Monthly Archives: May 2010
10,000 pounds a year…
After sitting back with a steaming cup of orange pekoe tea (it’s from Sri Lanka, did you know?) and a file of Pride and Prejudice fan fiction on my computer, I soon got drawn in. Lavish modern scenes were thrown … Continue reading
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Caroline’s Letter to Lucy
Caroline Bingley, it seems, is often hard done by in Pride and Prejudice. What’s really going on in her mind when she shuns the Bennet girls? Why is she so jealous of Elizabeth? Is there anything nice actually going through … Continue reading
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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet- Book Review
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet- Collen McCullough (2008)
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Q&A with Marilla Wex
Marilla Wex, an actor, stand-up comedian and website builder, recently performed in the Grand Theatre’s (London, Ontario) production of Pride and Prejudice as Charlotte Lucas. The 40-year-old, born in Stratford-On-Avon, UK, said that: “Being an actor was all I ever wanted to be from the age … Continue reading
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Was Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ based on Pride and Prejudice?
I actually like this 2008 song. It’s a bit too cheesy, a bit too country and a bit too girly-girly for my usual tastes, but something about it makes me sing along to the chorus and get a bit wrapped … Continue reading
Filed under A good find, Discussion, Movie Review
More Pride and Prejudice, and Austen, advertisements
After my previous post about Pride and Prej being used to sell condoms, I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled more than ever. As a result, I stumbled across this advertisement on Facebook (of course, it caught my eye, and I … Continue reading
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Pride and Prejudice and condoms
For bad advertising, read this post: “Regency Condoms” In August 2009, Trojan thought it would be a good idea to take our favourite Austen novel, mash together some of the famous lines and come up with a “Trojan 2Go” condom advertisement. I … Continue reading
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Pride and Prejudice in unexpected places
If you’re anything like my entire friendship group and I, you will see shreds of Pride and Prejudice pop up everywhere. And I’m not just talking about the all-time overused (but still squeal worthy) insertion of “It is a truth … Continue reading
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Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
“The only way to get a man like Mr. Darcy is to make him up”- ‘Jane Austen’ fictionalized in Miss Austen Regrets Before I say that I loved this little dramatized biography of Austen’s life (directed by Jeremy Lovering), I … Continue reading
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