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L'affaire Jane Eyre by Jasper Fforde
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L'affaire Jane Eyre (original 2001; edition 2005)

by Jasper Fforde

Series: Thursday Next (1)

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There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is disappointed by the ending of Jane Eyre. But in this world there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic - and a woman called Thursday Next.
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2001)

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    Kerian: If for some reason you read The Eyre Affair without having read Jane Eyre, I definitely recommend it. It will certainly be interesting to read and is a very good book.
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    lauranav: The Eyre Affair has a great scene of an anger management session in Wuthering Heights!
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    SimoneA: While one is about travelling through time and the other about travelling through books, the atmosphere of these book (series) is very similar, with a strong female lead and a crazy set of side characters.
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    Dr.Science: The English author Tom Holt is relatively unknown in America, but very popular in England. If you enjoy Jasper Fforde or Christopher Moore you will most certainly enjoy Tom Holt's wry sense of English humor and the absurd. He has written a number of excellent books but they will be difficult to find at your library.… (more)
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This fast-paced genre hybrid kind of confused me, but it entertained me quite a bit while it did so. It’s difficult to explain, but essentially our heroine is detective-type Thursday Next, who lives in an alternate history world in which jet propulsion was never invented and dodos have been restored through genetic engineering. When a supervillain threatens the titular character of Jane Eyre, she’s off on a quest to protect one of England’s most beloved heroines. Fforde doesn’t do a great job of fleshing out his world, but it was fun enough to read that I mostly just kept turning pages without asking questions. ( )
  ghneumann | Jun 14, 2024 |
C (Indifferent).

A cop pursues a magical person (Possibly a demon? That's never mentioned.) who threatens to re-write literary classics. Not much happens with the plot (they do eventually go into Jane Eyre, almost as an afterthought), but there is some random, aggressively quirky addition to the setting every few pages. People who like this book praise the worldbuilding. This is not worldbuilding; it's brainstorming.

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  comfypants | Jun 12, 2024 |
Imaginative, dry humor. Braxton Hicks made me grin every time he appeared. Not a particular Jane Eyre fan, but enjoyed the book tremendously anyway. ( )
1 vote majkia | Jun 6, 2024 |
Supposed to be hilarious, but after 165 pages I hadn't even smiled, so I guess I just don't get it. Recommended by at least one reader for those who like "humor, mysteries, sci-fi, fantasy, literature & language" -- all of which I like, but it didn't seem to help. ( )
  Abcdarian | May 18, 2024 |
This book was downright insulting to one's intelligence. Amateurish, pretentious garbage -- Fforde thinks highly of his own humor and the condescending tone of the heroine grates immediately.

The plot is awful, the romance poorly wedged in, and every character is a cardboard cutout. The pity is, this book had potential and was squandered on literary tricks and cheap gimmicks. For shame, for shame! ( )
  crowsandprose | May 15, 2024 |
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Fforde wears the marks of his literary forebears proudly on his sleeve, from Lewis Carroll and Wodehouse to Douglas Adams and Monty Python, in both inventiveness and sense of fun.
added by Katya0133 | editYale Review, David Galef (Oct 1, 2008)
 
Fforde delivers almost every sentence with a sly wink, and he's got an easy way with wordplay, trivia and inside jokes. ''The Eyre Affair'' can be too clever by half, and fiction like this is certainly an acquired taste, but Fforde's verve is rarely less than infectious.
added by Shortride | editThe New York Times Book Review, Kera Bolonik (Feb 17, 2002)
 
A good editor might have trimmed away some of the annoying padding of this novel and helped the author to assimilate his heavy borrowings from other artists, but no matter: by the end of the novel, Mr. Fforde has, however belatedly, found his own exuberant voice.
added by Shortride | editThe New York Times, Michiko Kakutani (Feb 12, 2002)
 
THE EYRE AFFAIR is mostly a collection of jokes, conceits and puzzles. It's smart, frisky and sheer catnip for former English majors....And some of the jokes are clever indeed.
added by Shortride | editSalon, Laura Miller (Jan 24, 2002)
 
Dark, funny, complex, and inventive, THE EYRE AFFAIR is a breath of fresh air and easily one of the strongest debuts in years.
added by jburlinson | editLocus, Jonathan Strahan (Aug 1, 2001)
 
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Fforde, Jasper—primary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bussolo, EmilianoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gewurz, Daniele A.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Koen, ViktorCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kruger, GabrielleNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rostant, LarryCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sastre, ElizabethNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stern, LorenzTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Thomas, MarkCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Canonical title
The Eyre Affair
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
2001-07-19
People/Characters
Victor Analogy (Swindon LiteraTecs)
Alexandria Belfridge (Toad News Network)
Boswell (Area Chief)
Bowden Cable
Jane Eyre
Important places
Swindon, England, UK
BookWorld
Wales, UK (People's Republic of Wales)
Russian Empire
Crimea
Important events
Crimean War
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Epigraph
Dedication
For my father
John Standish Fforde
1920-2000

Who never knew I was to be published but would have been most proud nonetheless
—and not a little surprised.
First words
My father had a face that could stop a clock.
Quotations
The barriers between reality and fiction are softer than we think; a bit like a frozen lake. Hundreds of people can walk across it, but then one evening a thin spot develops and someone falls through; the hole is frozen over by the following morning. (Victor to Thursday)
Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.
It was a glorious sunny day, and the airship droned past the small puffy clouds that punctuated the sky like a flock of aerial sheep.
He wore thick glasses and mismatched clothes and his face was a moonscape of healed acne.
"You shot him six times in the face."
The dying killer smiled.
"That I remember."
"Six times! Why?"
Felix7 frowned and started to shiver.
"Six was all I had," he answered simply.
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Zylberstein, Jean-Claude
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Kakutani, Michiko
Original language
English
Canonical DDC/MDS
823.92
Canonical LCC
PR6106.F67
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There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is disappointed by the ending of Jane Eyre. But in this world there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic - and a woman called Thursday Next.
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823.92Literature › English › English fiction › Modern Period › 2000-

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