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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK)
This version of the Bennet family—and Mr. Darcy—is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York show more City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help—and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master’s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won’t discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane’s fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip’s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . .
And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Praise for Eligible
“Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you’d guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.”—People (book of the week)
“[A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter. Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and motivation. She can spot hypocrisy, cant, self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. She’s the one you want to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. . . . Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted. . . . Sittenfeld writes so well—her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. . . . As a reader, let me just say: Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human condition.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review
“A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen’s story.”—The Denver Post
“If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . Sittenfeld makes an already irresistible story even more beguiling and charming.”—Elle
“A playful, wickedly smart retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.”—BuzzFeed
“Sittenfeld is an obvious choice to re-create Jane Austen’s comedy of manners. [She] is a master at dissecting social norms to reveal the truths of human nature underneath.”—The Millions
“A hugely entertaining and surprisingly unpredictable book, bursting with wit and... show less
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SWEDISH REVIEW
Sanning och skvaller är en förtjusande och underhållande modern tolkning av Stolthet och fördom. Curtis Sittenfeld har lyckats modernisera handlingen på ett sådant sätt att man känner igen handlingen från originalet i denna berättelse men allting har förflyttas fram i tiden och speglar dagens livssituationer och moderna problem.
Mrs. Bennet är lika jobbig som i originalberättelsen, Mr. Bennet lika frånvarande och Kitty och Lydia är lika odrägliga och Mary lika nördig (om inte värre). Liz och Jane är de som har lyckats komma undan och flyttat hemifrån men till deras mors förskräckelse börjar de närma sig 40 utan ring på fingret. Skandal! Tursamt nog show more verkar det som om två läckra ungkarlar, Chip Bingley och Fitzwilliam Darcy dyker upp lägligt när de är hemma för att se över sin far som har haft en hjärtattack.
Jag njöt storartat av boken. Den är humoristisk och dagens moderna problem har ersatt originalets problem på ett lysande sätt. T.ex. så har Jane beslutat sig för att hon vill ha barn och eftersom nuförtiden kan man fixa det på egen hand med insemination så försöker hon med det, hon har gett upp om kärlek men så träffar hon Chip Bingley. Kanske är han den rätte? Liz däremot har mindre tur och finner Darcy oerhört dryg och jobbig och han verkar inte gilla henne heller. Men vem vet, kanske har de missförstått varandra...
Sanning och skvaller är en charming och rolig bok som kommer tilltala båda fans av Stolthet och Fördom och de som inte har läst boken.
Tack till Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag för recensionsexemplaret!
ENGLISH REVIEW
Eligible is a delightful and entertaining modern interpretation of Pride and Prejudice. Curtis Sittenfeld has managed in a good way to modernize the story in such a way that you recognize the original story, but everything has moved forward in time and reflects today's modern life situations and problems.
Mrs. Bennet is as bad as in the original story, Mr. Bennet as absent and Kitty and Lydia are just as pesky and Mary equally geeky (if not worse in this version). Liz and Jane are the ones who have managed to get away and moved away from home, but to their mother's horror are they starting to approach 40 without a ring on her finger. Scandal! Fortunately, two delicious bachelors, Chip Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy show up timely when Liz and Jane are at home to look over their father who has had a heart attack.
I truly enjoyed reading this book. It is humorous and the modern problems have replaced the original problem in a brilliant way. For example. has Jane decided that she wants to have children and because nowadays you can fix it on your own with insemination so she tries that. She has given up on love, but then she meets Chip Bingley. Perhaps he is the right man? Liz, on the other hand, has less lucky and find Darcy extremely annoying and difficult and he doesn't seem to like her either. Although who knows, maybe they misunderstood each other...
Eligible is a charming and funny book that will appeal to both fans of Pride and Prejudice and those who have not read the book.
Thanks to Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag for the review copy! show less
SWEDISH REVIEW
Sanning och skvaller är en förtjusande och underhållande modern tolkning av Stolthet och fördom. Curtis Sittenfeld har lyckats modernisera handlingen på ett sådant sätt att man känner igen handlingen från originalet i denna berättelse men allting har förflyttas fram i tiden och speglar dagens livssituationer och moderna problem.
Mrs. Bennet är lika jobbig som i originalberättelsen, Mr. Bennet lika frånvarande och Kitty och Lydia är lika odrägliga och Mary lika nördig (om inte värre). Liz och Jane är de som har lyckats komma undan och flyttat hemifrån men till deras mors förskräckelse börjar de närma sig 40 utan ring på fingret. Skandal! Tursamt nog show more verkar det som om två läckra ungkarlar, Chip Bingley och Fitzwilliam Darcy dyker upp lägligt när de är hemma för att se över sin far som har haft en hjärtattack.
Jag njöt storartat av boken. Den är humoristisk och dagens moderna problem har ersatt originalets problem på ett lysande sätt. T.ex. så har Jane beslutat sig för att hon vill ha barn och eftersom nuförtiden kan man fixa det på egen hand med insemination så försöker hon med det, hon har gett upp om kärlek men så träffar hon Chip Bingley. Kanske är han den rätte? Liz däremot har mindre tur och finner Darcy oerhört dryg och jobbig och han verkar inte gilla henne heller. Men vem vet, kanske har de missförstått varandra...
Sanning och skvaller är en charming och rolig bok som kommer tilltala båda fans av Stolthet och Fördom och de som inte har läst boken.
Tack till Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag för recensionsexemplaret!
ENGLISH REVIEW
Eligible is a delightful and entertaining modern interpretation of Pride and Prejudice. Curtis Sittenfeld has managed in a good way to modernize the story in such a way that you recognize the original story, but everything has moved forward in time and reflects today's modern life situations and problems.
Mrs. Bennet is as bad as in the original story, Mr. Bennet as absent and Kitty and Lydia are just as pesky and Mary equally geeky (if not worse in this version). Liz and Jane are the ones who have managed to get away and moved away from home, but to their mother's horror are they starting to approach 40 without a ring on her finger. Scandal! Fortunately, two delicious bachelors, Chip Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy show up timely when Liz and Jane are at home to look over their father who has had a heart attack.
I truly enjoyed reading this book. It is humorous and the modern problems have replaced the original problem in a brilliant way. For example. has Jane decided that she wants to have children and because nowadays you can fix it on your own with insemination so she tries that. She has given up on love, but then she meets Chip Bingley. Perhaps he is the right man? Liz, on the other hand, has less lucky and find Darcy extremely annoying and difficult and he doesn't seem to like her either. Although who knows, maybe they misunderstood each other...
Eligible is a charming and funny book that will appeal to both fans of Pride and Prejudice and those who have not read the book.
Thanks to Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag for the review copy! show less
Before I review "Eligible" I sheepishly admit I;ve never read "Pride and Prejudice", the classic novel upon which this book was based. I know, I know. Hey we all have our weaknesses and I'm afraid I have a severe case of Classic Literature Narcolepsy Disorder (CLND- Look it up. It's a thing) However, this novel promised to be a "modern" take on the classic story and since it is written by Curtis Sittenfeld, I thought I'd give it a try.
This is an ultra-modern tale of a reality TV star and physician Chip Bingley, who was unable to find his true love on the dating show "Eligible (i.e. The Bachelor)." Meanwhile, back in the burbs of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are living with their 5 unmarried adult daughters wondering why they can't show more get them married off and out of their home. Their two oldest, Liz and Jane, have recently returned from New York City to care for Mr. Bennett, who had a heart attack. At Mrs. Bennett's insistence and canoodling, she arranges to have the girls attend a party where Chip Bingley will be in attendance. Jane and Chip do indeed seem to hit it off, but Liz falls into immediate conflict with Dr. Fitzgerald Darcy, whom Liz overhears berating the qualities of the women of Cincinnati. When Liz discovers her family's dire financial situation, she becomes intent on getting her dysfunctional family back on track while maintaining a love/hate relationship with Darcy, who seems to be everywhere Liz goes (Skyline Chili, running in the neighborhood, etc.).
I LOVED this book. Not only was it well written, the dialogue was sharp, witty, and filled with sexual tension. The author completely modernized this story including very current technology, reality television, and recent slang (hate sex, selfies, etc.) This is the ultimate summer read, mixing snarky, intelligent pop culture with characters you come to care about. And now that I've read it, I no longer feel obligated to read P&P. Win-Win. show less
This is an ultra-modern tale of a reality TV star and physician Chip Bingley, who was unable to find his true love on the dating show "Eligible (i.e. The Bachelor)." Meanwhile, back in the burbs of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are living with their 5 unmarried adult daughters wondering why they can't show more get them married off and out of their home. Their two oldest, Liz and Jane, have recently returned from New York City to care for Mr. Bennett, who had a heart attack. At Mrs. Bennett's insistence and canoodling, she arranges to have the girls attend a party where Chip Bingley will be in attendance. Jane and Chip do indeed seem to hit it off, but Liz falls into immediate conflict with Dr. Fitzgerald Darcy, whom Liz overhears berating the qualities of the women of Cincinnati. When Liz discovers her family's dire financial situation, she becomes intent on getting her dysfunctional family back on track while maintaining a love/hate relationship with Darcy, who seems to be everywhere Liz goes (Skyline Chili, running in the neighborhood, etc.).
I LOVED this book. Not only was it well written, the dialogue was sharp, witty, and filled with sexual tension. The author completely modernized this story including very current technology, reality television, and recent slang (hate sex, selfies, etc.) This is the ultimate summer read, mixing snarky, intelligent pop culture with characters you come to care about. And now that I've read it, I no longer feel obligated to read P&P. Win-Win. show less
I absolutely loved Eligible. Retelling Pride and Prejudice is a difficult task, and it's testament to Sittenfeld's skill that her version is captivating in its own right, and also made me want to re-read Austen's original.
Eligible carries characters and themes across from Austen in ways which were both familiar and original. I loved Liz's take on Crossfit, the idea that doctors are the 'gentlemen' modern mothers hope their daughters will marry, the sisters' bickering, even cousin Willie.
All my favourite aspects of P&P were there, but I particularly enjoyed engaging with Sittenfeld's interpretation of some of the minor characters- especially Mary. While Sittenfeld basically follows Austen's plot, and does so very successfully, I loved show more the extra bits, such as the focus on Mary at the end.
I could go on and on about how much I loved this, and probably will to my friends for months, but I think the biggest compliment I can pay is that Eligible stands on its own as a fantastic read, but also illuminates Austen's original story, making me appreciate the skill of both writers.
I'll be begging my book group to pick Eligible for our next read, foisting it on my senior students in school, and can even envisage teaching it alongside P&P.
I received a digital copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. show less
Eligible carries characters and themes across from Austen in ways which were both familiar and original. I loved Liz's take on Crossfit, the idea that doctors are the 'gentlemen' modern mothers hope their daughters will marry, the sisters' bickering, even cousin Willie.
All my favourite aspects of P&P were there, but I particularly enjoyed engaging with Sittenfeld's interpretation of some of the minor characters- especially Mary. While Sittenfeld basically follows Austen's plot, and does so very successfully, I loved show more the extra bits, such as the focus on Mary at the end.
I could go on and on about how much I loved this, and probably will to my friends for months, but I think the biggest compliment I can pay is that Eligible stands on its own as a fantastic read, but also illuminates Austen's original story, making me appreciate the skill of both writers.
I'll be begging my book group to pick Eligible for our next read, foisting it on my senior students in school, and can even envisage teaching it alongside P&P.
I received a digital copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. show less
I picked up this novel as I was in the mood to read something light, a romantic comedy... and that was what I got! What I liked - the modern re-imagining of the characters, highlighting contemporary issues such as feminism, racism, body issues, trans issues, etc., the slight shift from the original storyline (case in point Lydia-Wikham-Georgina arc), the humour, especially Mr. Bennet's wry one. What I didn't like - lack of banter between Liz and Darcy, too less 'Darcy-ness', the whole 'Eligible' reality show marriage charade, and the fact that there was too-much happening (as they say excess of everything is bad and too-much happening turns the pro into a con)! Even though I would opt for the original P&P any day, this one is a fine show more retelling! show less
Getting hold of this book took ages - the Kindle was priced too high (or so I thought, based on the quality of previous Austen Project titles), the secondhand copy I ordered went AWOL in the post, the library copy I reserved was already on loan - but let me tell you, Eligible was well worth the wait! I'm going to buy my own copy - hell, even at full price! - and in hardback, and then beat over the head all the previous Austen Project authors who ruined a good idea. THIS is how you update Austen!
While using the ingredients of the original novel, Curtis Sittenfeld hasn't just turned out a sad imitation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, she has crafted a witty, modern and captivating story full of endearing characters, believable show more interactions, sweet romances and droll humour. I'm gushing, but I mean every word. I love that Liz, a journalist, is still the only level-headed member of the Bennet family - apart from her feelings for Jasper Wick - and Darcy is now a brain surgeon ('the only question is if being a surgeon gave you a god complex or if your god complex is what led to your being a surgeon'), and Kathy de Bourgh is a famous feminist! And 'Chip' Bingley is the star of a reality TV dating show, the 'Eligible' of the title, while Jane drops a bombshell of her own!
I absolutely adored this reworking of Austen, which works far better than all the rest - I think Melissa Pimentel's twist on Persuasion was the second best. Sittenfeld understands the secret of a good 'Austenuation', obviously (or perhaps P+P is just simpler to update): use the same threads, but weave a different tapestry (with bonus points for annoying all the puritanical Austenites with bad language and - shock horror! - scenes of a sexual nature!) show less
While using the ingredients of the original novel, Curtis Sittenfeld hasn't just turned out a sad imitation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, she has crafted a witty, modern and captivating story full of endearing characters, believable show more interactions, sweet romances and droll humour. I'm gushing, but I mean every word. I love that Liz, a journalist, is still the only level-headed member of the Bennet family - apart from her feelings for Jasper Wick - and Darcy is now a brain surgeon ('the only question is if being a surgeon gave you a god complex or if your god complex is what led to your being a surgeon'), and Kathy de Bourgh is a famous feminist! And 'Chip' Bingley is the star of a reality TV dating show, the 'Eligible' of the title, while Jane drops a bombshell of her own!
I absolutely adored this reworking of Austen, which works far better than all the rest - I think Melissa Pimentel's twist on Persuasion was the second best. Sittenfeld understands the secret of a good 'Austenuation', obviously (or perhaps P+P is just simpler to update): use the same threads, but weave a different tapestry (with bonus points for annoying all the puritanical Austenites with bad language and - shock horror! - scenes of a sexual nature!) show less
I have spent the day since I finished "Eligible" wondering if you don't compare this novel to "Pride and Prejudice" would it stand on its own? Would it be an enjoyable read? Of course the comparisons are there and have been made and that is part of the problem.
The Bennet family is a white, hot mess and things are going to get a whole lot worse before they hit bottom. Curtis Sittenfeld has infused humor, wit, social dystopia and a myriad of situations to make anyone laugh, cringe and cringe again. I enjoyed the book but I prefer to ignore the Austen comparison because I believe to cling to that diminishes both books.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book.
The Bennet family is a white, hot mess and things are going to get a whole lot worse before they hit bottom. Curtis Sittenfeld has infused humor, wit, social dystopia and a myriad of situations to make anyone laugh, cringe and cringe again. I enjoyed the book but I prefer to ignore the Austen comparison because I believe to cling to that diminishes both books.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book.
I received this as a gift from a friend, who knows that I love Jane Austen's writings and predicted that it was 50/50 whether I would love this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, or loathe it. I ended up thinking that it was middling: fairly enjoyable towards the beginning, went off the rails towards the end, and throughout more than a bit muddled as to the kind of adaptation that it was trying to be.
In Eligible, Jane and Liz Bennet are both nearing 40, living in New York, but occasionally returning to their home town of Cincinnati; their younger sisters are college-educated but feckless and unemployed; their parents are Republican country-club members who are now in dire financial straits. Enter reality TV show star Chip Bingley show more and his friend, surgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, and you can predict the broad outlines of the plot from there.
In fairness, Eligible is a quick airplane read, the writing is often snappy and funny, and Sittenfeld every so often comes up with a fresh and vivid simile or some good dialogue. ("Fred!" the nurse said, though they had never met. "How are we today?" Reading the nurse's name tag, Mr. Bennet replied with fake enthusiasm, "Bernard! We're mourning the death of manners and the rise of overly familiar discourse. How are you?")
But here's the problem that often happens with retellings like this: Sittenfeld doen't quite seem to have a grasp on how to map from the source material to this modern version in a consistent manner. Austen's tone is tart and dry; Sittenfeld veers from comedy to farce to attempts at modern social commentary that are often misguided. (She touches on issues of race/anti-Semitism, homophobia, asexuality, and transphobia but so badly; it's the worst kind of cloth-eared But I'm Woke No Seriously Isn't This Edgy nonsense. I full-body cringed more than once.)
Sometimes Sittenfeld discards events and plot points as extraneous or unlikely in a modern setting, which is fair enough; however, sometimes she retains them even at the extent of nuance and coherence of characterisation. The social and cultural contexts that shaped the Bennets of Regency-era England are of course very different to those that would shape even a relatively wealthy Midwestern American family—but it felt like Sittenfeld didn't respect the weight of those contexts sufficiently to think through what their equivalents would be in the present day. Why do this Darcy and Lizzy fall for one another? I'm not really sure. And most damningly of all, her Liz is just not a worthy heir of Austen's sparkling Elizabeth Bennet—the kind of mistakes that are understandable in a woman of "not yet one-and-twenty" are flummoxing and off-putting in a smart, 38-year-old, globe-travelling journalist. show less
In Eligible, Jane and Liz Bennet are both nearing 40, living in New York, but occasionally returning to their home town of Cincinnati; their younger sisters are college-educated but feckless and unemployed; their parents are Republican country-club members who are now in dire financial straits. Enter reality TV show star Chip Bingley show more and his friend, surgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, and you can predict the broad outlines of the plot from there.
In fairness, Eligible is a quick airplane read, the writing is often snappy and funny, and Sittenfeld every so often comes up with a fresh and vivid simile or some good dialogue. ("Fred!" the nurse said, though they had never met. "How are we today?" Reading the nurse's name tag, Mr. Bennet replied with fake enthusiasm, "Bernard! We're mourning the death of manners and the rise of overly familiar discourse. How are you?")
But here's the problem that often happens with retellings like this: Sittenfeld doen't quite seem to have a grasp on how to map from the source material to this modern version in a consistent manner. Austen's tone is tart and dry; Sittenfeld veers from comedy to farce to attempts at modern social commentary that are often misguided. (She touches on issues of race/anti-Semitism, homophobia, asexuality, and transphobia but so badly; it's the worst kind of cloth-eared But I'm Woke No Seriously Isn't This Edgy nonsense. I full-body cringed more than once.)
Sometimes Sittenfeld discards events and plot points as extraneous or unlikely in a modern setting, which is fair enough; however, sometimes she retains them even at the extent of nuance and coherence of characterisation. The social and cultural contexts that shaped the Bennets of Regency-era England are of course very different to those that would shape even a relatively wealthy Midwestern American family—but it felt like Sittenfeld didn't respect the weight of those contexts sufficiently to think through what their equivalents would be in the present day. Why do this Darcy and Lizzy fall for one another? I'm not really sure. And most damningly of all, her Liz is just not a worthy heir of Austen's sparkling Elizabeth Bennet—the kind of mistakes that are understandable in a woman of "not yet one-and-twenty" are flummoxing and off-putting in a smart, 38-year-old, globe-travelling journalist. show less
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Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld was born August 23, 1975 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is an American writer. Her titles include: Prep, the tale of a Massachusetts prep school; The Man of My Dreams, a coming-of-age novel and an examination of romantic love; and American Wife, a fictional story loosely based on the life of First Lady Laura Bush. Sittenfeld show more attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, before transferring to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. At Stanford, she studied Creative Writing. At the time, she was also chosen as one of Glamour magazine's College Women of the Year. She earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 2018 she made the bestseller list with her title, You Think It, I'll Say It. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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"Do you ever pass up a chance to use a big word?" Lydia replied. "Or do you find that circumlocution always magnifies life's conviviality?"
"Stop quarreling, girls," Mrs. Bennet said. "It's unbecoming." ¶ "They'd never speak to one another otherwise," Mr. Bennet said.
Mr. Bennet stood, dropping his napkin on the table. "As interesting as I find this conversation, an urgent matter has come up. I need a hamburger." ¶ Simultaneously, Liz said, "Dad, you can't drive," and Jane said, "Dad, you... (show all) can't eat red meat." ¶ Mr. Bennet gestured toward his plate, atop which sat moderate portions of lentil stew prepared by Jane and salad prepared by Liz. "This is unacceptable," he said. "I'm not a small woodland creature. Lizzy, we're going to Zip's."
"If your mother and I lived somewhere smaller, we might have to actually see each other."
DURING HER EVENING run, which had replaced her morning run, Liz turned from Grandin Road onto Madison Road—which was to say not before she'd begun speculating about whether she'd see Darcy but before she'd reasonably expect... (show all)ed that she would—there he was: tall and composed and minimally sweaty, presumably thinking supercilious thoughts but looking so unjustly handsome as he did that all her internal organs lurched a little.
"It's remarkable, isn't it," Mr. Bennet said, "that for decades at a time, I've stayed alive without your daily instructions?"
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