Frankly Scarlett, I Do Give a Damn!: Classic Romances Retold - Hardcover

West, Beverly; Peske, Nancy K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060173890 ISBN 13: 9780060173890

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996

Synopsis

In thirteen retellings of classic romance tales, including Casablanca, Romeo and Juliet, and Gone With the Wind, the romantic heroes have learned to behave like responsible adults and go out of their way to make a relationship work. 50,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

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Review:

It's unlikely that you've ever sat in your chair thinking, "You know, what the world REALLY needs is a tongue-in-cheek collection of classic literature as rewritten from a modern, slightly New Age-y, pro-female perspective." But darn it, the writing in Frankly Scarlett, I Do Give a Damn! is good, and these days that quality alone is enough to merit buying it.

From Beverly West and Nancy Peske's version of Wuthering Heights: "What should have been a naturally unfolding, free exchange between equals dedicated to plumbing the depths of their sensual natures was thwarted by a misunderstanding borne of the rigid social mores of the time, which did not value strong-headed heroines with a capacity for multiple orgasms ... 'Oh, Nelly, what should I do? It is Heathcliff I love. It is Heathcliff who knows where my G-spot is.'" You get the picture. Frankly Scarlett is a nice little book--it's not too ambitious, but is adeptly done. Maybe if you buy it, the authors will push themselves a little more next time.

From the Publisher:

The authors of Meditations for Men Who Do Next to Nothing (and Would Like to Do Even Less) team up once again for a collection of retellings of 13 classic romances--an irresistible little book that does for love stories what Politically Correct Bedtime Stories did for fairy tales.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0060173890
• ISBN 13: 9780060173890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112