Novel paraphrases first sentence of “Pride and Prejudice”
The Grand Rapids Press points out that the first sentence of the novel The Good Wife Strikes Back by Elizabeth Buchan echoes the famous first line of Pride and Prejudice:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that one person’s happiness is frequently bought at the expense of another’s.”
With a wry nod to Jane Austen, so begins “The Good Wife Strikes Back” (Viking, 304 pages, $24.95), the follow-up novel to Elizabeth Buchan’s best seller, “Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.” Her latest book, while not quite as good as “Revenge,” is still quite good — and funny.
