Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen

by Arielle Eckstut and Dennis Ashton

Book Overview

So it wasn't just subtext after all In an unparalleled literary discovery, previously unknown writings unmask the Jane Austen hidden from history and reveal a writer whose sense and sensibility were more than matched by her knowledge of sex and sensuality. In a pitch-perfect literary parody, Arielle Eckstut and David Auburn claim to have stumbled upon lost manuscript pages from Jane Austen's novels, along with shocking letters to her sister and publisher...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068487265X
• ISBN13: 9780684872650
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Fireside Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Loosen Your Corset!

I've been reading the other reviews -- what a hoot! It's either 1Star or 5Stars, depending on whether the reader expected some new arcane insight or was reading with a functioning funny bone. The book is a parody -- Jane Austen herself wrote parodies, so she probably would love this book. It's making fun of the restrictive moral conventions that made it so difficult for a woman such as Jane to be published. It actually shows a lot of respect for her writing. It's clear that the authors did a lot of research on the kinds of words and punctuation she used, plus they seem so familiar with her characters. I think it's amazing that Jane Austen created characters that seem so alive that people are able to imagine them in new situations. Other Austen fans will enjoy reading these scenes, and even people who haven't read her books will laugh when they read these sex scenes described with such proper, old-fashioned style. It's a hilarious mix! So, loosen your corset and bust a chuckle!

Hilarity of an Austen Kind.

I was in the bookstore the other day, looking for a gift for a leaving work colleague when I came upon this book. Intrigued by its title (and a tad bit curious, being an avid Austen fan), I picked it up and flipped to the censored sex scene between Elizabeth and Darcy from Pride and Prejudice... Oh my... I think that the library calm of the store was rather broken by my racious laughter.This book, written in the pristine perfection one would assume only Austen herself was capable of, is funny in a wonderful, witty way. Not (too) crass or crude - simply perfect.I love it!

At last, the unexpurgated Jane Austen

No one who has read Persuasion or Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen can help but think that these books must have been drastically bowdlerized by the Mrs. Grundys of Victorian England. Now the obviously missing pages that have perplexed English Lit scholars for so long have been re-discovered and restored to their rightful place. The analysis of the use of punctuation is a brilliant stroke by Author Arielle Eckstut to prove conclusively that these newly-discovered sex scenes simply MUST have been penned by none other than Jane Austen. Think of what this will do for future films with Gwyneth Paltrow!

This Book Is Hillarious! (And Sexy, Too . . .)

Because I love Jane Austen, I was skeptical. However, this slim volume is not only erotically charged and hysterically funny, but shows true literary insight. The sex scenes Eckstut and Ashton have written - strange as it may sound - fit perfectly into the texts. Reading (in bed) I think, "Yes, this IS the exact situation that would turn-on that character! That's exactly how she or he would act!" For example, in her sex scene with Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet is portayed as the feminist I know and love. She takes charge of own sexuality in a way that I think would make would make Susie Bright (and Jane Austen) proud. If that doesn't tempt you, consider what Charlotte and Mr. Collins might do when they're alone. Yes, that's right - some very interesting S & M . . .

Ms. Austen Would Laugh Herself Silly!

A bit of clarity for the previous reviewers of this book -- It's a parody! Lighten up and laugh a little. Austen would have loved this witty and bawdy romp through her own novels. For those of you who read any of Austen's novels and wished the characters would just get over it (and get it on!), here's your very own release.