My dearest Elizabeth Bennet has been popping up all over the place recently. The Lizzie trend has manifested itself in numerous ways.
Now, if I went on to talk abt all the P&P themed things I own (poster of the entire book
in very small font,
bag,
tee shirt, etc.) it would never end... but here are the worldwide trends at the moment.
3) Earlier this summer there was a
New York Times article about the Jane-craze that included a board game with paper dolls (!!!) and discussed the "Janeiac" and Lizzie.
On screen -
1) The Lizzie Bennet Diaries started over a year ago ended in March :( Luckily for fans, the awesome web series recently
won an Emmy! LBD is a vlog told by Lizzie Bennet, a grad student who still lives with her parents and sisters. It is a wonderful retelling of a classic story, by Hank Green and Bernie Su.
And guess what... they're making an
Emma series next! I can't wait!
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2) Austenland is a wonderfully silly book that came out in 2007 -- I was so excited to hear that they were making a
movie! It came out last month, and I haven't seen it yet, but I wouldn't expect much other than some laughs from what I've read in reviews.
3) Even better than that movie will be the
BBC series coming to the UK in December (It'll be on PBS Masterpiece in the US, I'm just not sure about when yet... trust me, I'll let you know!) --
Death Comes to Pemberley. It is based on the book of the same name by P.D. James. I'm also super excited that Jenna Louise Coleman of
Doctor Who is
part of the cast (even if she is Lydia Wickham)!
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So what does this mean, now that Lizzie is showing up in a seeming outburst of a trend? Elizabeth Bennet is not a passing character. She is here to stay. The amazing thing is how everyone connects to her, each century, and in new ways. People truly care about Lizzie, enough to give her new life in different forms of media, whether its Lizzie vlogging or living out her life with darcy in the midst of a murder...
Lizzie Bennet and the Modern Woman have found multiple ways to connect, and I don't think that will ever stop.