I’m not sure just how many different re-tellings I’ve read of Pride and Prejudice. At least six — Bridget Jones’ Diary, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Death Comes to Pemberly, a manga version of P & P, Longbourn, and Eligible — but really, I might have read a few more. I probably have. But this one stands out a bit for me, because I really felt like I knew the characters from watching the youtube videos. For those who are unaware, there was a delightful web series […]
Finally, I Understand Austin.
I’ve never liked Jane Austin. There, I’ve admitted it. Take away my woman card, since damn near every one I’ve ever met adores the writer and, specifically, the character of Darcy. I read Pride and Prejudice in high school and I just didn’t get it. Darcy wasn’t dreamy; he was an ass. Or maybe I’m just too pragmatic for my own good, even at 16? I have no idea. A year and a half ago, a friend started bugging me about this web series based off […]
I’ll save you having to read this review: Just go watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube. I mean it. GO!
Okay, now when you’re done with that, come back and read this review. And then maybe get yourself a copy of The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet and snuggle up in your reading chair for a couple of hours. What this book is, basically, is an adaptation of a YouTube series, which is itself a modern day adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, told in interactive vlog-form (there are additional in-world videos, Tumblrs, and Twitter accounts, and if you watched live, you could interact with […]
In which I geek out about the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and this spin-off book
4.5 stars On the 30th of April 2012, internet geek goddess Felicia Day recommended a new YouTube series called The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on her YouTube-series The Flog. As a huge fan of most things Austen (I just can’t with Mansfield Park, it’s so boring), and as someone very interested in modern adaptations of classical works, not to mention willing to trust Felicia Day as I monthly tune in to her Vaginal Fantasy book club, I decided to check this thing out. I didn’t really have a lot of experience with vlogs as a medium. With the […]