Winter 2020 Boston Austen Book Club - Ibi Zoboi's Pride and the Lizzie Bennet Diaries



A Year of Pride and Prejudice Series Finale: Winter 2020 Boston Austen Book Club, Sat, Mar 28 at 2:30pm

The Winter 2020 Meeting of the Boston Austen Book Club will be Saturday, March 28 at 2:30pm. We will meet at our usual spot, the Pleasant Cafe in Roslinale, MA. (Parking lot and public transportation access available.)

The "Year of Pride and Prejudice" Series Finale: Pride and Prejudice Comes to Young America

Since we had a long break between the Fall and Winter meetings, we will be discussing two works at the upcoming meeting: (1) the well-reviewed "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi, and (2) the acclaimed YouTube series, "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." Both works are interesting, modern, American takes on our beloved classic novel.

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Year of Pride and Prejudice Recap

Our year of Pride and Prejudice is almost over. I thought it would be good to review all that we have read for this thematic year.

  • Spring 2019: the Harvard edition of the annotated Pride and Prejudice, edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks
  • Summer 2019: the first two books in the Bridget Jones series, "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason"
  • Fall 2019: a modern take on P&P set in 2000s Pakistan, "Unmarriageable" by Soniah Kamal
  • Winter 2020: "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi and "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" serial video story

Lizzie Bennet Diary Links

Here are the links for "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries" and the spinoff series related to characters from P&P. Each video is pretty short, and you can easily watch them sequentially by clicking on the Playlist links, which are as follows:

More about the Boston Austen Book Club

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