Curtis Sittenfeld, the best selling author of Prep and American Wife, has put out a controversial new work: a modern retelling of a/the most beloved Jane Austen tale of Pride and Prejudice.  This is one of six Austen ” reboots” that are being undertaken by the Austen Project, which pairs contemporary authors with Atsten’s work. Here is some high praise about the newest pairing: “Reboots are tremendously tricky, and almost the only thing that would induce me to read a reboot of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is Curtis Sittenfeld’s name on the cover,” according to Rebecca Mead, a writer for The New Yorker.

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