Normally we don’t get into posting the many, many music videos based on Jane Austen adaptations (because, as we said, there’s so darned many of ‘em) but this one, sent by Alert Janeite Angie, made us laugh.
…It is meant ironically, right? Of course it is. 
For all of you who were camping out for iPhones last week (not us; we’ll stick with our old pal Enrico) and need something to fill your 8G of memory, an unabridged audiobook of Pride and Prejudice is among the Top 100 podcasts on iTunes.
A free chapter-by-chapter reading of “Pride and Prejudice” and a series called “The Classic Tales Podcast,” featuring works by Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and Hardy, both made it onto iTunes’s top 100 podcasts list.
The podcasts, which are unabridged, aren’t exactly quick listens. “Pride and Prejudice” runs about six hours, while Plato’s “Republic” is even longer, at 375 minutes. While Hollywood actors are increasingly popping up on audiobooks, the voices on the podcasts are mostly those of no-name professional book readers.
If anyone downloads it, send a review! Thanks to Alert Janeite Lisa for the link.
We have extended the deadline of our contest to win a free copy of Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love by Patrice Hannon because it occurred to us that many of our Gentle Readers don’t read the blog on weekends. The new deadline is 10 p.m. ET, Monday, July 2; directions to enter at the link in this post.
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