{"product_id":"prejudice-pride-9781942218050","title":"Prejudice \u0026 Pride","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou know Darcy: rich, proud, standoffish, disapproving, one of the greatest romantic heroes of all time. But you don't know this Darcy because \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e Darcy is a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePrejudice \u0026amp; Pride, \u003c\/em\u003e Lynn Messina's modern retelling with a gender-bendy twist, everything is vaguely familiar and yet wholly new. Bingley is here, in the form of Charlotte \"Bingley\" Bingston, an heiress staying at the Netherfield hotel on Central Park, as is Longbourn, transformed from an ancestral home into a perennially cash-strapped art museum on the edge of the city. Naturally, it employs an audacious fundraiser with an amused glint in his eye called Bennet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All the favorite characters are present and cleverly updated: Providing the cringe-worthy bon mots is Mr. Meryton, the nerve-wracked executive director of the Longbourn who's always on the lookout for heiresses to join his museum's very important committees. (Universally acknowledged truth: Any woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a social committee to chair.) Collin Parsons is still in obsequious, if ironic, awe of his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The wicked Georgia Wickham toils as a graphic designer at Redcoat Design by day and schemes against Darcy by night. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith her trademark wit and style, Lynn Messina takes the genres she does best--chick lit, mashups, and Regency romance--and weaves them into one delightfully entertaining tale that doubles as a fun guessing game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potatoworks Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942218050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 60 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lynn Messina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671687262364,"sku":"9781942218050","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3e7fbcad-b507-4525-85dc-32d2af19ccb7.jpg?v=1603926018","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/prejudice-pride-9781942218050","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}