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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hilarious retelling of DCUM P&P!

There is actually a modern-day P&P written by Curtis Sittenfeld (author of Prep)

- Bennett family lives in Cincinnati, Darcy comes from Old Money in San Fran but he is also a surgeon 
- Jane and Lizzie are employees in unremunerative professions, Mary is a perpetual student, Kitty and Lydia are party girls obsessed with their bodies
- Mr. Collins is a tech wiz kid
- I won’t spoil about Wickham in case someone decides to read it, but an interesting character for sure[/quote]

I thought she nailed it. Mrs. Bennet spends all her time ordering tchochkes from Horchow and hanging out at the country club with the ladies and Mr. Bennet reads the WSJ while their "investments" dwindle. Mary has like four Master's degrees. Jane is a yoga instructor and Lizzie is a "Sex and the City" columnist. Darcy and Wickham were frat brothers, which is how Darcy knows that he is bad news. [/quote]

I need to read this! I really enjoyed Prep [/quote]

The other thing I love about this book is that (I don't think this is a spoiler) Caroline is trying to get Bingley cast on a Bachelor-type TV show, obvs so she will be in that reality TV orbit. Totally. Bingley is exactly the kind of guy you can see being on the Bachelor -- handsome, good at socializing, easily manipulated.[/quote]

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