Pride and Prejudice

Our Jane Austen Book and Movie Group will be discussing “the Austen book,” Pride and Prejudice, at their February 13 meeting.  The group is led by Avon Lake resident and serious Austen-phile Jen Snyder, and they’d love to have you join them.  It’s a Wednesday evening at 7 p.m.

March 12, also a Wednesday but at 6:30 p.m., the group will screen the 2006 movie with Keira Knightly, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sunderland and Judi Dench.  If you haven’t seen it, it’s an eye feast.  The movie will be shown in our MacMahan Room with state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment.

Beyond the wonders of Jane Austen’s writing and her sharp social observations, some of the fun of Austen is in the numerous adaptations of the story in modern novels and movies.  One of my favorites is Bride and Prejudice, a Bollywood version of the novel.  We have a copy here at the library and I heartily recommend checking it out for a cold winter night’s entertainment.  Along with the romance and humor, those scenes in tropical India are a delightful contrast to windy grey Cleveland in February.

 And then there’s this youtube version, with its literal take on Pride.