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Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen
By: Arielle Eckstut and Dennis Ashton |
Reviews:
Elsa A. Solender, President, Jane Austen Society of North America
"A wickedly funny collection of X-rated parodies of Jane Austen's fiction…echoing her incomparable style with astonishing fidelity."
Written by Tara O'Donnell, March 13, 2001
First a disclaimer-I have not read the entire book, it arrived at my bookstore this weekend and have only read certain parts of it. Some of it is pretty funny (Mr.Collin's role playing with Charlotte and Mrs.Palmer trying to entice her husband)and to it's credit,the writing style is mock-JA and not graphic in detail. BUT-the MP section with Mary and Henry Crawford got alittle too physical for my taste. My reaction was EWWWW! If you do decide to read it, beware!
Written by Beth P., March 14, 2001
I purchased this a couple of weeks ago, and devoured it with much giggling. Terribly vulgar, but still fun. My favouite scene is the one with Frank Churchill and Mr. Knightly, while I was shocked at Eleanor and Marianne!
Written by Margaret Emily, April 12, 2001
Blech. Ugh. Ick. and all variations of same. How could anyone do this to JA? (not to mention try to make it believable with the whole "I found this stuff" nonsense--that went out of fashion with Pamela, I'm sure) And come to think of it--how could she even write such a thing? She died an old maid. hmmm. Bad planning on the author's part.
Written by LaurieC, April 12, 2001
Scandalous! Not the book, it is merely silly.
Written by Aline McK May 1, 2001
I hope this is the correct board for such a post. I've just finished the most charming little book: "Prideand Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of JaneAusten." Highly, highly, highly recommended! The S&M scene between Charlotte and Mr. Collins is worth the price of admission on its own. (Charlotte pretends to be TRHLCdB, and makes him her "dog.") And despite the title, it's never truly *dirty.* Which is to say you might not read it to your kids, but you'd laugh about with your mother.
Written by Julie P., May 2, 2001
It's definitely PG-13 material, and it's hilarious.
Written by Tara O'Donnell, August 5, 2001
Humorous in many ways but The MP section had a very vulgar piece suggesting that the Crawfords had more than a brother-and-sisterly relationship which made me feel(as Lady Catherine would say)"I am most displeased!" To be fair,the Emma section and one of S&S passages(involving the Palmers)was very well done. I'm not a prude but some things are just not funny,IMHO. Get the book out of the library if you're curious but save your money for something better:)
Review by Linda Waldemar on 12 August 2001
Based on the title and subtitle, I did not expect to like this book. However, I did not expect that it would be so bad.
With the lone exception of the "Persuasion Prequel", I found the scenes to be, at best, distasteful with many downright offensive.
If that is not bad enough, it is full of editorial errors. In the Mansfield Park segment, Edmund becomes Henry then Edmund then Edward and finally back to Edmund again. Read it if you can get it from the library or if someone gives or lends it to you, but don't waste money on this one!
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