Police vow crackdown on Jane Austen ‘coquette’ culture
Young ladies are falling out of assembly rooms at night, a giggling mass of fluttering fans and heaving bosoms in tight corsets.
Posted: Nov 9th, 2009
More from Arts/Entertainment, UK News
Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice’
New ITV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to be screened over 240 consecutive nights
Leading independent broadcaster ITV has announced a new and exciting interpretation of the classic Jane Austen work to fit in with new broadcasting rules announced by the government yesterday.
The full show will total two hours but will be ‘pithy, punchy and relevant to today’s audience’, and shown in 30 second episodes between all the adverts.
Posted: Sep 21st, 2009
More from News In Brief
Great literature to be ‘Twittered’
Plans are believed to be at an advanced stage for great works of literature to be published on Twitter in a ‘twittered’ form. Sources inside the company say classic books, plays and poems are being pared to the minimum for distribution as ‘tweets’ as part of a new LitTwit service. The service is based on the premise that people no longer have the time these days for reading page after page of long words, particularly when they are so busy on Twitter.
Posted: Apr 12th, 2009
More from Science/Technology
Loading...