Initially published in 2001 on the 1st of january, this was to be the novel that setup the entire universe of the thursday next series. 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. Masterpiece theatre meets james bond in the eyre affair, the first novel in jasper ffordes cheeky sleuth series featuring a bookloving, guntoting, wit slinging. Jasper ffordes first novel to be published was the eyre affair, which was published in 2001. In his seventies, analogy is the head of the swindon branch of so27, the literatecs, and is therefore thursdays immediate superior bowden cable. It was also the start of ffordes thursday next series.
The eyre affair laughed out loud through this wonderful story then realized i needed to brush up on a few classics from high school. Houston chronicle the eyre affair by jasper fforde could hardly be more delightful. Fforde had received 76 rejections for earlier works before being accepted by a publisher. The eyre affair 2003 read online free book by jasper. In jasper ffordes great britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality dodos are the resurrected pet of. In this world where high lit matters, special operative thursday next literary detective seeks to retrieve the stolen manuscript of dickenss martin chuzzlewit. The eyre affair 2003 read online free book by jasper fforde. Buy a cheap copy of the eyre affair book by jasper fforde. Wodehouse will love visiting jasper ffordes great britain, circa 1985, when time travel is routine, cloning is a reality dodos are the. The first book in the phenomenally successful thursday next series, from number one bestselling author jasper fforde. Blending the surreal with some truly intelligent parody and an incredible number of literary allusions, this is undoubtedly a book for any bibliophile. Sadly, i found this book to be a major disappointment. But the eyre affair is one of very few books thats perfectly. It takes a bold adventurer to play fast and loose with literature, and thats what we have in thursday next and fforde.
There is another 1985, where londons criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and thursday next is on the trail of the new crime waves mr big. It will certainly be interesting to read and is a very good book. For the eyre affair to have any resonance the featured novel had to be familiar and respected. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The eyre affair was rejected a whopping seventysix times before it finally found a publisher. The eyre affair was his first novel in the bestselling series of thursday next novels, which includes lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, something rotten, first among sequels, one of our thursdays is missing, and the woman who died a lot. An operative for so27, the literatecs, assigned to the swindon branch, and thursdays partner after her transfer. It takes a bold adventurer to play fast and loose with literature, and thats. The novel was rejected 76 times before finally being sold.
Intrepid literary detective thursday next is back in the second installment of jasper ffordes oneofakind series. The thursday next series by jasper fforde currently consists of the novels the eyre affair, lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, something rotten, first among sequels, one of our thursdays is missing and the woman who died a lot. I read a scrappy, dogeared paperback of jasper ffordes the eyre affair for the first time three years ago, curled up outdoors under a large tree and sneezing regularly in the summer pollen haze. All this is business as usual for thursday next, renowned special operative in literary detection. If you like the fiction book and you are looking for one of the most interesting and the amazing fiction as well as the history books.
But the eyre affair is one of very few books thats perfectly appropriate for the medium, taking as its theme the ability to be transported by literature into innumerable other worlds. The eyre affair is jasper ffordes first novel, and the debut of a fresh and delightfully original new voice there is another 1985, somewhere in the couldhavebeen, where the crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in homecloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of jane eyre. I have read it several times over, and enjoyed it every time and each time i read i pick up another literary allusion or injoke, and laugh some more. Save 25% off the retail price of all books with code staywell. The eyre affair may be the only dystopic novel ive read in which the breads and circuses are intended as much for the reader as for the regimes subjects. The sense of permeability in the eyre affair is accentuated by ffordes extremely energetic craftsmanship.
The eyre affair study guide contains a biography of jasper fforde, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. May 03, 2016 the author of the eyre affair answered your questions on everything from his plans for his hero thursday next, dealing with publisher rejections and the feminism in jane eyre. Creating all the different elements and characters that were going to be contained within, it managed to build a fully realized world. The eyre affair is quite easily one of the cleverest books that i have read. A thursday next novel kindle edition by fforde, jasper. His writings are akin to those of the literary genius of terry pratchett with crazy worlds, mixed up magic and insane parallel universes. The new york times michiko kakutani thursday is part bridget jones, part. An unusually surefooted first novel, this literary folly serves up a generally unique stew of fantasy, science fiction, procedural, and cozy literary mysterybut in. Surreal and hilariously funny, this alternate history, the debut novel of british author fforde, will appeal to lovers of zany genre work think douglas adams and lovers of classic literature alik. Ffordes heroine thursday next works as a literary detective, tracking down forgeries and unauthorised works in. The first in a series of outlandishly clever adventures featuring the resourceful, fearless literary detective thursday nextaa new york times bestseller. The eyre affair is an exuberant melange of crime, comedy and alternative history.
In his thirties and with a slightly fussy, nervous edge to him, bowden is intelligent and. To be sure, books are not the only political concerns in the story, though they are the purview of our protagonist, who is a specops 27 literary detective. Introduction to the eyre affair masterpiece theatre meets james bond in the eyre affair, the first novel in jasper ffordes cheeky sleuth series featuring a bookloving, guntoting, witslinging heroine named thursday next. It is britain, it is 1985, but, in this world, literature is the thing. This is all business as usual for brainy, bookish and heatpacking thursday next, a. Wodehouse will love visiting jasper ffordes great britain, circa 1985, when time travel is routine, cloning is a reality dodos are the resurrected pet of choice, and. The author of the eyre affair answered your questions on everything from his plans for his hero thursday next, dealing with publisher rejections and the feminism in jane eyre. To have an idea about how and why i write what i do, click on the links below. Jasper fforde webchat as it happened books the guardian. When i first heard the premise of this unique mystery, i doubted that a firsttime author could pull off a complicated caper involving. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jul 19, 2001 a bookseller told me that these were silly books for smart people i am not sure about that, but i found the eyre affair hilarious, entertaining, and absolutely compulsive reading.
The books fictional version of jane eyre ends with jane accompanying her cousin, st. A thursday next novel ebook written by jasper fforde. The eyre affair thursday next, book 1 by jasper fforde. And what about those annoying black holes that pop up now and again, sucking things into timespace voids. John rivers, to india in order to help him with his missionary. The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with the eyre affair continues with jasper ffordes magnificent second adventure starring the resourceful, fearless literary sleuth thursday next. The eyre affair is the debut novel by english author jasper fforde, published by hodder and stoughton in 2001.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the eyre affair. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks jane eyre from the pages of brontes novel, thursday is faced with the challenge of her career. Below is a list of jasper ffordes books in order of when they were originally published. The eyre affair thursday next, book 1 by jasper fforde book cover, description, publication history. Acheron hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and. Author of the eyre affair talks about his books, past present and future. Suspenseful and outlandish, absorbing and fun a novel unlike any other and an introduction to the imagination of a most distinctive writer and his singular fictional universe. Jasper ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, is a spirited sendup of genre fictionits part hardboiled mystery, part timemachine caperthat features a sassy, wellread special operative in literary detection named thursday next, who will put you more in mind of bridget jones than miss marple.
England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost literally in wordsworth poems, militant baconians roam freely spreading the gospel that bacon, not shakespeare, penned those immortal works. Acheron hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. The very first thing that strikes the reader of jasper ffordes first novel, the eyre affair, is just how much he has filched from. The eyre affair devaney, doak and garrett booksellers. The series has more than one million copies and counting in print. Jasper ffordes beloved new york times bestselling novel introduces literary detective thursday next and her alternate reality of literatureobsessed englandfrom the author of early riser fans of douglas adams and p. In thursdays world, an alternate version of 1985 london, literature rules popular cultureaudiences enact and. An introduction to thursday next and the eyre affair. In jasper ffordes 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. That is a world i would like to spend time in, the fantastical and erudite world of jasper ffordes runaway hit the eyre affair. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to the eyre affair. If potential readers of my book havent read jane eyre they might have seen the film, and if they havent done either, they might still know that jane is a heroine of victorian romantic fiction. Im huge fan of british comedy and science fictionmonty python, douglas adams, dr. Goodreads members who liked the eyre affair thursday.
It takes place in an alternative 1985, where literary detective thursday next pursues a master criminal through the world of charlotte brontes jane eyre. This is book number 1 in the a thursday next novel series. If you like the fiction book and you are looking for one of the most interesting and the amazing fiction as well as the history books then you are in the right place. The eyre affair by fforde, jasper and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He throws so many allusions, genres, events, and plot elements at the reader, that the individual aspects of the eyre affair itself are lost in its careening trip through all the books and aspects of literature which ffforde loves. It takes place in alternative 1985, where literary detective thursday next pursues a master criminal through the world of charlotte bronte s jane eyre. The eyre affair 9780670030644 by fforde, jasper and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. All this is business as usual for thursday next, renowned special operative in. The eyre affair project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Oh, if only big brother had thought to provide everyone with messenger owls, 1984 could have been a much more amusing novel. Actually, didnt bother to do that and ordered the next book in his series instead. The eyre affair is the first published novel 1 by english author jasper fforde, released by hodder and stoughton in 2001. The eyre affair is the debut novel by english author jasper fforde, published by hodder and. If for some reason you read the eyre affair without having read jane eyre, i definitely recommend it. The eyre affair by jasper fforde book club and brunch. Ffordes heroine thursday next works as a literary detective, tracking down. A bookseller told me that these were silly books for smart people i am not sure about that, but i found the eyre affair hilarious, entertaining, and absolutely compulsive reading. The eyre affair is a remarkably amusing book that is a testament to the intriguing writing of jasper fforde. The very first thing that strikes the reader of jasper ffordes first novel. The eyre affair was his first novel in the bestselling series of thursday next series novels, which includes lost in a good book, the well of lost plots, something. Fforde delivers almost every sentence with a sly wink, and hes got an easy way with wordplay, trivia, and inside jokes. Aug 15, 2011 i read a scrappy, dogeared paperback of jasper ffordes the eyre affair for the first time three years ago, curled up outdoors under a large tree and sneezing regularly in the summer pollen haze. Eyre affair by jasper fforde, first edition abebooks.
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