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Carey Mulligan - Mulligan: 'Knightley is My Best Friend'
Caption: Carey Mulligan , Dominic Cooper and Emma Thompson Premiere of 'An Education' BFI 53rd London Film Festival London, England .... MULLIGAN: 'KNIGHTLEY IS MY BEST FRIEND' CAREY MULLIGAN counts KEIRA KNIGHTLEY as one of her dearest pals - even though she fell for her PRIDE & PREJUDICE co-star's beau RUPERT FRIEND on the film's set.
Brains for breakfast, brains for lunch--a review of The Living Dead
It seems everywhere today the favorite word is zombies: there are zombies in the theatres, with last month's release of the movie Zombieland , and in the bookstores, with last summer's rage for the hotly debated Zombified version of a Jane Austen Classic , and the upcoming cinematic adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z . Even the University of ...
Losing Lizzy in Lost in Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an Austen aficionado in possession of the ability to create her own Austen adventure, must want to analyze the many differences between her beloved Austen novel and the unusual adaptation in question.
At the Morgan, the Jane Austen Her Family Knew
Who would not wish for a close relative like Aunt Jane? In early 1817, the year she died, suffering, perhaps, from lymphoma and beginning work on a novel she became too ill to finish, Jane Austen wrote a letter to her 8-year-old niece, Cassandra.
The Morgan Library & Museum opens Exhibition on the Great - and...
The extraordinary life, work, and legacy of one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Jane Austen , are the focus of a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum from November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010.
Friday Fun: Jane Austen + Sea Monsters = WIN! [Confessions of a Science Librarian]
Friday Fun: Jane Austen + Sea Monsters = WIN! Category: friday fun Posted on: November 6, 2009 10:42 AM, by John Dupuis .
Ben H. Winters: I Write With Dead People: How to Collaborate With a Corpse
When it comes to fiction, paranormality is the new normal. The bestseller lists are crowded with vampires, werewolves, and ghouls of every description.
Rigler's book great for Austen addicts
Jane Austen fans can get their fix with "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict." Do you love Jane Austen? Are you addicted? Laurie Viera Rigler's book, "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict," is just that.
Zombie books you should be reading
Keeping up with zombie literature is important. An informed mind is not an undead mind, which is why I've compiled a baker's dozen zombie-related books for your reading pleasure.
AustenBlog . . . she's everywhere
Post-Halloween Q&A with Amanda Grange
Now that the Halloween costumes have been put away and everyone is lying around dazed in a sugar-rush letdown, we thought we would extend the celebrations a bit.
In her play "Lizzy, Darcy and Jane," British writer Joanna Norland puts an intriguing twist on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." Christina Mattatics will portray Elizabeth Bennett in 'Pride and Prejudice' at the Vintage Theater in Scranton.
It is a truth universally acknowledged - " as Jane Austen might begin - " that human beings like to look through, poke around and otherwise explore houses that are not their own.
Best of the bloodiest: Must-see zombie movies
Jesse Eisenberg, left, and Woody Harrelson are shown in a scene from, "Zombieland." They're dead, but they're alive.
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Screenwriters Sarah Williams and Kevin Hood take a minor incident in the life of Jane Austen and use it as the basis for a movie that imagines how the beloved English novelist came to write her most famous book, "Pride and Prejudice." Anne Hathaway plays the 19th century English author as a 20-year-old, before she was published.
Theater review | A witty 'Emma'
By Jane Austen, adapted by Rachel Atkins, Wednesday-Sunday through Nov. 22, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; $15-$40 . Theater review In her novel "Emma," Jane Austen describes the title character as "handsome, clever and rich ... with very little to distress or vex her." And therein lies the rub, and one tenet ...
Jane Austen classic to open Gallery 7 season
Aleshia Marston, Jenni Fischer, Mark Hammer and Mike Klemak perform in a scene from Gallery 7 Theatrea s upcoming production of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, adapted for the stage by Tom Wood.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
So this is a thing now, apparently, the 19th-century literary classic wackily spliced with modern monsters.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
With TV shows like HBOa s True Blood and films like Zombieland , vampires and zombies are dominating pop culture this year.
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Miss Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice Novel
Caroline Bingley or Miss Bingley is perhaps one of the most annoying characters in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice .
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