6/28/2023 0 Comments The eyre affair review![]() ![]() After finishing this novel, I have resolved to read Jane Eyre next, a novel that has been on my TBR pile for quite some time. I have never read Jane Eyre (gasp!), yet I was able to understand many of the allusions to Bronte’s novel. ![]() ![]() The Eyre Affair was a very enjoyable read! Fforde fills each page with literary wit and allusions – a sort of scavenger hunt for book lovers. Now Thursday must find the villain within the pages of this literary masterpiece before the beloved heroine disappears forever. Yet that all changes when Jane Eyre is abducted from the pages of Bronte’s beloved novel. The LiteraTec division is known for receiving relatively benign assignments. Thursday Next, the novel’s heroine, is a SpecOps agent in the LiteraTec division – a group of detectives devoted to investigating literary crimes. The Eyre Affair takes place in Great Britain, in a futuristic 1985. Imagine a world where one can literally get lost within the pages of a book where people travel door-to-door debating the authenticity of Shakespeare’s works where genetically-engineered dodo birds are beloved household pets. This is the setting of The Eyre Affair, written by Jasper Fforde. ![]()
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