title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (Quirk Classics)
author:  Steve Hockensmith 
description: &ldquo;With the zombie Austen mashup mania showing no sign of abating, this is a must-read for fans and a must-buy for the libraries serving them.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Booklist Online</i><br><br>&ldquo;The further they get from Jane Austen, the better the zombie mash-up books become. Enter Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>McClatchy News Service</i><br><br>&ldquo;A masterpiece of parody and wit.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Fangoria</i>
zlib_text: **Pride And Prejudice And Zombies**
  
  >  **Pride And Prejudice And Zombies**
  
  >  **Pride And Prejudice And Zombies**
  
  > **CHAPTER 1**
  
  > IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains
  > must be in want of more brains. Never was this truth more plain than during
  > the recent attacks at Netherfield Park, in which a household of eighteen was
  > slaughtered and consumed by a horde of the living dead.
  
  > “My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that
  > Netherfield Park is occupied again?”
  
  > Mr. Bennet replied that he had not and went about his morning business of
  > dagger sharpening and musket polishing-for attacks by the unmentionables had
  > grown alarmingly frequent in recent weeks.
  
  > “But it is,” returned she.
  
  > Mr. Bennet made no answer.
  
  > “Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.
  
  > “Woman, I am attending to my musket. Prattle on if you must, but leave me to
  > the defense of my estate!”
  
  > This was 