Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict discussion

Until 2008, my only knowledge of Jane Austen was from an episode of "Red Dwarf."

I'm a relative newcomer to Jane Austen. I have to admit that for years my only knowledge of Jane Austen came from an episode of "Red Dwarf" in which, Lister, Kochanski, (I don't remember if Rimmer is in this episode) and Cat use the virtual reality game to visit "Pride and Prejudice Land." But Kryten is jealous that they've forgotten his anniversary and enters the game in a Russian T-72 tank and blows up the Bennet girls: http://youtu.be/TtrYvsaGNkA

I escaped Jane Austen in high school because I finagled my way out of senior English by combining my study period and lunch into a one-hour library where I did nothing but read science fiction. I had a vague knowledge that Jane Austen was a writer and maybe if pressed I knew she wrote Regency romances, but that would have been the extent of it.

I didn't know much about Austen either until I saw Pride and Prejudice (the one with Keira Knightley). After that I was a goner. I have to admit I haven't read all the books but I'm working on it. I have, however, read a lot of the time travel books that have surfaced recently, all using Jane Austen's works in their plot lines. The have been GREAT!!!

That's one of the reason's I joined this group. I read the book you're using as your display picture. The first and second one.

OH! And I've seen all the movies! Two versions of Emma and Pride&Prejudice :D

Janelba wrote: "OH! And I've seen all the movies! Two versions of Emma and Pride&Prejudice :D"

Have you seen Lost in Austen? It's available on Netflix and you can buy it Amazon and if you have the patience you can watch it on YouTube.

Of course I have! I LOVED it!! (I have all episodes on my computer).

Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group and fell in love with Austen in my late twenties. I haven't read all of them, but I'm working on it.

My confession: "I'm absolutely in love with Capitan Wentworth!!" Oh...if only he could be real! LOL!!!

My first encounter with Jane Austen was when I was in middle school and the movie version of Emma, with Gwyneth Paltrow, had just come out. Naturally, my sister and I saw it because we were always watching movies. Then later that year, my sister bought me the book Emma for Christmas. After that, I was a goner! My favorite novel is Pride and Prejudice, and not just my favorite Austen novel, but my favorite period.

My confession: If only Mr. Darcy were real...and looked exactly like Colin Firth!

Well....
I had watched the 2005 P&P when I was like 9 and liked it but didn't fully understand it obviously. Then I saw that many times again and also the series. Then I was slowly liking it. Grew a bit older and still liked it. Then the summer just gone I had to read it for school as we were going to study it. Well read it and then there was no going back. Since then re read it twice and now read S&S, persuasion, Emma and half way through NA and going to read MP - and been watching adaptations as well!!! Total Austenite now and only 16 so many years of Austen still to come.

My first confession would be that I know to many quotes from the books , particularly P&P, and for many of the adaptions (p&p 2005 and 1995 and Emma 1996 and many more) I can recite all the words along with the actors while I'm watching it ;S but I love being an Austenite.

Second Confession - I have brought Austen related items ;) such as a 'I'd rather be at Pemberley' jumper, a necklace and some other stuff ;)

And third confession ....
I want to find myself an Austen man who still treats me as the men used to treat the ladies!!! And I am becoming like Marianne and abandoning all hopes of happiness when I am only 16 ;)

But so pleased to discover Austen :D and so early in my life :)

Extra confession - in love with the Austen heroes so in love with fictional characters :S

I can also recite the words along with the actors; a habit that many people find very annoying, especially my mother!

Yes - why I try to watch them on my own ;)

Definitely!

My first encounter with Jane Austen was Pride and Prejudice (the french translation) when I was 15 or so. I found a 4 book box set a few years later, in English this time, and I was sooo excited!! I was in college then and I remember spending the whole weekend reading them; even though I had assignments to finish. I just couldn't put them down!

I still have that box set but I've bought several versions of them over the years, I re-read them so much that, after a while, they fall to pieces =/

They're my go-to-books for when I am between books, nothing beats curling up with Emma, Elizabeth or Fanny :)

I have never had an interest in, or like of Jane Austen; then, I read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Before, I had never really been one for the Jane Austen world, but when you add the ZOMBIES and sense of adventure, the original "Pride and Prejudice" becomes two different worlds. The "highly trained or the highly refined." I like the fact that the novel "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" stays true to the original feel, style, and world of Jane Austen.

Now, talking about the sequel, "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After" - Steve Hockensmith. I am about halfway through and this is what I think so far. I like the plot line, it is not my favorite but it is okay, but the big bummer is that Hockensmith does not keep the true writing style of Jane Austen/times when the original was written. The "P+P+Z: Dreadfully Ever After" is written in a modern style, like what you usually read in YA.

I've only read one and a half of her books. I've read Northanger Abbey and I'm currently reading sense and sensibility (BEST BOOK EVER!). I have seen a lot of movies though. I've seen one version of pride and prejudice (keira knightley and matthew macfadyen), one version of emma, two versions of sense and sensibility, two versions of persuasion (which I intend to read soon), and one version of northanger abbey.

And I've absolutely fallen in love with Colonel Brandon.

Just joined the group! I first discovered Jane Austen when I was about nine years old, and they covered Pride and Prejudice on Wishbone. Does anyone remember that show? Where the little Jack Russell Terrier dresses as literary figures and reenacts stories with humans? He played Mr. Darcy, and although the story isn't covered as well as it could have been with its half an hour format, I really liked it and it was always one of my favorite episodes.

Fast forward to my Freshman year of high school. A new movie called Bridget Jones's Diary was released in theaters, and since I liked Renee Zellweger and Britain, I went to see it with my family. We all loved it, and I was aware that I vaguely recognized the plot. It didn't take long to realize it's a modern adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. After that, I became obsessed with Colin Firth and watched the 1995 version (still my favorite). When the 2006 version with Keira Knightley came out, I began to watch all the Jane Austen adaptations, and before I knew it, I'd read all the books.

Confession: I sometimes fall into Jane Austen moods that last about six months, where I do nothing but watch Jane Austen adaptations, reread her books, and devour fan fiction. Right now I'm obviously in one of those moods and am rereading Sense and Sensibility.