Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field - Softcover

Nathan, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060184957 ISBN 13: 9780060184957

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2001

Synopsis

It starts as a lark for Jasmin Field, the charming, acerbically witty columnist for a national women's magazine. She joins a host of celebraties gathering in London to audition for the season's most dazzling charity event: a one-night only stage production of Jane Austen's immortal Pride and Prejudice, directed by and starring the Academy Award -- winning Hollywood heartthrob Harry Noble. And nobody is more surprised than Jasmin herself when she lands the lead of handsome Harry's love interest, Elizabeth Bennet. But things start to go very wrong very quickly. Ms. Field's delicious contempt for the arrogant, overbearing Harry Noble goes from being wicked fun to infuriating. Her brief moment of theatrical glory looks as if it's going to be overshadowed by the betrayal of her best friend, the disintegration of her family and the implosion of her career. And suddenly she can't remember a single one of her lines. But, worst of all, Harry Noble -- who, incidentally, looks amazing in tight breeches -- has started to stare hard at Jazz with that sort of a glimmer in his eyes...

Fresh, wild, wonderfully romantic and absolutely hilarious, Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field is Jane Austen as the great lady herself never imagined it.

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Review:

"A witty spin on [Britain's] favorite novel...with a lovable contemporary heroine at its heart." -- "Good Housekeeping"Tremendous fun -- an ingenious update on the greatest love story of all time."-- "Jilly Cooper"

From the Publisher:

More about PRIDE, PREJUDICE & JASMIN FIELD
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large ego must be in want of a woman to cut him down to size."

Sharp, witty Jasmin Field has her own column in a national magazine and has just landed the coveted role of Elizabeth Bennet in a one-off fundraising adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Better yet, the play’s director, Hollywood heartthrob and Oscar-winner, Harry Noble, is every bit as obnoxious as she could have hoped. Which means a lot of material for her column. And a lot of fun in rehearsals.

And then disaster strikes. Jazz’s best friend abandons her for a man not worthy to buy her chocolate, her family starts to crumble before her eyes and her award-winning column hits the skids. Worse still, Harry Noble keeps staring at her.

As the lights dim, the audience hush and Jazz awaits her cue, she realises two very important things: she can’t remember her lines and Harry Noble looks amazing in breeches...

A hilarious debut novel - Jane Austen as you’ve never seen her before!

Reviews

‘Tremendous fun...an ingenious update of the greatest love story of all time’ JILLY COOPER

'A wow of a love story' Essentials

'A modern-day Lizzy and Darcy tale you won’t be able to put down' Company

'A witty spin on the nation's favourite novel with a loveable, contemporary heroine at its heart' Good Housekeeping

'This comedy romance is hugely entertaining...a memorable read - funny, warm and intelligent' Woman's Own

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060184957
• ISBN 13: 9780060184957
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288