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   FranL

   July 11, 2017

   I definitely see the parallel’s between North and South and Pride and Prejudice but I think calling N&S an “adaptation” is a little misleading. It’s a totally independent work and Gaskell’ s scope was much more broad than Austen’s. That said, I would still recommend N&S to a P&P fan, because there are a lot of parallels in terms of the central relationship.

   Good calls on the recommendations of Longburn and Death Comes to Pemberly. Both are some of the best Austen fan fiction I’ve read.

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   Much ado about Little Women

   July 14, 2017

   Loved Death comes to Pemberley! Haven’t read the rest, except for North and South which admittedly I didn’t like anywhere near Pride and Prejudice (still a great novel, but just not one I’d pick up for a re-read every year, which P&P is). I have yet to read a P&P fanfic that I’ve truly fallen in love with. Oh, I have read Bridget Jones after watching the movie, but didn’t like it as much as the film (Renee and Colin made the story I think!).

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   Andrea Lundgren

   July 14, 2017

   I actually did pick up Eligible and found it nothing like Pride and Prejudice. It was just too hard to picture Elizabeth having “hate-sex” with Darcy and all the other twists that were done to make the story fit a modern society. The plot was more or less the same, from what I skimmed, but I didn’t feel like the characters were that close at all. Personally, I feel like some of the YA fiction, like “How To Keep A Boy From Kissing You,” did a better job of adapting Jane, as the characters were unique but similar enough to be amusing (but that was a retake on Emma, not Pride and Prejudice).

   What were your thoughts on Letters from Pemberley? Worth reading, or does it not feel that much “in character”?

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