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Eyre Affair

By Jasper Fforde

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| Audio Cassette | 9781565115453

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Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Baconians are trying to convince the world that Francis Bacon really wrote Shakespeare, there are riots between the Surrealists and ImpressContinue

Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. 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 homage to the real Milton and a very confusing situation for the police. Amidst all this, Acheron Hades, Third Most Wanted Man In the World, steals the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and kills a minor character, who then disappears from every volume of the novel ever printed! But that's just a prelude . . .

Hades' real target is the beloved Jane Eyre, and it's not long before he plucks her from the pages of Bronte's novel. Enter Thursday Next. She's the Special Operative's renowned literary detective, and she drives a Porsche. With the help of her uncle Mycroft's Prose Portal, Thursday enters the novel to rescue Jane Eyre from this heinous act of literary homicide. It's tricky business, all these interlopers running about Thornfield, and deceptions run rampant as their paths cross with Jane, Rochester, and Miss Fairfax. Can Thursday save Jane Eyre and Bronte's masterpiece? And what of the Crimean War? Will it ever end? And what about those annoying black holes that pop up now and again, sucking things into time-space voids . . .

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. Next up in the Thursday Next series: Lost in a Good Book. Read more about it at thursdaynext.com.

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  • The Best Reviews: Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

    "A must read. This is an original!" In 1985 time travel and cloning are a consistent part of life. In Britain, English literature has become so in vogue, original manuscripts are quite valuable. Just ask any of the zillion Williams, Charles, or Milto ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Eyre Affair

    Some books come out of left field, some books from an alternate universe. It's not as unusual as you might think. Since the dawn of Science Fiction (Ward Moore's 'Bring the Jubilee' in 1953), "alternate histories" have been a popular subgenre of Scie ... (read full critics)

    bookotron published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    What Douglas Adams did for Sci-fi and Terry Pratchett does for fantasy, Jasper Fforde does for the thriller mystery genre. Set in an alternate world where literature is taken much more seriously than our own, The Eyre Affair follows the exploits of Thursday Next, a LiteraTech operative. It's fille ... (continue)

    What Douglas Adams did for Sci-fi and Terry Pratchett does for fantasy, Jasper Fforde does for the thriller mystery genre. Set in an alternate world where literature is taken much more seriously than our own, The Eyre Affair follows the exploits of Thursday Next, a LiteraTech operative. It's filled with action, references to classic literature, and a sense of whimsy that just makes the book (and the series) fun to read.

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    Braydin said on Sep 26, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Completely deranged!

    A compelling parallel reality, constantly surprising and definitely comical, totally witty, with interesting consistent characters, from the super-evil Acheron Hades to the unusually sweet Rochester to the small officers, each with his distinctive fascinating features. Worth reading!!!

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    maCmq said on Dec 21, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Take centuries of British literature, a big bad guy, a different history for the real world and you'll have this novel. Jasper Fforde plays with own rules and wins the game, for the characters are vivid and interesting, all the items created by Mycroft are wonderful and Thursday is a wannahave frien ... (continue)

    Take centuries of British literature, a big bad guy, a different history for the real world and you'll have this novel. Jasper Fforde plays with own rules and wins the game, for the characters are vivid and interesting, all the items created by Mycroft are wonderful and Thursday is a wannahave friend. Narrating what is written in this book isn't simple, for we have lots of crazy events. But it is funny playing with real novels and kidnapping Jane Eyre, among the others, from the pages she is written in.
    Twist the time-space and read this book.

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    etnagigante said on Jun 22, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Clever Dick

    As someone who is not a fan of the detective/mystery genre, this is the only way I could have come at it. I like the cleverness of Fforde's work. Its problems are those of the genre; its being plot-driven rather than character driven. I especially dislike the way the villains are written; just not r ... (continue)

    As someone who is not a fan of the detective/mystery genre, this is the only way I could have come at it. I like the cleverness of Fforde's work. Its problems are those of the genre; its being plot-driven rather than character driven. I especially dislike the way the villains are written; just not realistic psychologies. I don't mind fantasy, but I need believable characters.

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    Stefan Garcia said on Apr 14, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • This book would not be bad.. the problem is that the various parts seem not to have any connection with each other. The writing just does not flow. Good original ideas, but they are developed in a boring fashion!!

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    n_malo said on Nov 7, 2011 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

  • Fun and literary

    Just started this book - my first Jasper Fforde. Seems fun so far - not unlike Colfer's Artemis Fowl series with a smattering of Dr Who. Full review to follow :)

    REVIEW: Well, I enjoyed this book. Good fun, creative ideas, intriguing plot (where else could Bronte's Jane Eyre be brought into our wor ... (continue)

    Just started this book - my first Jasper Fforde. Seems fun so far - not unlike Colfer's Artemis Fowl series with a smattering of Dr Who. Full review to follow :)

    REVIEW: Well, I enjoyed this book. Good fun, creative ideas, intriguing plot (where else could Bronte's Jane Eyre be brought into our world to have a cup of tea?). A great holiday read, and makes me want to read other books in the Fforde canon. And it is REALLY very similar to Dr Who :) Not a bad thing of course!

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    Ian Hodgson said on Jul 28, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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