Pride, Prejudice and Moby Dick

When a hurricane sinks the pleasure ship carrying the ladies and gentlemen of Pride and Prejudice, they are rescued by the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by the brooding Captain Ahab. They find themselves on a hilarious voyage to the Pacific to chase the white whale, Moby Dick. Mr. Darcy's pride is greatly humbled as he rows a harpoon boat and shares a hammock with a cannibal. In the end, romance wins out over the perils of whaling.

About the Author

Wayne Josephson is the author of five Readable Classics, a series that gently edits great works of literature as study aid for students and to make the classics more accessible to modern readers. His books include Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, The Scarlet Letter, Moby Dick, and The Odyssey. He is also the author of a humorous mashup of Jane Austen's classic, Emma and the Vampires.