For my first post in a long time I just had to share an article that I read this morning from the UK's Telegraph about several new film, TV, and book editions of Jane Austen's works:
Jane Austen to be the latest teenage sensation
Step aside Britney Spears. Movie moguls, television producers and publishers believe this year's teen hit will be the 19th-century "lit girl" Jane Austen....
Read the article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/04/nausten04.xml
Best line: "A spokesman for Waterstone's, Britain's biggest bookseller, predicted it would sell more copies of Austen's works than at any time since Colin Firth emerged from a lake during the BBC's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in 1995..."
Ah Colin Firth. Not sure how I feel about Anne Hathway as Jane Austen, though...
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Hey. I like Anne Hathaway. It's better than icky Renee Z. at B. Potter. And yes, I'm initialling so I don't have to spell. ;p
I like Anne Hathaway in general, but I'm always concerned when they choose an American actor to portray a British person.
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