By the Bel: Austen in August
It is August… therefore it must be Austen.
I’ve been watching the videos of Misty the Book Rat for what must be almost a year… because I began hearing about an event on her blog called Austen in August, (Which would be Jane in June but yeah life etc) after giving myself the gift of faster Internet. Misty is a darling, and she goes all out for her events. She is a huge Jane Austen fan, and who can blame her?
They’re not classed as classics because they’re rubbish.
BTW Here is your official invitation…
Anyway, as a non-connected post but wanting to promote her event, I wanted to share with you two ways you can enjoy Austen in August if you’re like me, and find the thought of reading a classic novel cover to cover a little daunting (imagine a future where Twilight is considered a classic novel ~shiver~).
I can consume a ridiculous number of hours on YouTube… I’ll bet you can too. Search for the Lizzie Bennet Diaries on youtube… Or better yet click on the link here…
(Please remember to set the videos to oldest to newest so you can go riiiiiight back to the beginning)
This is a modernisation of Pride and Prejudice in vlog format. I kid you not. It runs for 100 episodes (not including the Q&A videos) and you can get the gist of P&P from these bite sized, easy to digest, completely consumable clips. I wanna know where they got the hotties from… Meow!
If being glued to the computer doesn’t grab you then how about DVD’s?
Lost in Austen is another warped spin on P&P in TV Mini Series format from 2008.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117666/
Modern day Amanda Price swaps places with Elizabeth Bennet through her bathroom wall. Amanda, who happens to be obsessed with P&P, is a breath of fresh air for the Bennet family, and a kick to the crotch for Mr Darcy… which was quite fun I must say.
If you were lucky like I was to find the special edition packaging of this DVD set, you get your discs in the back of a completely charming teal diary.
Let me know in the comments if there are any other ways you like to consume your Austen in August, or any other month for that matter.
*Marianne says: you might want to watch out for this upcoming movie too, produced by none other than Stephenie Myer:
