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Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
Bringing together Jane Austen's most beloved characters and storylines—a clever, playful, interactive, and highly entertaining approach to the wildly popular novels in which you, the reader, decide the outcome
Name: Elizabeth Bennet.
Mission: To marry both prudently and for love.
How? It's entirely up to the reader.
The journey begins in Pride and Prejudice but quickly take...more
Name: Elizabeth Bennet.
Mission: To marry both prudently and for love.
How? It's entirely up to the reader.
The journey begins in Pride and Prejudice but quickly take...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
August 7th 2007
by Riverhead Trade
(first published January 1st 2007)
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Oct 31, 2011
Moira Russell
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Amusing, but not quite as fun as I expected. Some of the wilder endings are silly (couldn't she have borrowed more from the juvenilia if she wanted to go nuts?), when you/Elizabeth Bennett are put into Northanger Abbey you/she still act(s) like Catherine Morland, and, as other reviewers noted, sometimes a modern viewpoint seems privileged over Austen's own time (especially in the uber-ending, which nearly wrecked the book for me, but I pretty much ignored it. If I'd been in my twenties I might h...more
Jan 15, 2010
Cami
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who loves Jane Austen
Recommended to Cami by:
Jessica Romney
Shelves:
general-fiction,
chick-lit
This book was SO MUCH FUN! It got me through a very bad day with strep throat.
It's just like the choose-your-own-adventure books from your youth (or your children's youths), except you get to be Elizabeth Bennett. Depending on your choices, you'll see characters from all of Jane Austen's works as well as people she knew herself. Everything is expertly woven together and so many times I found myself laughing out loud, especially when my carriage ran over Mr. Elton (from Emma) in his effort to sto...more
It's just like the choose-your-own-adventure books from your youth (or your children's youths), except you get to be Elizabeth Bennett. Depending on your choices, you'll see characters from all of Jane Austen's works as well as people she knew herself. Everything is expertly woven together and so many times I found myself laughing out loud, especially when my carriage ran over Mr. Elton (from Emma) in his effort to sto...more
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Up date 24 July Yay I did this again to~day and....I married Mr Darcy, don't know how but I did :)
I enjoyed this 'create your own story' book, although I died once folowing a silent reel with Mr Darcy at a ball,where I stomped off in the dark and broke my neck on a patch of ice:( and then when I finally thought I may have an HEA I caused an accident and was thrown into prison. Fun to do, 5 stars if I was 14/15 and into role play.
will I keep it? yes of course! good for rainy day entertainment:)
I enjoyed this 'create your own story' book, although I died once folowing a silent reel with Mr Darcy at a ball,where I stomped off in the dark and broke my neck on a patch of ice:( and then when I finally thought I may have an HEA I caused an accident and was thrown into prison. Fun to do, 5 stars if I was 14/15 and into role play.
will I keep it? yes of course! good for rainy day entertainment:)
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I died. Not the ending I was hoping for. It was a really good book until I died.
This book is a great experience for a P&P junkie like myself! Before I get to my spoilery endings, I gotta say that the best part of this book is the choices. I didn't read much of it - just skimmed it because I knew the story so well. It's the choices (especially the bad ones) that are so entertaining and allow you to explore the "what ifs" that the movies and books don't explain.
There's MANY different endings, happy and sad and most of them incredibly humourous! I did not explore even half...more
There's MANY different endings, happy and sad and most of them incredibly humourous! I did not explore even half...more
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Jan 24, 2008
Sara
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Jane Austen fans, adults who miss Choose-You-Own-Adventure stories
Recommended to Sara by:
Mary
Shelves:
fiction,
light_reading
This choose-your-own-adventure populated by characters, settings and decisions faced by Jane Austen heroines is a very enjoyable read.
The book includes instructions so the reader can keep track of their Intelligence and Confidence points, Accomplishments and Failings and Superior and Inferior Connections. I chose to, although the book assured me it wasn't mandatory. I enjoyed the aspect of crossing out points every time I cursed my lucky stars and rejoicing when I answered the occasional muliple...more
The book includes instructions so the reader can keep track of their Intelligence and Confidence points, Accomplishments and Failings and Superior and Inferior Connections. I chose to, although the book assured me it wasn't mandatory. I enjoyed the aspect of crossing out points every time I cursed my lucky stars and rejoicing when I answered the occasional muliple...more
J'ai souhaité clore le challenge Jane Austen avec le livre-jeu Jane Austen et moi, qui sera donc mon dernier billet. Dans ce roman, on est Elizabeth Benneth et on évolue à travers les personnages en choisissant vers où on veut aller. Ce faisant, on doit compter ses points, ce qui n'est pas obligatoire ; j'ai décidé de le faire pour voir où cela m'emmenait mais je ne le ferai pas à chaque fois, c'est trop fastidieux (surtout au lit, mais installée sur une table ça va mieux !). C'est un roman ludi...more
I first saw this book at work in the bookstore and just the concept of a Choose Your Own Adventure brought back fond memories of library time in grade school. Plus, couple that with Austen, and I was sold on this book.
It is a cute premise, but as you get further into the book, it ends up rather disappointing. Rather than creating Austen-inspired original situations, the book just follows "Pride and Prejudice" with a bit of "Emma" thrown in. As long as you've read P&P and know it by heart, yo...more
It is a cute premise, but as you get further into the book, it ends up rather disappointing. Rather than creating Austen-inspired original situations, the book just follows "Pride and Prejudice" with a bit of "Emma" thrown in. As long as you've read P&P and know it by heart, yo...more
If you stick EXACTLY to the events of PRIDE & PREJUDICE and make all the decisions Elizabeth makes, you'll get your perfect little marriage with Darcy. But you could just read PRIDE & PREJUDICE for that. Make mistakes; Screw up. It's hilarious.
Attempt #1: Disfigured by gypsies.
Attempt #2: Smothered to death by the nauseating meekness of Fanny Price.
Attempt #3: MR. KNIGHTLEY PROPOSES. MARRIAGE!
Attempt #4: Trampled by Caroline Bingley's carriage, that murdering whore.
Attempt #5: Died an ol...more
Attempt #1: Disfigured by gypsies.
Attempt #2: Smothered to death by the nauseating meekness of Fanny Price.
Attempt #3: MR. KNIGHTLEY PROPOSES. MARRIAGE!
Attempt #4: Trampled by Caroline Bingley's carriage, that murdering whore.
Attempt #5: Died an ol...more
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Quelle fan de Jane Austen n'a pas un jour rêvé d'être Lizzy Bennet ou Marianne Dashwood, de rencontrer son Frederick Wentworth ou de se confronter à un George Wickham? Grâce à ce livre, c'est maintenant possible. Et de plus, ô joie, il est aussi disponible en français, chose assez rare pour être mentionné haut et fort, et illustré par l'incontournable Pénélope Bagieu. Rien à dire donc de ce côté là, le livre est vraiment joli et agréable, il donne envie de s'y plonger et de s'en amuser, parce q...more
“Your name: Elizabeth Bennet. Your mission: to marry both prudently and for love, avoiding family scandal. Equipped with only your sharp wit, natural good sense, and tolerable beauty, you must navigate your way through a variety of decisions that will determine your own romantic (and financial) fate. Ever wonder what would happen if Elizabeth accepted Mr. Darcy’s proposal the first time around? Or ran from his arms into those of Persuasion’s Captain Wentworth? Now is your chance to find out.”
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So when i was in elementary school I read my fair share of choose your own adventure books. It was the eighties, and they were the literary equivalent of Madonna or Michael Jackson. No jokes.
According to Wikipedia:
"Choose Your Own Adventure was one of the most popular children's series during the 1980s and 1990s, selling over 250 million copies between 1979 and 1998,[1:][2:] and translated into at least 38 languages.[1:]":
Which I suppose shouldn't surprise me since I can vividly remember them...more
According to Wikipedia:
"Choose Your Own Adventure was one of the most popular children's series during the 1980s and 1990s, selling over 250 million copies between 1979 and 1998,[1:][2:] and translated into at least 38 languages.[1:]":
Which I suppose shouldn't surprise me since I can vividly remember them...more
I was excited when I found this; it offered so much! Austen, choose-your-own-adventure, AND a game. You get points based on different actions you choose, though you don't have to play by the points if the idea of points makes you too anxious. I started with keeping track of the points, but that quickly became boring. In fact, most of it quickly became boring. Few of the side trips (those that didn't adhere to the plot of P&P) came to anything good--usually death, or suicide, or a sad life of...more
Remember the "create your own adventure" books we read in third grade?! Just imagine that, except witty, romantic, and Austen. This was hilarious! This was so much fun to read. I read every option you could take, and I enjoyed it all. Since your mission, as Elizabeth Bennet, is to marry prudently and with love, of course your objective is to go through the book and choose was Lizzy did. However, I'd definitely recommend some wandering... the results can be hilarious. You can meet Mr Knightly and...more
Nov 06, 2009
Melissa
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Jane Austen fans
Shelves:
challenge-fall09
Readers of a certain age will remember the craze of 'choose your own adventure' books from their youths. This one goes a little beyond the simplistic 'turn to page 77' format and includes a point-scoring system, where your decisions affect your scoring, and your scores affect some of the decisions you can make. The scoring system may seem a little overwrought, but it is light-hearted and all in good fun.
You start out as Elizabeth Bennet, your mission to marry well and for love. Depending on the...more
You start out as Elizabeth Bennet, your mission to marry well and for love. Depending on the...more
I recently stumbled upon Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster and was instantly intrigued by it. This book isn't your typical retelling or sequel to a Jane Austen novel. Instead it is a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
That's right I said Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA).
In this book you get to play the role of Elizabeth Bennet and your mission (if you choose to accept it) is to marry prudently and also for love. Anyone who has ever read Pride and Prejudice can quickly go through this novel mak...more
That's right I said Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA).
In this book you get to play the role of Elizabeth Bennet and your mission (if you choose to accept it) is to marry prudently and also for love. Anyone who has ever read Pride and Prejudice can quickly go through this novel mak...more
I was intrigued when I spotted this book at Goodwill. I mean a Jane Austen smash-up with the Choose Your Own Adventure books? How could I resist?
While a thoroughly interesting concept this book is a little underwhelming. The reader is reading the book as if they are playing a game in the role of Elizabeth Bennett. The book starts with the storyline of Pride and Prejudice and offers the reader choices. Unfortunately in most circumstances, if you make a choice that doesn't follow merge with what E...more
While a thoroughly interesting concept this book is a little underwhelming. The reader is reading the book as if they are playing a game in the role of Elizabeth Bennett. The book starts with the storyline of Pride and Prejudice and offers the reader choices. Unfortunately in most circumstances, if you make a choice that doesn't follow merge with what E...more
Reviewed by Steph for TeensReadToo.com
LOST IN AUSTEN is basically PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the beloved novel by Jane Austen, written in modern English. Oh, and you can choose how the book ends.
At the end of every chapter you, Elizabeth Bennet, must make a decision. After making that decision you go to the specified page and read on until you come to the next two choices. Choice after choice, you must decide what Elizabeth should do in order to achieve her goal: to get married to a fine gentleman.
But...more
LOST IN AUSTEN is basically PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, the beloved novel by Jane Austen, written in modern English. Oh, and you can choose how the book ends.
At the end of every chapter you, Elizabeth Bennet, must make a decision. After making that decision you go to the specified page and read on until you come to the next two choices. Choice after choice, you must decide what Elizabeth should do in order to achieve her goal: to get married to a fine gentleman.
But...more
I found the concept of this book intriguing, so I picked it up. It was a pretty fun to read as a fan of Austen, but it didn't quite meet my expectations. I suppose I was hoping for a little more decision-making instead of basically reading summaries of the entire plots of most of Austen's books. However, I found it extremely clever how the author worked other books into the the plot of Pride and Prejudice. By the end, my version of Elizabeth had basically been wooed by every heroine's multiple s...more
I know, I know. A Choose Your Own Adventure book set within Pride and Prejudice: sounds too good to be true! This really was an amusing diversion, and I stayed up WAY too late last night trying to complete the mission of a fortuitous and loving marriage. First I was disfigured by gypsies. Then I eloped with Mr. Wickam and had to join a traveling troupe of actors. Then I was murdered by Caroline Bingley. Then I married Captain Wentworth (from Persuasion). But after lots of cheating, I won (marrie...more
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I really loved this! It was fun, and the author comments are so sarcastic and funny. This is a 'choose your own adventure' book, but based on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice; you play Lizzy Bennet, and get to make all her decisions. You can decide to marry Mr. Collins after all, or run away with Wickham, or accept Mr. Darcy's initial proposal; each decision takes you on a different path, either closer to or further from love. A lot of choices lead you away from the Pride & Prejudice stor...more
Finally the chance that all Pride and Prejudice lovers have been waiting for- starring in Pride and Prejudice yourself! There's a lot of decisions to be made, and not all of them end happily. Are you up for the challenge, and can you earn the points necessary to complete your mission successfully?
Webster combines elements of all of Austen's novels and Austen's own life into the different storylines, while adding entertaining comments. After awhile I stopped reading the "regular story," and just...more
Webster combines elements of all of Austen's novels and Austen's own life into the different storylines, while adding entertaining comments. After awhile I stopped reading the "regular story," and just...more
Well, it was a really enjoyable book and in whole, a very original idea I should say!! I surely recommend it to every staunch supporter of Jane Austen and of course Mr Darcy!! I ended up with him at the end of the story and just the thought of it filled me with excitement!! Anyway, is there an Elizabeth Bennet out there who isn't head over hills in love with Mr Darcy??? I cannot imagine such a thing!!
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Sort of fun, sort of sarcasm-and-insults-meant-to-be-funny. I really enjoyed the "choose your own adventure" books when I was a kid and thought this would be fun, and it sort of was. Of course, if you know "Pride and Prejudice" too well, it's obvious which choice to make every time, so I had fun skipping through the book picking wrong endings. My favorite was being run down by Miss Bingley. The author lifted people and plots from the rest of Jane Austen's novels, so there was very little origina...more
I read this book in two days! It was better than I expected, and yet there were some disappointments. It probably would have worked better had the heroine you play been a made-up character. It just messes with my head to read about Elizabeth falling in love with Captain Wentworth (in place of Anne Elliot) because no heroine could fit another's shoes. Try mixing up Disney princesses and you get my point. It's a bit jarring. Nonetheless, it's incredibly re-readable with so many possibilities--at l...more
I was very excited to read this book. After all, it was a Jane Austen DIY adventure! Who wouldn't want that? But unfortunately, while this book was entertaining enough, I didn't really get into to it. It felt a little too much like a board game that an elderly spinster would play while sitting on her couch, petting Pussums the cat. You know what I mean? I felt distinctly 50 years older as I wrote down all my Connections and Fortune Points on a piece of scrap paper.
I knew the storyline so well,...more
I knew the storyline so well,...more
When I think of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" - I think of something where the story can change very quickly based on several opportunities to choose the direction of the story. In addition to a weird point system, few opportunities to control the direction of the story, this book also has at least one personality test that pre-determines the plot for you on several occasions.
Some readers will like that it tries to stick to real Austen plots. I think it could have gone further if it hadn't. That...more
Some readers will like that it tries to stick to real Austen plots. I think it could have gone further if it hadn't. That...more
This was so much fun to read that I cried with laughter - almost as much fun as laughing at the comments here from people whose sensibilities are so delicate they swore like dockers at the thought of such a book's existence.
I however can't help but like a game that includes rep losses like "Deduct 10 intelligence points for failing, for the second time, to penetrate Darcy's Shield of Pride" and "Add Ability To Feign Interest In The Utterly Boring to your List of Accomplishments. You'll need tha...more
I however can't help but like a game that includes rep losses like "Deduct 10 intelligence points for failing, for the second time, to penetrate Darcy's Shield of Pride" and "Add Ability To Feign Interest In The Utterly Boring to your List of Accomplishments. You'll need tha...more
Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster is a fantastic interactive adventure, mashing up all of Austen's books. You play as Elizabeth Bennett and have to make choices at different story crossroads. Should you go ahead and marry Mr. Collins? Will you accept Darcy's invitation to dance? Your decisions affect you and your family's futures. While following the basic Pride & Prejudice story line, you also run into familiar faces from Mansfield Park, Emma, and even Becoming Jane. The format is fun...more
As a lover of all things Austen-related, I think the concept of this book is incredibly fun. I used to read "Choose Your Own Adventure" books when I was younger, so when I saw this book, I was thrilled. A Jane Austen-based Choose Your Own Adventure? Sign me up! In practice, though I was a little disappointed. I was hoping for the "make a decision, jump to page 52" type of thing, but there are a lot of things that you need to get out a pad of paper for, and I found this just slightly annoying. Ov...more
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