Humor / Satire
Date Published: September 2017
What college girl doesn’t dream of meeting Mr. Darcy? Lizzie was certainly no exception. But when Darcy Fitzwilliam comes into her life, he turns out to be every bit as aggravating as Elizabeth Bennett’s Fitzwilliam Darcy. So what’s a modern girl to do?
Jeanette Watts’ satire pokes loving fun at Jane and all of us who worship the characters who shall forever be our romantic ideals.
Excerpt:
I’ve been
thinking about my conversation with Professor Jacobson over and over. The thing about formulas and people. It makes a certain kind of sense, but does it
lack a romantic sensibility?
Ha! Sense and Sensibility!
This is the
second time that Professor Jacobson has me thinking about S&S. Well,
if I’m no Lizzie Bennett, there are worse things in life than being a Marianne
Dashwood. She had youth and beauty and
high spirits. She wasn’t good at the
dating thing, either, and overlooked the better man at first. Why was that?
Did Colonel Brandon seem unromantic at first impression?
Even though I’ve
got an assignment due in Spanish, as well as the inevitable calc and chem
homework, I grabbed Sense and Sensibility to take with me to read while
I went to dinner. I wanted to read everything in the book about Colonel
Brandon.
Anne spotted me
in the dining hall while I was halfway through a tuna sandwich and a really big
pile of potato chips. “Hey, Roomie.” She
slid her cafeteria tray onto the table across from me and plopped her book bag
down beside it. “You having a really bad
day?”
“Um, no I don’t
think so, why?” I asked.
“Usually, if
you’re having a bad day, you pick up Jane Austen and read a little something
before you start to study. Since instead
of sitting here doing your homework, you’re sitting here reading Jane Austen, I
take it you had an exceptionally bad day today.”
About the Author
Jeanette Watts had been writing historic fiction when the inspiration for Jane Austen Lied to Me hit her on the drive home from the Jane Austen Festival. The idea was simply irresistible, and she put aside other writing projects in order to focus on writing a satire, thinking it would be a "mental vacation." It turned out to take every bit as much research to write a modern story as it does to write a historical one.
She has written television commercials, marketing newspapers, stage melodramas, four screenplays, three novels, and a textbook on waltzing. When she isn’t writing, she teaches social ballroom dances, refinishes various parts of her house, and sews historical costumes. She has just relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina and is loving her new home town.
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