{"product_id":"pride-and-prometheus-9781481481489","title":"Pride and Prometheus","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful.\" --Karen Joy Fowler, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e and Pulitzer Prize finalist for \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Besides Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e as Mary Bennet falls for the enigmatic Victor Frankenstein and befriends his monstrous Creature in this clever fusion of two popular classics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThreatened with destruction unless he fashions a wife for his Creature, Victor Frankenstein travels to England where he meets Mary and Kitty Bennet, the remaining unmarried sisters of the Bennet family from \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. As Mary and Victor become increasingly attracted to each other, the Creature looks on impatiently, waiting for his bride. But where will Victor find a female body from which to create the monster's mate? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, the awkward Mary hopes that Victor will save her from approaching spinsterhood while wondering what dark secret he is keeping from her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePride and Prometheus\u003c\/i\u003e fuses the gothic horror of Mary Shelley with the Regency romance of Jane Austen in an exciting novel that combines two age-old stories in a fresh and startling way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Kessel lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, novelist Therese Anne Fowler. He is a professor and the director of creative writing at North Carolina State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorrupting Dr. Nice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Moon and the Other\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Pride and Prometheus. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/Saga Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51734839034130,"sku":"9781481481489","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7483ca28-d31a-4e76-82f3-c0aaea547587.jpg?v=1763489306","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pride-and-prometheus-9781481481489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}