Sunday Times
‘Eligible is inventively and mischievously done’
Literary Review
‘Deliciously readable’
Mail on Sunday
‘Sittenfeld pulls off the modernization splendidly … brimming with feminist life lessons’
Porter
‘Sittenfeld proves once again that when it comes to dialogue, she reigns supreme’
Readers Digest
‘It is a testament to her sharp dialogue and astute observations that the novel works both as an updating of a classic and a satisfying story in its own right. Austen would approve’
Sunday Express
‘Familiar, yet surprising – and full of acerbic wit’
Sunday Mirror
‘A sweet, touching and human story’
Sunday Times
‘Sizzling sexual tension makes for the perfect poolside indulgence’
Mail on Sunday
‘Pitch-perfect … a pure joy from the very first page’
ATTICA LOCKE
‘Unwholesomely addictive … compulsively readable’
Spectator
‘With […] deft wit and clear-eyed compassion she tackles new social dilemmas’
The Times
‘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
For Samuel Park,
Austen devotee and beloved friend
When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it’s always twenty years behind the times.
—MARK TWAIN
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