard the premise of this unique mystery, i doubted that a firsttime author could pull off a complicated caper involving. The entire premise weaves that reality around existing written stories hence the eyre affair it is pure escapism but written at great pace and with much humour. The eyre affair is the first book in the thursday next series, followed by. The eyre affair is a genrebending novel with an irreverent sense of humor. Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun, the eyre affair is a caper unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and his singular fictional universe. Speaking of which, i believe its pretty essential to have read jane eyre before reading this book, as its plot becomes so central to the story in the back half of the eyre affair. Great britain in 1985 is close to being a police state.
This virus can reduce the entire novel to a series of meaningless colons and can be spread from book to book by readers who turn down the page corners to mark their place instead of using a bookmark. Surreal and hilariously funny, this alternate history, the debut novel of british author fforde, will appeal to lovers of zany genre work think douglas adams and. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest goodand we all know how rare. Masterpiece theatre meets james bond in the eyre affair, the first novel in jasper. It is britain, it is 1985, but, in this world, literature is the thing. Jasper fforde born 11 january 1961 is a british novelist. The eyre affair is the debut novel by english author jasper fforde, published by hodder and. Masterpiece theatre meets james bond in the eyre affair, the first novel in jasper ffordes cheeky sleuth series featuring a book loving, guntoting, witslinging heroine named thursday next. There was too much differentness in the eyre affair, especially in the middle of the book, that it got in the way of a pretty good story.
He has published two books in the loosely connected nursery crime series, and has published the first books of two additional independent series, the last dragonslayer and shades of grey. When the original manuscript of martin chuzzlewit by charles dickens disappears under. The eyre affair, featuring literatec thursday next, is his first novel a second, lost in a good book, was published in britain in the summer of 2002 and he is under contract to write two more. Fforde is known mainly for his thursday next novels. It takes a bold adventurer to play fast and loose with literature, and thats what we have in thursday next. If you like the fiction book and you are looking for one of the most interesting and the amazing fiction as well as the history books then you are in the right place. The younger sister of acheron hades, who appeared as a villain in lost in a good book. It takes place in an alternative 1985, where literary detective thursday next pursues a master criminal through the world of charlotte bronte s jane eyre. Jasper ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, is a spirited sendup of genre fiction its part.
Each book could exist on its own merit but there is far more to be gained by reading the entire series. Buy a cheap copy of the eyre affair book by jasper fforde. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the eyre affair. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The author of the eyre affair answered your questions on everything from his plans for his hero thursday next, dealing with publisher rejections and the feminism in jane eyre. Really enjoyed the inventiveness of jasper ffordes the eyre affair. The eyre affair is a unique detective novel by welsh writer, jasper fforde. The tieseller in victoria says, there are two schools of thought about the. The sense of permeability in the eyre affair is accentuated by ffordes extremely energetic craftsmanship.
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