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28 reviews for:
Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen
Dennis Ashton, Arielle Eckstut, David Auburn
2.55 AVERAGE
28 reviews for:
Pride and Promiscuity: The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen
Dennis Ashton, Arielle Eckstut, David Auburn
2.55 AVERAGE
I got this in the post today from a bookmoocher in the US. It's not a long book, so I have already read it this evening. It's a bit silly, but quite entertaining. You do need to know the Jane Austen stories, otherwise the characters and how these imagined sex scenes fit into the originals won't mean so much. To be fair, although this is humour, she's done a pretty good job with the language and style and picking up on what kind of perverse little traits some of the characters might have had, were Jane Austen's books more explicit.
Yeah big no from me.
The idea is funny. I'm all for fan fiction, I'm all for erotic fan fiction. But this is just bad and really, really boring, surprisingly. I've seen a review saying that these "found" scenes don't fit in where they're supposed to be, and I've got to agree. A couple of the stories are also super uncomfortable to read. I'm usually a "don't like don't read"-kind of fan fic reader, and I'm not a fan of the purity culture that's been really purvasive in fan culture for some time now. But I really don't like reading incest, and I doubt Austen would write a brother/sister couple... cousins? Yeah, that was a bit more normal from what a gather, but not brother and sister. And then there's the first story, which is probably the worst way to start a book ever. This story reads like a sexual assualt in my opinion. Jane does a lot of mental gymnastics to participate in what's happening, and I'm not here for it. Now that I think about it... the two strictly (there's a threesome, also with questionable consent) same-sex stories have consent issues. I find it kind of insulting that the lgbtq+ stories/interactions are painted in a predatory gross light.
I also think the author comes across as super arrogant. Part of it is just how the preface and introduction is written. She keeps writing in this old school style, even for the parts that's supposed to describes what happened whenever she "found" the lost chapters. It comes across as confused and annoying, and overall it doesn't work as a literary device.
I thought this was going to be funny but it really, really wasn't!
The idea is funny. I'm all for fan fiction, I'm all for erotic fan fiction. But this is just bad and really, really boring, surprisingly. I've seen a review saying that these "found" scenes don't fit in where they're supposed to be, and I've got to agree. A couple of the stories are also super uncomfortable to read. I'm usually a "don't like don't read"-kind of fan fic reader, and I'm not a fan of the purity culture that's been really purvasive in fan culture for some time now. But I really don't like reading incest, and I doubt Austen would write a brother/sister couple... cousins? Yeah, that was a bit more normal from what a gather, but not brother and sister. And then there's the first story, which is probably the worst way to start a book ever. This story reads like a sexual assualt in my opinion. Jane does a lot of mental gymnastics to participate in what's happening, and I'm not here for it. Now that I think about it... the two strictly (there's a threesome, also with questionable consent) same-sex stories have consent issues. I find it kind of insulting that the lgbtq+ stories/interactions are painted in a predatory gross light.
I also think the author comes across as super arrogant. Part of it is just how the preface and introduction is written. She keeps writing in this old school style, even for the parts that's supposed to describes what happened whenever she "found" the lost chapters. It comes across as confused and annoying, and overall it doesn't work as a literary device.
I thought this was going to be funny but it really, really wasn't!
A short, quick read of never before published scenes from Jane Austen novels (aka The Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen). I don’t really agree with the title so much because while some snippets are racy, others are pretty docile. But if the author is telling the truth that these are in fact unpublished pieces but Austen that were found and later revealed, I’m sure at that time these would be considered the “Fifty Shades” of that time period. It was interesting to read but not one of my favorites.
Basically some fans of Jane Austen wrote some sexed up Fan fiction and it got published. It was ok - but it really didn't turn my crank all that much honestly.
Een leuk (absurd) boekje voor Jane Austen liefhebbers.
The WORST BOOK EVER! Now that is a category! It was such a waste of paper and library funds in the purchase of this book. It is defintely NOT for Jane Austen fans! More like those who are SICK in the HEAD! If I could rate books in the negative then this book would have been rated as such!
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is ridiculous... I didn't hate it though! Read the whole thing in one evening with a glass of wine. I'd call that a good night in!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was just a bizarre book. I have read some JA fan fiction on the smutty side, but this was too much. I know the intent was to be that way, but this Austen gone wild missed the mark.