Northanger Abbey (Image from Wikipedia ) If Jane Austen is right (and she most certainly is), then my past 25 years as a sort-of 'historian' have been . . . well judge 'sort of' for yourself based on how the young Miss Eleanor Tilney responds when the equally young Miss Catherine Morland, heroine of...

This is another Dress-Down Friday for February 27, 2009. Knowing my constant use of the social network twitter, my friend Cate send this: It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a video from Rocketbook - here’s a little something on advertising: One thing that really stands out...

There are certain truths the reader may not know about me, which may come as a surprise. One such truth is that I love Jane Austen. I find her to be smart, candid, often hysterical and poignant (especially when writing conversations). More than all, I feel as if she understands it. (Whatever it...

If you're the type of person who always thought the works of Jane Austen needed a little extra oomph, then have we got some news! Elton John's Rocket Pictures has set up Pride and Predator , an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice... but one where an alien monster runs aro...

Elton John's Rocket Pictures has begun production on Pride and Predator: a cinematic adaptation of a Jane Austen novel that deviates wildly "from the traditional period costume drama when an alien crash lands and begins to butcher the mannered protags, who suddenly have more than marriage and inheri...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Braaaaaaains! Are you a zombie fan? Are you a Jane Austen fan? If you can answer “yes” to either of these questions, there’s a treat in store for you! Philly publisher Quirk Books has a new take on a classic read, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies . Ye...

Just as the PBS showing of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on Masterpiece Classic tonight is a re-broadcast, so is this a re- liveblog . So warning, SPOILERS AHEAD. Read ahead at your own risk ;)See you next week for Chazz Dickens-mania! SO I've been thinking about the idea of the two film versi...

When I describe the influence of Jane Austen on Joanne Rowling to lecture audiences, my pet phrase is that a good way for them to understand the Harry Potter novels is as “Pride and Prejudice with wands.” This hyperbole is more true than not because (1) the Hogwarts Adventures feature na...

Just as the PBS showing of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility on Masterpiece Classic tonight is a re-broadcast, so is this a re- liveblog . So warning, SPOILERS AHEAD. Read ahead at your own risk ;) 9pm. Here goes. I'm counting the laughs throughout the evening to see if Davies accurately nails Aus...

What is the fucking deal with zombies? I swear, sometimes it feels like the world has gone zombie-crazy. Everybody’s talking zombies. Zombies this, zombies that. Zombies, zombies, zombies. I don’t get it. Why, just today, I pounded my desk at work, lest I shout at the top of my lungs, &#...