Mystery
The Eyre Affair
2001·374 pages
In an alternate 1985 Britain obsessed with literature, Special Operative Thursday Next enters the pages of Jane Eyre to stop a master criminal.
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In an alternate 1985 Britain obsessed with literature, Special Operative Thursday Next enters the pages of Jane Eyre to stop a master criminal.
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The Eyre Affair Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Baconians are trying to convince the world that Francis Bacon really wrote Shakespeare, there are riots between the Surrealists and Impressionists, and thousands of men are named John Milton, an homage to the real Milton and a very confusing situation for the police. Amidst all this, Acheron Hades, Third Most Wanted Man In...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Romantic subplot with kissing and attraction; mild sexual innuendo
Violence & gore
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Graphic murders, war violence, brutal killings, and unsettling body alteration
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Brief church settings and passing literary religious references
Magic & witchcraft
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Prose portals into books central; time travel, vampires, werewolves
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources
Political content
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Corporate power, endless Crimean War, and alternate-history politics
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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War trauma, murder, grief, and allusions to bigamy and cruelty
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