Gómez Galisteo, Carmen2024-12-162024-12-162022-10-13Gomez-Galisteo, Carmen. “An Eligible Bachelor: Austen, Love, and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice and Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld”. Anglo Saxonica, No. 20, issue 1, art. 9, 2022,pp. 1–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/as.922184-6006https://doi.org/10.5334/as.92https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24938The registered version of this article, first published in Anglo Saxonica, is available online at the publisher's website: Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Anglísticos, Ubiquity Press, https://doi.org/10.5334/as.92La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Anglo Saxonica, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Anglísticos, Ubiquity Press, https://doi.org/10.5334/as.92Jane Austen’s six novels have been the starting point of many sequels, continuations, and adaptations. One of such is Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld, a rewriting of Pride and Prejudice set in 21st-century U.S.A., where the search for an eligible bachelor becomes a TV reality show. This essay analyzes how Sittenfeld modifies Austen’s characterization of the main characters and their matrimonial quest taking into account how marriage has changed since the 19th century, exploring what elements persist and what adjustments need to be made in order to bring the spirit of the original to our current days and if such an attempt is ultimately successful.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess57 Lingüísticaartículopride and prejudice;eligiblemarriagesingle womentransgenderadaptationssequels