Tag Archives: Jane Austen
Jane Does the Time Warp: Translating Classics into Future Settings
Modern takes on period novels, especially British ones, are always difficult. This is because the values and class system of 18th and 19th century England are not those of today. Case in point: Lydia Bennet elopes with Mr. Wickham 200 … Continue reading
Filed under Pride and Prejudice, cross-genre, Jane Eyre
Austen Horror or Horrified?
There have been few times in my life I committed a Daffy-Duck-style double-take. One was in the movie theater last week when the preview for Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter rolled. I blanched, giggled, hid my face in my hands, and groaned, … Continue reading
Filed under cross-genre, Pride and Prejudice
The Cult of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Pride and Prejudice’s Mr. Collins is a clergyman. He is the most devoted, sincere disciple a deity could wish for. The irony (Jane Austen- ironic?) is that Mr. Collins is not a Christian clergyman, but a high priest of the … Continue reading
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UnaBated Admiration
Miss Bates enjoyed a most uncommon degree of popularity for a woman neither young, handsome, rich, nor married. Emma, 1816, Jane Austen Okay, so Miss Bates prattles. I wouldn’t want to be stuck with her on a jammed elevator. … Continue reading
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The Good, The Bad, and the Funny: Proposals in Jane Austen (Part 2)
I meant to reveal my nomination for the worst proposal in Austen today, but I am sidetracked because I forgot to present the runner-up for funniest proposal: In a very honorable second place: Mr. Elton to Emma Woodhouse in Emma. … Continue reading
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The Good, The Bad, and The Funny: Proposals in Jane Austen
Today, my nomination for the funniest: Mr. Collins to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. If this proposal scene were the only reason for including the pedantic Mr. Collins in P&P, I would still commend Austen. Like Lizzie, we put … Continue reading
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