Author:
Jasper Fforde
Title: The
Eyre Affair
Genre:
Mystery
Publication
Date: 2001
Number
of Pages: 374
Geographical
Setting: England; Wales
Time
Period: 1985
Series
(If applicable): Thursday Next
Plot
Summary: Thursday Next is the female protagonist in this parallel version
of Great Britain in 1985. Thursday is employed in the LiteraTecs department of
the SpecOps (special operations) division of law enforcement. The story starts
out with Thursday being promoted to help capture a wanted terrorist, Acheron
Hades. Thursday was a student of Hades years before, and she is one of the few
people in the world who can recognize him. Thursday fails to capture Acheron
and returns to her hometown of Swindon after being offered a transfer position.
Hades captures Thursday’s uncle and aunt for her uncle’s prized
Prose Portal, which allows original manuscripts, and subsequent copies, to be
changed. Hades steals the original manuscript of Jane Eyre and kidnaps Jane from the manuscript. Thursday travels to
Wales where Hades is hiding and successfully returns Jane to the manuscript.
Thursday finds her aunt still missing with Hades. Thursday successes in killing
Hades and rescuing her aunt.
The story concludes with Thursday helping along negotiations to
end the Crimean War. She marries her lifelong love, Landon, after years of
holding a grudge against him and she faces the new problem at work relating to
the new ending of Jane Eyre.
Subject
Headings:
Characters and characteristics in literature > Fiction.
Women detectives > Wales > Fiction.
Crimean War, 1853-1856 > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Books and reading > Fiction.
Censorship > Fiction.
Wales > Fiction.
Women detectives > Wales > Fiction.
Crimean War, 1853-1856 > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Books and reading > Fiction.
Censorship > Fiction.
Wales > Fiction.
Appeal: The
appeal of the genre is the idea of solving the mystery along with, or before,
the protagonists. The mystery in the case of The Eyre Affair is capturing famed murderer, thief and all around
devious Acheron.
3
characteristics of genre:
- The solving of a crime drives the plot
- The story focuses on the investigator
- The mood of mysteries ranges from dark and gritty to lighthearted and witty with a multitude of variations in between.
3 Read
a-likes:
- The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma
- The Bad Book Affair by Ian Sansom
- Re Jane by Patricia Park
This book has been on my to-read list for a long time, your annotation made me remember that and I want to read it now! I didn't realize it was an adult book, I always thought it was a young adult book, that's good to know for future reference.
ReplyDeleteExcellent annotation! Full points!
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