Pemberley Ball: Post Apocalyptic Epilogue

In a paranormal world inhabited by our Pride and Prejudice characters, Elizabeth Bennet has other things to contend with that distract her from our Mr. Darcy. She proves herself to be a heroine in more ways than one.

We will eventually see her display her ninja skills in this film next year...

Pride Prejudice and Zombies (2015)
Directed by: Burr Steers
Screenplay by: David O. Russell and Burr Steers
Starring:
Lily James as Elizabeth Bennet
Sam Riley as Mr. Darcy

Per IMDB:
Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge -- an army of undead zombies.

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Based on book...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Amazon | Goodreads
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield. Can Elizabeth vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you’d actually want to read.

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Mr. Darcy
played by Sam Riley
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2015)
Mr. Darcy wants to know…

Are you planning on watching this when it is released?

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* image source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Bennet sisters, P&P&Z fan poster, Mr. Darcy

~~- Pemberley Ball schedule -~~

Happy Birthday Pride & Prejudice!

Celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen on January 28 with this special offer...

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES: DELUXE HEIRLOOM EDITION
The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Jane Austen
Seth Grahame-Smith

... Quirk has prepared The Deluxe Heirloom Edition of the New York Times Best Seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies featuring:

* A fancy 4C hardcover package that will endure for generations

* In addition to the illustrations in the first edition, the expanded version features 13 new full-color oil painting illustrations - depicting all of PPZ’s most memorable moments

* A special preface from author Seth Grahame-Smith in which he describes the writing of PPZ

* Best of all, The Deluxe Heirloom Edition features 30% MORE ZOMBIES! Seth has written pages and pages of all-new (and entirely gratuitous) ultra-violent zombie mahem. If you loved the premise and zombie action of the first book, you’ll love this expanded Deluxe Edition even more.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton-and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers-and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.

--~ Book Giveaway courtesy of publisher ~--
WIN a copy of this book! -- 2 winners

Open to US, Canada, and UK only.

Offer ends: January 31, 2013

TO DO:

VISIT Quirk books New Releases and tell me in comments which book you would be interested in reading.

AND, leave your email (if I don't already have it)

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Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: The Interactive Book App

Awesome, eh !???!

Ebooks to a new level!

Meanwhile, why not enter to win this...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Deluxe Edition
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
signup for giveaway here
-offer ends Dec 15

Pemberley Ball: Epilogue

The final transports leave the Pemberley estate in a sedate manner during the late hour. We remain outside and wave here and there as the procession passes through the gates.

And in that barouche we see...

Lady Stellectric
Good day!
I am the widow of Sir Gilhead of Meryton.

He died tragically at Goodnestone Park, though no one is quite sure of the circumstances. I love to shop and have a keen interest in collecting parasols. You can never have too many, and I would like one for each corset I buy.

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The carriage behind Lady Stellectic, hold Lady Lena and Lord Nic. Unfortunately, we were not able to meet them. Perhaps they will drop in again and introduce themselves.

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Oh, but look there! We see Lady Nelle of Orkney


Good day to you, Lady Vee.

I am here to dance the night away and spend time with my dear friend Lizzy.


I hail from the isle of Orkney which, while lovely, is rather lacking in balls. Dancing is one of my greatest pleasures despite the fact that I do not do it as well as I should wish to, hopefully I will get plenty of practice here. It was a pleasure to meet you.

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Lord Swineberg the 3rd, Duchess de Borde and Miss Tabiadora Jensen remain in conference at the foyer.

Whatever could their worries be?

Apparently, Lord Swineberg the 3rd is convinced of most unusual movements in the garden... there... just there!

The Duchess de Borde is in agreement after much squinting in the dark.

Miss Tabiadora Jensen is at the ready for within her cloak is a weapon appropriate for the situation.

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READ more about this DARCY world…

--~ Book Giveaway courtesy of publisher ~--

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Deluxe Edition
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded version of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.

This deluxe heirloom edition includes a new preface by coauthor Seth Grahame-Smith, thirteen oil painting illustrations by Roberto Parada, and a fascinating afterword by Dr. Allen Grove of Alfred University.

Best of all, this limited special edition features an incredible 30 percent more zombies—via even more all-new scenes of carnage, corpse slaying, and cannibalism.

Complete with a satin ribbon marker and a leatherette binding designed to endure for generations, this hardcover volume honors a masterpiece of classic zombie literature.

WIN a copy of this book!

Open to all.

Offer ends: December 15, 2011

TO DO: (2-parts)
1. ONE of these:

ADD this book to your Goodreads

or

ADD this book to your Shelfari

or


TWEET this: (or click the twitter button on this post)
Giveaway: Pride and Prejudice and Zombie deluxe edition http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/2011/11/pemberley-ball-epilogue.html

2. AND, let me know in comments what you did along with your email (if I don't already have it)

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* guest post is based on Pemberley Ball RSVPs

* image source gown for Lady Stellectric aka Stellectric

* image source gown for Lady Nelle of Orkney aka Lieder

* image source Elizabeth Bennet

~~- Pemberley Ball schedule -~~

Winner - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Winner

Thanks to all contestants!

Please note: The winner was selected by name out of the nose mug.

I shall be emailing you for your snail mail. If you don't receive it, please feel free to send your info to me vvb32 at yahoo.com -- enjoy the read!


and the winner is...

( drrrrrrrrrrummmmrolllllllllllllll )

Zombie Girrrl

of Crackin' Spines & Takin' Brains
fka: Crakin' Spines & Takin' Names
(I love the tribute to zombies!)
Zombie Girrrl says:
If I were a zombie, I'd feast on Mr. Darcy because I've always pictured him as Colin Firth and he's so cute and bumbly. I imagine he'd exceedingly polite in his please for mercy, "Excuse me, my lady, but could you refrain from chewing on my arm thusly. It is rather painful!" XD

The book giveaway prize:

You can read my review here.

Contest results:

If you were a zombie, who would you feast on if given the opportunity?

63% choose Mr. Darcy
25% choose Elizabeth
12% choose Mr. Collins
0% choose Lady Catherine


as for me, I'd choose Elizabeth

Here are some good Elizabeth reasons:

Elnice says:
Elizabeth-because if I was a zombie, she would probably be one of the biggest threats.

Sylvia says:
Well, I would probably feast on Elizabeth and when I'm done with her, I'll have Mr. Darcy all to myself! (does the evil laugh!!) lol!!:)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Published: 2009

Genre: Zombies

Paperback: 319 pages

Rating: 4

Inspiration: September Zombies week (Aug 29 - Sep 6)
- check out today's events
-oh yeah, this also counts for my Everything Austen challenge

Description from publisher's site:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton-and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers-and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead.

Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen’s classic novel to new legions of fans.

Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

Zombification: a plague caused the unmentionables, a bite can turn you

Zombie mode: feral

My thoughts:
In-a-word: more

<-- I think I need this.

The teaser on the cover says Now with 30% more Zombies!

Seths says:
...And see one of the first copies of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition. It's bound in human skin!
(Not really, but it sounded better than leather-textured.)

Publisher's site says:
Just in time for the holidays, Quirk has prepared The Deluxe Heirloom Edition of the New York Times Best Seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies featuring:


* A fancy 4C hardcover package that will endure for generations


* In addition to the illustrations in the first edition, the expanded version features 13 new full-color oil painting illustrations - depicting all of PPZ’s most memorable moments


* A special preface from author Seth Grahame-Smith in which he describes the writing of PPZ


* Best of all, The Deluxe Heirloom Edition features 30% MORE ZOMBIES! Seth has written pages and pages of all-new (and entirely gratuitous) ultra-violent zombie mahem. If you loved the premise and zombie action of the first book, you’ll love this expanded Deluxe Edition even more.

My thoughts (cont.):

Being an Austen fan, hands down I praise the original text. As for the zombie portion, I wanted more. More what you ask? Well, more mashup I guess to make it more of its own. So, I'm looking forward to the deluxe edition.

Entertainment-wise, I was entertained.

And, the illustrations were such a treat!

The martial arts skills that the Bennets acquired were like learning stitchery or musical skills of their time - no big deal for them. They took time out of the day to practice and sharpen their skills. Cool zombie hunters, I think. Loved the references to Master Liu this or Master Liu that - just like in kung fu movies.

I found that Elizabeth made a strong impression moreso than Mr. Darcy in this version of P&P. A sort of wonder woman, she was.

Oh, I just got to say poor Charlotte. Poor poor poor Charlotte. I did not like what became of her.

Extra tidbits:

The cover, by Doogie Horner, is a "zombification" of a painting of Marcia Fox by William Beechey.

Neat-0 to see before and after pictures, eh?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel

by Tony Lee (Adapter)

Jane Austen (Author)

Seth Grahame-Smith (Author)

Cliff Richards (Illustrator)

Release date: May 4, 2010

Here is a sample illustration of Elizabeth Bennett.

Exciting! see more illustrations here.


*** Giveaway ***

What the heck, it's zombie week!
(Check out the festivities if you haven't already.)

If you comment below, you can be eligible to win my copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Open to all.

+1 mention this on your blog

+1 answer me this: if you were a zombie, which of these p&p characters would you feast on?

Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth
Mr. Collins
Lady Catherine
Wildcard - you pick a character

I know they're all tempting, but only pick one!

Offer ends: September 5, 2009
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Giveaway

It is sooooo cooool that soooo many people have this book on their tbr list or are currently reading it - especially those who are part of the Everything Austen Challenge hosted by Stephanie's Written Word.

To tie-in this book with September Zombies week (Aug 29-Sep 6. 2009) which is basically a celebration of YA zombie books aaaaaand to continue the zombie love, I'm hosting a giveaway for those who have completed reading this book by September 5, 2009.


Again, this giveaway is for those who have already read and reviewed this book.


To enter you must:

Post your Pride and Prejudice and Zombies review link in the comments below.

+ 1 entry if you also post your interview post with Seth Grahame-Smith

+ 1 entry comment below

+ 1 entry become a follower

+ 2 entries per mention of this giveaway on your blog

Entries: open to all countries

Deadline: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 8pm PST

Prize: Zombie Bag o'goodies - includes Never Slow Dance With A Zombie by E. Van Lowe


Winner announced:
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The winner will also be contacted via email and the prize will be mailed within a week of receiving mailing address.

For more zombie week giveaways,
check out September Zombies Contests and Giveaways.





I look forward to reading all your reviews on this Jane Austen and zombies mashup!

The participants:
check out the reviews I've got so far...

1. Cecelia Bedelia

2. Laura's Reviews

3. Heather

4. Okbolover

5. Midnight Cowgirl

6. raych

7. titania86

8. austenfan

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*** updated 9.6.09 ***