Título: Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix (Remixed Classics, 9)
Autor: Gabe Cole Novoa
Sinopse: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live openly, centering queerness in a well-known story of longing and subverting society’s patriarchal and cisheteronormative expectations.
London, 1812. Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations. The world―and the vast majority of his family and friends―think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone's wife.
But Oliver can't bear the thought of such a fate. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out of his family's home and explore the city rightfully dressed as a young gentleman. It's during one such excursion when Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky young man who had been rude to "Elizabeth" at a recent social function. But in the comfort of being out of the public eye, Oliver comes to find that Darcy is actually a sweet, intelligent boy with a warm heart. And not to mention incredibly attractive.
As Oliver is able to spend more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares begin to hope that his dream of love and life as a man could be possible. But suitors are growing bolder―and even threatening―and his mother is growing more desperate to see him settled into an engagement. Oliver will have to choose: Settle for safety, security, and a life of pretending to be something he's not, or risk it all for a slim chance at freedom, love, and a life that can be truly, honestly his own.
The Remixed Classics Series
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi
What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix (Remixed Classics, 9)”, de Gabe Cole Novoa, publicado pela editora Feiwel & Friends, em 2024 e com 304 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Feiwel & Friends
Páginas: 304
Ano: 2024-01-16
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Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1250869803
ISBN13: 9781250869807
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Feiwel & Friends costumam explorar jornadas pessoais e coletivas marcadas por desafios internos e externos, muitas vezes em contextos de fantasia, aventura e dilemas contemporâneos. A experiência de leitura varia entre narrativas de amadurecimento juvenil, como jovens que enfrentam medos ou descobrem poderes, e relatos mais densos sobre temas sociais e emocionais, como sobrevivência, abuso e identidade. O tom pode oscilar entre o esperançoso e o sombrio, com ritmo que ora acelera em tramas de suspense e ação, ora desacelera para reflexões íntimas. O catálogo traz obras que dialogam tanto com leitores que buscam escapismo fantástico quanto com aqueles interessados em histórias de superação e autodescoberta.
