Praise for ELIGIBLE:

‘If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it’ Elle

‘Bold and brilliant’ Glamour

‘Eligible has all the charm, wit and romance of Pride & Prejudice and also takes these characters who are such a stalwart feature of our literary landscape and treats them with such affection and humour, that I defy anyone not to find Eligible an absolute delight’ Red

‘Dazzling’ Woman and Home

‘Fizzy’ and ‘Funny’ Psychologies

‘Such a feast of a book’ Nigella Lawson

‘Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human condition… not since “Clueless,” which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted’ The New York Times

‘An enjoyably light-hearted romp’ Financial Times

‘Hilarious and endearing family drama’ Kirkus Reviews

‘Effortlessly entertaining and delightfully readable’ The National

‘A delightful romp for not only Austen devotees but also lovers of romantic comedies and sly satire, as well . . . Bestselling Sittenfeld plus Jane Austen? What more could mainstream fiction readers ask for?’ Booklist

‘Sittenfeld adeptly updates and channels Austen’s narrative voice—the book is full of smart observations on gender and money. . . . A clever retelling of an old-fashioned favourite’ Publishers Weekly

Praise for CURTIS SITTENFELD:

‘Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one’ Maggie Shipstead

‘Sittenfeld has an astonishing gift for creating characters that take up in residence in reader’s heads’ Washington Post

‘When it comes to tearing apart contemporary American family life, Sittenfeld is up there in a class of her own’ Guardian

‘Curtis Sittenfeld shares with Salinger a knack of capturing, in effortless prose, a teenager mindset…It feels important…Most vitally of all, it feels like adolescence’ The Times

‘Sittenfeld is a pin-sharp observer’ Independent on Sunday