No, I mean, I think that obviously the book is a lot about marriage and people who want to get married. _ The first line of Pride and Prejudice is possibly one of the most famous openings in literature: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Do you think that that’s true in Eligible as it was in Pride and Prejudice?_ To me, it’s more interesting to make a place interesting than to choose an inherently glamorous setting.
The second reason is that I do think an English village in the early 1800s is comparable to present-day Cincinnati, in that outsiders, I think, would often not suspect that it’s a very interesting place to live, but if you do live there, your own life feels like it’s full of drama and excitement and crushes and that sort of thing. There are two reasons: one is that I’m from Cincinnati, so it was an opportunity to make literary use of my hometown. It just felt like an irresistible invitation that I couldn’t possibly say no to. I had to think about it, because in some ways it was daunting, but it also just seemed like so much fun. They said (1) would you be interested in this project? Then (2) if you are, would you like to tackle Pride and Prejudice? Because that’s the one that we think you’d be suited for. They had paired up the writer Joanna Trollope with Sense and Sensibility, but they hadn’t assigned any of the other five novels. VF.com: Why choose Pride and Prejudice to remake?Ĭurtis Sittenfeld: In a way, I feel like Pride and Prejudice chose me in the sense that the British division of HarperCollins decided to embark on what they were calling “The Austen Project.” They were asking six writers to retell one each of Jane Austen’s six novels. Sittenfeld, whose previous works include Prep, Sisterland, and American Wife, spoke with us about her favorite Bennet sister and how she approached retelling a “perfect” story. Darcy, the novel explores what it means to be a modern woman. In a retelling that includes CrossFit, sex, and, of course, Mr. In her new novel, Eligible, published Tuesday by Penguin Random House, Curtis Sittenfeld reimagines Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice through a contemporary protagonist.
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