Posts tagged lit
Sarah's Tumblr (Sometimes Grumblr)
Reese Witherspoon is executive producing an updated version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations. The CW spin focuses on a girl who wants to make it big in San Francisco but who is quickly disillusioned about making it in a city. When she’s about to give up, a mysterious and wealthy benefactor comes to her rescue.
The How-To Issue: How to Read a Victorian Novel
a somewhat tongue-in-cheek contribution to the How-To Issue Tumblr
First of all, don’t listen to anyone who tells you not to. Middlemarch “kills book clubs”? Please! Unlike some highly-regarded classics, these novels were written to be read—by all of us.
But you do need…
(via the-how-to)
If you haven’t rented Lost in Austen yet (and you’re not a total purist) then do it! Or come on over and watch it at my place, it was my birthday present from @Swvl.
(Source: previouslygillany, via fuckyeahjaneites)
Porn Lit: Why the S&M "50 Shades of Gray" Is Freaking Everyone Out
Me and mommy porn, together forever.
Mr C and Lady C and Mrs. E weigh in on the royal wedding.
(via Sparrowpost on Yfrog—the most ridiculous lit mash-up yet?)
Austen, like Jesus, is most misunderstood and misrepresented by those who claim to love her best…
