Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help-and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Darcy-is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. This version of the Bennet family-and Mr. Publisher: Random House Publication date: April 19th 2016īuy It: Indigo.ca | | The Book Depository | iBooks | Google Books | Audibleįrom the “wickedly entertaining” ( USA Today) Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Prep and American Wife, comes a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.Ī bold literary experiment, Eligible is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the twenty-first century. Why do you think Curtis Sit- tenfeld chose to conclude the novel with her? How does the choice change your perspective on preceding events?ġ0.Find the author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads The novel closes with Mary’s perspective. If you’ve read Pride and Prejudice, do you think it is a feminist novel? Isĩ. There’s no shame in devoting yourself to another person, as long as he devotes himself to you in return.” Do you agree or disagree with this sentiment?Ĩ. 305, Kathy de Bourgh tells Liz, “There’s a belief that to take care of someone else, or to let someone else take care of you-that both are inher- ently unfeminist.
What do you think the novel has to say about reality TV? Would you go on a show like Eligible?ħ. The title Eligible comes from the fictional reality television show Chip Bingley appears on. Bennet’s concern over her daughters’ remaining unmarried into their late thirties is common, or is this an outdated perspective?Ħ.
To what extent do you think the portrayal of modern courtship and mar- riage in this novel is realistic? Do you think Mrs.
What prejudices does Curtis Sittenfeld explore in this adaptation? How do they differ from the prejudices of Austen’s time?ĥ. Were you surprised by Darcy and Liz having “hate sex”? Did it make the novel more or less enjoyable for you?Ĥ. Which of the sisters do you most identify with, and why? Did that change at all over the course of the novel?ģ. Why is this story such a timeless favorite?Ģ. Eligible is a modern adaptation of the classic novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
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