The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
Ranked #19 in Alternate History, Ranked #54 in Time Travel — see more rankings.
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 the World, steals the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and kills a minor character, who then disappears... more
Rankings by Category
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #79 in Censorship
- #81 in Comedic
- #90 in Humor
- #92 in Introductory
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