Happy 200th Birthday "Pride and Prejudice"

[samhy]

Originally Posted by HarryT

You really should read P&P - it's extremely witty.

I agree that it's witty and I was surprised by that given the century it was written (well, I used to think that way, I don't anymore ).
That is a great book and I wish it will still be read for years and years!

[Billi]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't. I'd be interested in it myself.

Hmm. Thanks for looking. I couldn't find anything myself after a not very thorough search.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Billi

Harry, do you have by chance a link to this internet broadcast?

It will be streamed here on Monday (the 28th)...
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/janeaustenreadathon/

[HarryT]

Thanks, Brian - much appreciated!

[tubemonkey]

Here's a page describing the event; but so far, the 'Readathon' links, link directly to this page. I'm assuming those links will go active sometime before the reading.

Pride and Prejudice Readathon

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It will be streamed here on Monday (the 28th)...
http://www.janeausten.co.uk/janeaustenreadathon/

You beat me

[Billi]

Thanks, Brian.

Sorry, Monkey. Then you will have a third version to choose from.

[frahse]

I have enjoyed the movie versions of P&P as well.

I would recommend them all as most are very well done and I can't sort them out, off the top of my head right now.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Billi

Thanks, Brian.

Sorry, Monkey. Then you will have a third version to choose from.

Only if they allow for later on-demand listening. Otherwise, it's a no go.

[frahse]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Monday marks the 200th anniversary of the initial 1813 publication of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice":

it spawned a zombie spin-off.

What?

What is the name or how can you find it?

[Billi]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_a...ce_and_Zombies

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Billi

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_a...ce_and_Zombies

The same author as Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter and Unholy Night
Unholy Night takes a different look at the Three Wise Men.
Apache

[faithbw]

Originally Posted by samhy

I agree that it's witty and I was surprised by that given the century it was written (well, I used to think that way, I don't anymore ).
That is a great book and I wish it will still be read for years and years!

Most of Austen's books are witty. That's one of the great features of her writing. P&P is my second favorite Austen novel (behind Persuasion).

Originally Posted by frahse

I have enjoyed the movie versions of P&P as well.

I would recommend them all as most are very well done and I can't sort them out, off the top of my head right now.

My personal favorite is the '95 BBC version. I just adore it! The 1980 BBC version is good too. It's probably closer to the book than other versions. However, some fans consider it a little stilted. I think the worse one is the 2005 version with Keira Knightly. So many Austen fan consider that movie an abomination. The cinematography is wonderful but the film honestly has more of a Bronte feel than an Austen feel.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by faithbw

My personal favorite is the '95 BBC version. I just adore it!

Yes, the 6-part series. I agree. Superb. Of course you can do an awful lot more in a 6h series than a 90-minute film. P&P is not an easy novel to do justice to in a visual medium, because so much of the book is Elizabeth's feelings about things, rather than visual action.

[Jozawun]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Its basic plot is of course that of a love story, but it's not a soppy girly sort of story. I'm no fan of that kind of thing myself, and I think it's a wonderful book. It's the characters who make it such a good story: Mr Collins, the obsequious clergyman, the ghastly Mrs Bennett, and of course the seemingly appalling Mr Darcy. It's just a great book.

And, of course, the equally appalling Elizabeth.
That, of course, is the major point of the book - everybody suffers from "P&P" (except the soppy Jane and her soppy bloke), especially when they think they don't.
It is a very subtle book, constructed like a set of Chinese boxes.
JA was definitely a "oncer" though; the rest of her stuff just reads like a boring version of Georgette Heyer.