Zombies of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
This parody mashup inserts a zombie plague into the text of Austen's 1813 novel, set in early nineteenth-century England. Its first print run was raised from 12,000 to 60,000 copies, and it reached the New York Times bestseller list. It was followed by a prequel, a sequel, a graphic novel and a film.1
When did it first appear?
2009Published 1 April 2009
What the sources say
About 85 percent of the text is Jane Austen's, with zombie material added1
The Bennet sisters are trained fighters who use martial arts against the dead1
The idea came from an editor matching public-domain classics with popular monsters1
Reached number three on the New York Times bestseller list1
A prequel, Dawn of the Dreadfuls, and a sequel followed1
The 2016 film lost money, earning 16.4 million dollars on a 28 million budget1
Sources
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Same era: 2000 to 2009
Zombies of World War Z (novel)World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006)
InferiHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
Solanum zombies (The Zombie Survival Guide)The Zombie Survival Guide (2003)
Blackwing undead (Death Troopers)Death Troopers (2009)
PhonersCell (2006)
The grown-ups of The EnemyThe Enemy (2009)