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A review by mainon
Manga Classics: Pride & Prejudice by Po Tse, Stacy King
4.0
The obvious question is: how in the world does Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice translate to manga?
The answer is: surprisingly well*.
*As long as you can master the right-to-left panel reading that's typically required in manga. It took me about 10% of the book to get comfortable with that and to stop accidentally reading things out of order.
I was greatly relieved to find that the dialogue is largely faithful to the original. Can you imagine how terrible it would be if they tried to modernize "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you!"?
I thought the art was, for the most part, extremely well rendered. There are some beautiful sketches of Jane and Lizzie, especially.
All in all, it made for a lovely rereading of a fabulous novel. Not a substitute for the original, of course, but a very pleasant way to recall everything you loved about the original with the lagniappe of drawings that heighten the drama. Recommended for devoted Austen fans who enjoy an occasional graphic novel, and never thought to see the two overlap.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my unbiased review.
The answer is: surprisingly well*.
*As long as you can master the right-to-left panel reading that's typically required in manga. It took me about 10% of the book to get comfortable with that and to stop accidentally reading things out of order.
I was greatly relieved to find that the dialogue is largely faithful to the original. Can you imagine how terrible it would be if they tried to modernize "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you!"?
I thought the art was, for the most part, extremely well rendered. There are some beautiful sketches of Jane and Lizzie, especially.
All in all, it made for a lovely rereading of a fabulous novel. Not a substitute for the original, of course, but a very pleasant way to recall everything you loved about the original with the lagniappe of drawings that heighten the drama. Recommended for devoted Austen fans who enjoy an occasional graphic novel, and never thought to see the two overlap.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my unbiased review.