
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Ashley Clements
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By:
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Bernie Su
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Kate Rorick
About this listen
A modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice based on the Emmy Award-winning phenomenon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
There is a great deal that goes into making a video blog. Lizzie Bennet should know, having become a YouTube sensation over the course of her year-long video diary project. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries chronicled Lizzie’s life as a twenty-four-year-old grad student, struggling under a mountain of student loans and living at home with her two sisters - beautiful Jane and reckless Lydia. What may have started as her grad student thesis grew into so much more, as the videos came to inform and reflect her life and that of her sisters. When rich, handsome Bing Lee comes to town, along with his stuck-up friend William Darcy, things really start to get interesting for the Bennets - and for Lizzie’s viewers. Suddenly Lizzie - who always considered herself a fairly normal young woman - was a public figure. But not everything happened on-screen. Luckily for us, Lizzie kept a secret diary.
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet provides more character introspection as only a book can, with revelatory details about the Bennet household, including Lizzie’s special relationship with her father, untold stories from Netherfield, Lizzie’s thoughts and fears about life after grad school and becoming an instant web celebrity.
Written by Bernie Su, the series’ executive producer, co-creator, head writer, and director, along with Kate Rorick, the novelist, TV writer, and consulting producer on the series, the novel features a journal-entry format and design, complementing the existing web series, while including plenty of fresh twists to delight fans and new readers alike. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet expands on the phenomenon that captivated a generation and reimagines the Pride and Prejudice story like it’s never been done before.
©2014 Bernie Su and Kate Rorick (P)2014 Simon & Schuster AudioI loved it.
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The performance by Ashley Clements is simply outstanding. I also liked that they addressed some of the criticisms of the show by opening the world to beyond the webcam.
What other book might you compare The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet to, and why?
The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet (well if Audible UK let you buy it...)
Which character – as performed by Ashley Clements – was your favourite?
My favourite character is always going to be Lizzie but I also love her Charlotte, Darcy and Gigi a lot
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The reconciliation between Lizzie and Lydia
Any additional comments?
Probably only worth it for big fans of the original web series but it deepens the original story about as much as it can given the diary format.
Entertaining extension of the original web series
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Amazing experience
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Dull
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