Spending their time in rational employment
Singer/songwriter Rosie Bell decided that Jane Austen’s female characters need jobs, and did a little career counseling for the ladies.
Elizabeth Bennet is of course the most attractive young woman in English fiction – witty, intelligent and outspoken. She can play and sing, though not brilliantly (”more pleasing than capital”), that is, she can project her personality in performance. She can be lead singer of a rock band and will give great chat between the songs and wow them at interviews.
Of her four sisters, there is Jane Bennet who believes the best of everybody so she can be a much put upon social worker, who is careful not to be “judgemental”; Mary Bennet who mistakes jargon for knowledge so can teach Cultural Studies somewhere; while the noisy and flirtatious Lydia Bennet is a pole dancer in a club; and the insipid Kitty Bennet, always following her sister, runs the club’s cloakroom.
Rosie makes inspired choices for all the ladies in each of the novels. Do check out this hilarious post!
March 30th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
This is really funny and clever - thanks for the link! I particularly liked the descriptions of Lucy Steele, Fanny Price and Harriet Smith (strawbery’s indeed).
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Mary Bennet as a teacher of Cultural Studies is my personal favourite…