num_pages: 375
description: There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where Thursday Next is a literary detective without equal, fear, or boyfriend. Thursday is on the trail of the villainous Archeron Hades who has been kidnapping characters from the works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jayne Eyre herself has been plucked from the novel of the same name, and Thursday must find a way into the book to repair the damage.She also has to find time to hald the Crimean conflict, persuade the man she loves to marry her, rescue her aunt from inside a Wordsworth poem and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. Aided and abetted by a cast of characters that includes her time-travelling father, Jack Schitt of the all-powerful Goliath Corporation, a pet dodo named Pickwick and Edward Rochester himself, Thursday embarks on an adventure that will take your breath away.
language: English
title: The Eyre Affair
titlecomplete: The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
characters: Thursday Next, Edward Rochester, Jane Eyre, Wednesday Next, Joffy Next, Spike Stoker, Jack Schitt, Thursday's Dad (name unknown), Braxton Hicks, Landen Parke-Laine, Polly Next, Acheron Hades, Mycroft Next, Mrs. Nakajima, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Pickwick
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Books About Books, Alternate History, Time Travel, Adult, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 131118
places: Wales, Swindon, England, England
series: Thursday Next
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Hodder & Stroughton New English Library