The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Hello everyone, this week I thought I'd let you all know about a fantastic online Jane Austen adaptation. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries were a Pride and Prejudice adaptation created by Hank Green and Bernie Su and featured on YouTube. It formed a series of video diaries by the main character Lizzie Bennet and eventually many spin off video diaries by other characters arose. 

This is a brilliantly planned and produced idea that recreates many of the original concepts of Pride and Prejudice in a modern and relevant way. It actually produced quite an addictive viewing experience for myself and I was very disappointed to see it end. This series was so successful it won an Emmy award for Original Interactive Program. It has also began fantastic careers for many of the actors and crew involved.

Fortunately for all the fans this is not the end of Hank Green's and Bernie Su's work. The next series to be produced was a work called Welcome to Sanditon. This was based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon. Because it was an unfinished novel this series featured a lot more viewer interaction which did make it a bit less popular than The Lizzie Bennet series. This adaptation revolved around Gigi Darcy (who also appeared in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries) and featured scenes with William Darcy (also from the original series).  This series has just finished and although it has not received any awards yet I keep my finger crossed for the future!

And what's next you ask? Well currently in production is the online adaptation of Emma! So get reading fans, hopefully we'll be seeing episodes soon! To investigate The Lizzie Bennet Diaries for yourself follow this link, http://youtu.be/KisuGP2lcPs 

But be warned, addictive is just the beginning. Hopefully you enjoyed reading about some more of my addictions. Until next time,

Catherine.