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Synopsis
The first in a series of outlandishly clever adventures featuring the resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next—a New York Times bestseller!In Jasper Fforde's 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. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Fforde's ingenious fantasy—enhanced by a Web site that re-creates the world of the novel—unites intrigue with English literature in a delightfully witty mix.
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Is The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A witty, imaginative sci-fi comedy with literary detective work. Contains mild action and kidnapping plot but no graphic content, strong language, or sexual situations.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include kidnapping.
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Who'll love this
Teens who love clever wordplay and literary references will enjoy this quirky alternate reality where literature matters more than anything.