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Well first of all she would write on a computer so there wouldn't be so many ink blots, and a line editor would change a lot of the grammar and spelling, but the plot editors would probably destroy all her work to make it "suitable for the reading public", which translated means profitable.P&P would have sex scenes.
S&S and MP would be a murder mysteries
NA would be a paranormal
Persuasion would probably be rejected totally by NY and eventually ePublished.
JMHO
Patg
Thank you my dear for dropping by. I see you had some wild imagining going on, thumbs up!I see Willoughby, the typical philandering charmer, as Joey Tribiani from 'Friends' with his catchy line-up "How you doin" many girls fell for that!
Capt. Wentworth will definitely not remain silent for being jilted the way he was two hundred years ago. He will react, how? I'm still thinking.
And instead of a letter, he'll probably write an sms, but Anne's surprise at seeing his number drives her too unstable that she drops the phone and breaks it; the sms is gone!
Darcy, classy Darcy, I keep imagining his second proposal in 21st version, but cannot find a most suitable version. He will probably have a sophisticated orchestra play "I still love you" before the Longbourn apartment...
Anyone to share their 'creative' wild Austenian versions?
Love this discussion. Asked myself the same question about Captain Wentworth (and mostly, what would make Anne give up the love of her life?) and so I wrote a book about it!If you're interested, I would love to discuss with you! (and nice to see real lovers of Persuasion, it shows excellent taste, obviously)
Isabelle
http://www.amazon.com/In-The-Past-Imp...
Patricia wrote: "Well first of all she would write on a computer so there wouldn't be so many ink blots, and a line editor would change a lot of the grammar and spelling, but the plot editors would probably destroy..."This is just a hoot!
Patricia wrote: "Well first of all she would write on a computer so there wouldn't be so many ink blots, and a line editor would change a lot of the grammar and spelling, but the plot editors would probably destroy..."*nods* I can just see all this happening!
Isabelle wrote: "Love this discussion. Asked myself the same question about Captain Wentworth (and mostly, what would make Anne give up the love of her life?) and so I wrote a book about it!If you're interested,..."
I would like to read this! Is it only available on Kindle? (I hope not ...)
So it is currently only available on Kindle or a Kindle app for whatever electronic device you might have (including a regular old laptop). I am looking into the possibility of getting it in regular old printed form!
Isabelle said: getting it in regular old printed form! >>
There is a format fee if you use Kindle or Smashwords. I had mine done with Pawprints and it was less than $100.
The stories would basically be the same, but the communications between characters would be more updated. None of it, however, would be as romantic as it is originally. Jane Austen wouldn't be Jane Austen.
I really don't see Jane writing in emoticoms, or LOL, she is much too genteel for that. Capt. Wentworth could have sent Anne an email, but there is none of that classic reading of it. It would have been too impersonal.I think I like the traditional Jane Austen versus the new computerized 21st century one you speak of.
Hannah wrote: "The stories would basically be the same, but the communications between characters would be more updated. None of it, however, would be as romantic as it is originally. Jane Austen wouldn't be Jane..."I agree with you, the stories won't change that much. The circumstances, the settings and as you said the conversations will be more 21st-century-like.
Robin wrote: "I really don't see Jane writing in emoticoms, or LOL, she is much too genteel for that. Capt. Wentworth could have sent Anne an email, but there is none of that classic reading of it. It would have..."Nah, the LOLs will be kept to her private emails with Cassandra, there comes out naughty Jane.
Capt. Wentworth's you pierce my soul will lose its magic in email.
I got this other 'wild' guess
From: Beth H Shaffer
Date: 2/29/2000 3:21 p.m.
How about Captain Wentworth?
"The ring of the phone pierces my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman to return calls. Absent I may have been, busy I have been, but never impolite. A message, a number will be enough to decide whether I return your call this evening or never..."
21st century to me!
Isabelle wrote: "Love this discussion. Asked myself the same question about Captain Wentworth (and mostly, what would make Anne give up the love of her life?) and so I wrote a book about it!If you're interested,..."
The book seems like a perfect read, at least to a Persuasion addict like myself, hope to be able to read it some time.
I am not so sure her style would be so much different in the 21st century. I think Austen's greatest talent was her observation of human character which really hasn't changed much. As an illustration here is an excerpt from Emma in which they are deciding if a room is clean and well kept enough for an event. The commentary is just as true in 2011 as it was in 1815...The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, "Men never know when things are dirty or not;" and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, "Women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares."
I agree, totally! But yeah, it never really crossed my mind before.
She would probably not be all too keen on emoticoms, but maybe she would use LOL on some of her quips on the sexes bantering back and forth, like Lizzie and Darcy at first.
LOL would probably be used by Lizzie when she first saw Darcy."He looks miserable poor self"
"Miserable he may be but poor he must certainly not"
"Tell me!"
"10.000 a years, and he owns half Derbyshire."
"The miserable half LOL"
Darcy would probably use in one of his haughty comments
I think she would avoid technology, but reach for simplicity... Forget letters - let's find their shorter, paper halves - perhaps a series of post-its leading Lizzie to Mr. Darcy and so on?
Funny, Ms. Sweetish, and Archee, both are probably plausible in this day and age. Would she go so far as being on you tube and proclaiming her love to all and sundry, I think not.
Another one with a relatively different perspective. All of us are dedicated Austenian devotees, part of it owes it to that 19th century allure, the bows, the courtesies, the dances, the chivalry and all that.
This got me thinking, what if our Jane had been a 21st century novelist? How would Pride and Prejudice turn out? How would Capt. Wentworth confess his love? Would Marianne react differently to Willoughby's desertion to her? Could Emma have detected her feelings towards Knightley earlier? What would a typical Willoughby be like (Wickham, Henry Crawford, John Thorpe)? And since Darcy's first was a failure, what could he possibly do to impress Lizzie? Would Elinor still be the same poised enduring person? Would Fanny put up with whatever she's gone through? Questions and speculations would go for an eternity.
I leave it to you to enrich the topic, set your wild imagination loose, we need to have the potential "Clueless" version for the rest of the novels (I loved the 'as if' )