The Telegraph notices the late Austen renaissance
An article in The Telegraph points out the recent spate of paraliterature referencing Jane Austen’s novels, as well as the upcoming films based upon her novels.
Emma Tennant certainly started something when she wrote Pemberley, a sequel to Pride And Prejudice, in 1993.
Since then many authors, usually American women, have used Jane Austen’s characters to amuse themselves - if not lovers of English literature. Their works include Darcy and Elizabeth, An Assembly Such as This, Letters from Pemberley, More Letters from Pemberley and Vanity and Vexation. Pride and Prescience, published in February, is even billed as “a Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery”.
The latest addition to this sub-genre, published last month in America, is Linda Berdoll’s Mr Darcy takes a Wife. The sequel, according to one book-seller in Wisconsin, “is laced throughout with sensuality and intrigue”.
Meanwhile, two further film adaptations of the novel are in the works: Pride and Prejudice has a screenplay by the British novelist Deborah Moggach whereas Bride and Prejudice is a Bollywood version by Gurinder Chadha who directed Bend It Like Beckham.
July 28th, 2004 at 9:15 am
“Pride and Prescience, published in February, is even billed as â??a Mr & Mrs Darcy Mystery”.”
Anyone have opinions on this book? I had never heard of it before, and the reviews at Amazon all seem pretty good.
July 28th, 2004 at 3:31 pm
I haven’t read it yet. I’m kinda burned out on P&P sequels at the moment.