Wit Beyond Measure

This week Catrina and Elle read two Pride and Prejudice modern adaptations. One a modern romance set in Cincinnati, and the other a Young Adult novel in Bushwick.
Elle reads the rom-com, Bachelor inspired retelling Eligible. It follows Liz Bennet in her late 30's as she deals with her family drama, a reality show star arriving in town, and her sister's pregnancy. To top it off, she runs into a prideful new surgeon she can't seem to get out of her head.
Catrina reads the hit YA novel Pride. Zuri Benitez, loves her family and her loud, colorful, close-knit neighborhood. Enter the Darcy family who have turned the most run down house in the neighborhood into a mansion. What happens when Zuri and the arrogant Darius Darcy start clashing?

This week Catrina and Elle take a look at Pride and Prejudice from a different point of view. Well, actually, two different points of view. We have moved on from film adaptations to looking at a few book adaptations.
Catrina tackled "The Other Bennet Sister" by Janice Hadlow. This novel takes readers through most of the events of Pride and Prejudice through Mary Bennet's point of view. However, this book goes far beyond P&P's happy ending. Don't worry though, Catrina won't spoil a thing.
Elle takes a look at "Mr. Darcy's Diary" by Amanda Grange. This book follows the original text very closely, so there aren't too many spoilers to be had, however there is certainly a lot of insight into our favorite romantic hero.
Both books are available for purchase in our bookshop store - https://bookshop.org/shop/booksnbull

Who's your Darcy? Do you prefer a 6-part mini series, or a gorgeous romantic period film? Which is your favorite, the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice mini-series, or the 2005 Joe Wright Pride and Prejudice film?
This is the second half of Catrina and Elle's discussion of these two film adaptations. They continue to discuss their favorite parts, their least favorite parts, and what each did well. While there isn't any fighting, Catrina does have an interesting theory about Mr Darcy preferences.
Part 2 focuses mostly on the 2005 version.
This episode also mentions Abby Cox youtube video discussing the costuming of Pride and Prejudice 2005 - link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bVXmS20Teg&t=1s

Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 46-51

Ungovernable Lydia + Sketchy Wickham = Trouble for the Bennets

Letters, letters, letters. So. Many. Letters! Why, you ask? Because Lydia has absconded with Wickham in the night! (GASP) She believes she’s going to Scotland to be married to him, but there's no proof of this and the structure of the Bennet’s domesticity is destabilized.

Lizzy’s trip is cut short, Mrs. Bennet is teetering on the edge of insanity (more than usual), Mr. Bennet is run off to find the lovers, Kitty and Mary are, well, Kitty and Mary, and Jane is carrying the brunt of the stress on her shoulders. How could this possibly be resolved? What are people going to say about the entire affair?

Persuasion Chapters 5-8
Everything is fine, perfectly fine, right Anne? Sure your ex is hanging around. A lot, actually. He is always around. What's up with that? Oh, he is also flirting with your sisters-in-law. Yeah, it's fine. It's fine. Everything is totally fine.
This week Elle and Catrina go through all the drama that has been happening around Anne Elliot. Wentworth comes around, and Anne has to face him for the first time since breaking his heart. We're sure it's going to be just fine. Right?
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