Eligible curtis6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible both honors and updates Austen's beloved tale. ![]() At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming.Īnd yet, first impressions can be deceiving. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's 40th birthday fast approaches.Įnter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and paleo diets to get jobs. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help - and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling, and the family is in disarray. Darcy - is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late 30s who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. This version of the Bennet family - and Mr. Equal parts homage to Jane Austen and bold literary experiment, Eligible is a brilliant, playful, and delicious saga for the 21st century. ![]() From the "wickedly entertaining" ( USA Today) Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times best-selling author of Prep and American Wife, comes a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. ![]()
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