OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
出版日期：2025.11.03
ISBN：9781250869784
書號：20332365
裝訂：平裝
定價：$455
時值19世紀初，Oliver Bennet覺得自己被牢牢困住——不只是那些繁複的衣著：每天都得層層疊疊往身上套的束腰、裙撐和外裙，還有來自社會的期待。
他的家人朋友都視她為伊莉莎白，一名理應身著漂亮禮服，翩然穿梭活躍在各大舞會，取悅她的追求者(無論他是否欣賞對方)，最後成為某人忠實順服的妻子的少女。
這種命運，光是用想的都讓Oliver難以忍受，喬裝成年輕男子溜出家門探索城市是他偶爾的慰藉，一次男裝出遊，讓他結識了善良的紳士賓利，以及總繃著一張臉，上次才在社交場合對「伊莉莎白」出言不遜的達西，但在眾人視線未及之處，他逐漸發現私下的達西溫柔機敏且心地善良(還超辣)，同時，Oliver越是以真正的面貌和自己、和達西相處，就越是貪心地夢想著終有一天，他能夠以男性的身分去愛、去生活。
但另一邊也不容大意，伊莉莎白的追求者態度日趨強硬，而母親急著想幫她訂下親事。Oliver必須做出選擇，為求得安穩與平靜，踏入一樁體面卻令她深感厭惡的婚姻，或是賭上一切——為了一線生機，與自由的可能。
Macmillan的Remixed Classics系列，由文化背景各異的創作者們，帶著自身的生命經驗與文化視角，動手拆解、重組那些數百年至今，被推上經典之列的文學作品，賦予它們截然不同的樣貌，讓那些曾被排拒於主流之外的聲音，挑戰既有的標準，重新定義何謂「經典」。
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A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in this heartwrenching YA reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, perfect for fans of Bridgerton and Gwen and Art Are Not in Love.
London, 1812. Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis, but also by society's expectations. The world―and the vast majority of his family and friends―think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He is therefore expected to mingle at balls wearing a pretty dress, entertain suitors regardless of his interest in them, and ultimately become someone's wife.
But Oliver can't bear the thought of such a fate. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out of his family's home and explore the city rightfully dressed as a young gentleman. It's during one such excursion when Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky young man who had been rude to "Elizabeth" at a recent social function. But in the comfort of being out of the public eye, Oliver comes to find that Darcy is actually a sweet, intelligent boy with a warm heart. And not to mention incredibly attractive.
As Oliver is able to spend more time as his true self, often with Darcy, part of him dares begin to hope that his dream of love and life as a man could be possible. But suitors are growing bolder―and even threatening―and his mother is growing more desperate to see him settled into an engagement. Oliver will have to choose: Settle for safety, security, and a life of pretending to be something he's not, or risk it all for a slim chance at freedom, love, and a life that can be truly, honestly his own.
This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live openly, centering queerness in a well-known story of longing and subverting society’s patriarchal and cisheteronormative expectations.
