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Jane Austen, zombies & copyright
What do Jane Austen, zombies and copyright have to do with one other? Well, for starters, they are all dead, at least when it comes to Seth Grahame-Smith’s new mash-up book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Quirk Books, 2009), which is currently creating a buzz in literary circles.
The book combines Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice with elements of zombie horror fiction. It is a parody which has some critics praising the sheer brilliance of the plot and others lamenting the “cannibalisation” of Austen’s classic tome.
With their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, the publishers of the book have billed it as “85% Austen’s original text and 15% brand-new blood and guts”.
But what of the copyright in Austen’s original work?
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