You could probably guess that Shakespeare had some sort of creative influence on Jane Austen, but this handy infographic from Longshot magazine carries it a bit further, linking Tolstoy to Jim Morrison and Lord Byron to JJ Abrams. I find the Tolstoy to Muhammad Ali connections especially interesting.

Link via Flavorwire via Lapham’s Quarterly

This video presents Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club as a Regency romance written by Jane Austen.

Ladies, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is one never mentions Fight Club. No corsets, no hat pins, and no crying. If this is your first invitation to Fight Club, you must fight.

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Now, here’s the book trailer for new Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls book by Steve Hockensmith, as directed by Charles Haine:

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It looks awesome – hopefully they’ll make a movie, too! Thanks Melissa!

Previously on Neatorama: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

We’ve featured the international cult-hit, Seth Grahame-Smith’s (and of course, also Jane Austen’s) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Quirk Books (previously on Neatorama here).

And just as you think that things can’t get any more awesome, there’s a sequel: here’s a book trailer for Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by our friend Ransom Riggs of mental_floss.

Check it out: hit play or go to Link [Youtube] – Thanks Mangesh!

Yes, that’s right, just what you always wanted… apocalyptic horror in your Austen.

I know I’ll be ordering one for every middle school student I know.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen’s classic novel to new legions of fans.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by knitmeapony.

Update 1/26/09 – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is written by Seth Grahame-Smith (and of course, Jane Austen) and published by Quirk Books (not Chronicle Books). By Quirk Book’s request, here is the book’s Amazon page: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Thanks Melissa Monachello!