Oh, I love silly Austen things. This was clever-ish in a cute way, and I'm sending it to my friends. posted by purpletangerine at 3:40 PM on December 9, 2008
Mrs. Bennet looks astonished.
Miss Kochanski decides to have a look.
Mr. Kryten is driving a tank! posted by Smart Dalek at 3:40 PM on December 9, 2008 [5 favorites]
"Mrs. Bennet joined the group Widows of Men Killed in Duels." posted by freshwater_pr0n at 3:51 PM on December 9, 2008
Love. Love! posted by AV at 4:00 PM on December 9, 2008
It's P&Pbook. If only it had things like:
Henry Tilney knows muslins.
Fanny Price disapproves of home theatrics.
Augusta Elton adores strawberries.
Mary Musgrove does like long walks. posted by Katherine Kimber at 4:00 PM on December 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
But it did make me smile. I like it. posted by Katherine Kimber at 4:01 PM on December 9, 2008
Is this something I would have to have a corset to understand? posted by jbickers at 4:11 PM on December 9, 2008
These are pretty great, but would be more authentic in reverse. posted by Korou at 5:19 PM on December 9, 2008
Admittedly, an assured setup for spoilers. posted by Korou at 5:20 PM on December 9, 2008
omfg. that was awesome! posted by liza at 5:22 PM on December 9, 2008
They tried to make one of these with war and peace but everyone got banned from facebook for having like 4 accounts each.
Princess Drubetskaya is now Anna Mikhaylovna
Count Bezukhov is now Kyril Vladimirovich
Nicholas has poked Natasha
Natasha has waltzed with Kolya
Kolya has posted on Nikolai's wall: "WTF R U ME"
Natalya builds a bonfire and Sonya plays with it
These are pretty great, but would be more authentic in reverse.
The author notes at the bottom: "Yes, the news feed should go in reverse, but this makes for easier reading. :)" posted by cerebus19 at 5:50 PM on December 9, 2008
Very cute. Thanks! posted by chihiro at 6:22 PM on December 9, 2008
Metafilter: has suggestions about your domestic felicity. posted by odinsdream at 6:30 PM on December 9, 2008
This is really very good. posted by Tehanu at 6:49 PM on December 9, 2008
I think "_____ wrote on ______'s wall" would have been a good approximation of correspondence sent by the characters. Very funny, still. posted by Rarebit Fiend at 7:29 PM on December 9, 2008
The Hamlet one posted by CheeseDigestsAll is way funnier, but then again, I am someone who suffered through Pride and Prejudice instead of developing an affection for it in high school English. posted by aliceinreality at 7:48 PM on December 9, 2008
Can I get some hint on what this is based on so I can get in on the joke? posted by tehloki at 7:54 PM on December 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
Oh. It's in the tags. So that's what they're for. I'll be over here, being dumb. posted by tehloki at 7:54 PM on December 9, 2008 [2 favorites]
cerebus19: The author notes at the bottom: "Yes, the news feed should go in reverse, but this makes for easier reading. :)"
I missed that! posted by Korou at 8:08 PM on December 9, 2008
The Hamlet one posted by CheeseDigestsAll is way funnier, but then again, I am someone who suffered through Pride and Prejudice instead of developing an affection for it in high school English.
Oddly enough, I remember absolutely *hating* the book in high school, but I was very much in my Orwell/Huxley dystopian phase at the time. I recently re-discovered the book after watching the 1995 BBC miniseries that was broadcast on PBS earlier this year. Now all of a sudden I've gone all Austencrazy. Of course, it helps that there a tons of screen versions of the novels to compare, and that all the books are available online through Project Gutenberg. posted by DiscourseMarker at 9:55 PM on December 9, 2008
I would have liked to be able to click through to their profiles and etching albums. posted by b33j at 1:29 AM on December 10, 2008
Needs more Emma. posted by Eideteker at 6:58 AM on December 10, 2008
For the record, I actually like the Austen parody, but I thought it was worth giving credit to Sarah Schmelling. posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 7:10 AM on December 10, 2008
I have never understood why I can't finish a Jane Austen novel. I love Dostoyevsky and Balzac, and they're basically the same sort of thing. But I pick up Pride and Prejudice, and get to page 60 or so, and suddenly it's the next morning, and I wake up naked in the wolf paddock at the zoo. Weird. posted by steef at 10:07 AM on December 10, 2008
Are "Facebook Stories" becoming a new thing? AH! posted by interweber at 1:11 PM on December 11, 2008
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