num_pages: 374
description: Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend.There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's Mr Big.Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing.Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays.Perhaps today just isn't going to be Thursday's day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again...
title: The Eyre Affair
titlecomplete: The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
characters: Edward Rochester, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Jane Eyre, Braxton Hicks, Pickwick, Acheron Hades, Wednesday Next, Mrs. Nakajima, Polly Next, Spike Stoker, Joffy Next, Thursday Next, Mycroft Next, Landen Parke-Laine, Jack Schitt, Thursday's Dad (name unknown)
genres: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Books About Books, Mystery, Time Travel, Adult, Fiction, Alternate History, Humor
ratings_count: 131120
places: England, Wales, Swindon, 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: Penguin Putnam