The Eyre Affair
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The Eyre Affair is a comic fantasy detective novel set in an alternate 1980s England where literary works can be entered and altered, following literary detective Thursday Next as she pursues a criminal inside the world of Jane Eyre.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alternate history novel
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novel ⓘ |
| antagonist | Acheron Hades NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jasper Fforde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Wodehouse Prize longlist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Acheron Hades
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Edward Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Schitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Landen Park-Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycroft Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Paul Kidby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseFeature |
literary texts can be altered from within
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literary works can be physically entered ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history
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comic fantasy ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Lost in a Good Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-340-79459-7 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryReference | Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thursday Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending literary satire with detective fiction
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metafictional use of classic literature ⓘ |
| organizationInFiction |
Jurisfiction
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SpecOps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement | pursuit of a criminal inside the world of Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first novel ⓘ |
| protagonist | Thursday Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
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| series | Thursday Next series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
England
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Swindon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | alternate 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alternate realities
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literature ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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