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March 4, 2013
Meta-ness abounds: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Parody
I’m no stranger to meta-ness—after all, I’m writing a science fiction novel about a disembodied Jane Austen finishing Sanditon and going on a book tour—but a parody of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries takes the cake. Any Janeite trolling the various popular Austen blogs should be familiar with TLBD, but if …
February 25, 2013
First-day cover Austen stamps arrived
Sometimes I doubt just how much of an Austen fan I am (my friends will shake their heads at this), but my joy in seeing these little stamps reassures me. It’s very much the same experience as seeing Jane’s portrait at the National Gallery. And just to be perverse, I …
February 13, 2013
My Particular Friend makes Austenprose list
Ack! I’ve been so preoccupied with revisiting an old programming project that I failed to see that My Particular Friend has been listed at austenprose.com as one of the top Jane Austen-inspired Books of 2012. It shares the mystery category with Shannon Hale’s Midnight in Austenland: A Novel. I’m doing my …
February 10, 2013
Death Come to Pemberley … and now the BBC
My husband alerted me to this: https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/30... Apparently Origin Pictures has been working on a script of P.D. James’ Death Comes to Pemberley, her continuation of Pride and Prejudice, mixed up with murder and with that rogue Wickham as the suspect. It’s a curious choice because I’ve met few Janeites …
February 4, 2013
The Stockbroker’s Clerk
The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk does not shine for me; it does not resonate. I am sorry, but that’s the way it is. I don’t deny that it has points of interest, but I’ve already alluded to these points in a previous story that was the topic of discussion …
January 31, 2013
Mr. Collins comes to Blandings
In this episode of the ITV Blandings series (Company for Gertrude), Janeites can spot David Bamber, whom we know as Mr. Collins from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries, play the role of Herr Schnellhund.
The Denver of the Secret Nine
Well, that’s what I’m calling the Denver chapter of the Wodehouse society for now, a reference the master used in several books: From Mating Season: And that, of course, was that. It was no good telling her that I would prefer not to touch young Thos with a ten-foot pole …
January 30, 2013
‘Pride And Prejudice’ Turns 200: A Cartoon Celebration : NPR
‘Pride And Prejudice’ Turns 200: A Cartoon Celebration : NPR.
Austen at Altitude banner
Here’s the official web banner for Austen at Altitude, a conference in Denver, Colorado on April 13, that coincides with the world premiere of a Jane Austen musical. Feel free to copy the banner for use on your own website and please link to this web page for more information: http://www.jasnadenverboulder.org/reg... …
January 28, 2013
Pride and Prejudice 1980 series
As part of the P&P Bicentenary Challenge, I recently watched the 1980 adaptation, starring Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet and David Rintoul as Fitzwilliam Darcy. (Well, to be precise, I mostly listened to it while building a B-17 model.) It’s a faithful adaptation (easy to do with five, 55-minute …
