The Eyre Affair

This was full of fun moments, and the outright joy with which it approached literature, and literary culture, was absolutely delightful. Those moments, however, didn't always feel like they connected into a fully-developed world. I was reminded a bit of those attempts to take Saturday Night Live characters and spin them off into movies that were ultimately unsatisfactory (although the humour of The Eyre Affair is decidedly more Pythonesque than SNL).
Overall I'd say it's worth a read.