There's a trend in pop-culture that has come to my attention, Jane Austen. Jane Austen's novels are available everywhere (with multiple covers). In addition one can find movies (or multiple movies) for each book, ie Emma, Pride & Prejudice, etc. Then there are the movies based on the central plots of the books a la Clueless and Bridget Jones' Diary. Now we can't forget the spin off books, Chronicles of the Darcy Family, Mrs. Darcy's Dilemma and so on and so on. Then there are novels that claim to be based on Jane Austen's novels. Stories that basically take the plot of an Austen novel and modernize it and add some kind of twist. I love Pride & Prejudice and like some of the others. I am amazed at the liberties people take with her 6 relatively short novels, the "sequels" they write. I think what is particularly amazing is how popular and what a craze one woman's relatively limited work has prompted. Sure there the central themes of the novels can be related to in any time period and Mr. Darcy is very gallant and dashing but, why such an obsession? I think what really gets me is the supernatural Jane Austen books: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and one I saw recently where Jane Austen is a vampire. I think that let's us know that the "craze" has reached a whole new level. Now, I have read Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and the zombies added action to the novel that really enhanced it in my opinion. The core of the story remained the same but the plot sped along more quickly that without them.
Okay, whole point of this post was to verbalize a trend I've noticed in pop-culture. I hope this is no one's big project, sorry if it is. But if it isn't I think it totally could be...next year. :)
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