Emma Approved

(Review of the Youtube series)

“I am Emma Woodhouse.”

Emma Approved, the follow-up to the smash hit The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, is, as you might have guessed, a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma.

Death Comes to Pemberley: Miniseries Review

“It is my sad duty to inform you all that death came to Pemberley last night.”

Warning: this is going to be a very negative review. If you’re not in a mood to read what basically amounts to 1000 words of bitching about how awful this miniseries is, please don’t bother reading it. (Largely but not entirely spoiler free.)

Doux News: June 29, 2014

This Week: Katniss and Kindle – North Hanger A-B – Pride and Prejudice – Sense and Sensibility – Persuasion

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a human in possession of an armchair must be in want of a cat. For that reason did the bondswoman solicit my services, so many years past, and I maintain that I have performed my duties, and indulged what meager pleasure came my way, with the benevolent panache appropriate to an officer and a gentlecat.

Book Review: Pride and Prejudice

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

Once upon a time, Colin Firth dove into a lake and convinced millions of women (and some men, I would think) to pick up a book. Not just any book, but a book that is two hundred years old and is consistently listed as one of the great books in English.

Pride and Prejudice

Books | Movies |
Television |

Pride and Prejudice, one of the most popular novels and best known love stories in English, has been portrayed often in popular culture. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of its initial publishing, Sunbunny, ChrisB, and Juliette review all things Pride and Prejudice -- books, movies, television and some of the stories it inspired.

Books

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice by ChrisB
Grange, Amanda. Mr. Darcy's Diary by ChrisB
Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's Diary by Juliette

Movies

Persuasion (1995, 2007 and 2022 movies) by ChrisB
Pride and Prejudice (1940) by sunbunny
Pride and Prejudice (2005) by sunbunny
Bride and Prejudice by ChrisB
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries by ChrisB
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by sunbunny

Television

Pride and Prejudice (1980 miniseries) by ChrisB

Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries) by ChrisB and sunbunny
-- Episode 1 by sunbunny
-- Episode 2 by ChrisB
-- Episode 3 by ChrisB
-- Episode 4 by sunbunny
-- Episode 5 by sunbunny
-- Episode 6 by ChrisB

Lost in Austen by sunbunny
-- Episode 1
-- Episode 2
-- Episode 3
-- Episode 4

Sense and Sensibility (2008 miniseries) by sunbunny

Death Comes to Pemberley (2014 miniseries) by sunbunny

Emma Approved (Youtube series) by sunbunny