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Pride and Prejudice in the Twitterverse

May 31, 2009 by virgvv

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How would Austen’s most famous novel read if Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy forged their relationship on Twitter? Under the Mad Hat has answered that question with a clever retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice as a series of tweets. As a fellow writer, I appreciate the skill involved, and think it’s one of the funniest things I’ve read in ages.

I have to wonder—could this be where fan fiction is headed? Who has time to write 60-chapter adaptations of one’s favorite work, when one could simply tweet the whole thing?

Please note: The above Twitter profile for Mr. Darcy exists only in my fevered imagination and the file I created in Photoshop. There is a user called Darcy on Twitter, but I haven’t the foggiest idea who he/she is, except that it’s almost certainly not Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley.

Filed Under: Parodies and Other Fun Tagged With: elizabeth bennet, mr. darcy, pride and prejudice, tweet, twitter

Comments

  1. Phoebe Farley says

    June 16, 2009 at 7:51 am

    This Mr Darcy on Twitter is probably not the real Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley either, but he makes me laugh….
    http://twitter.com/DarcyToYou

    • Ginger says

      June 16, 2009 at 10:51 am

      Yes, that is delightfully droll.

  2. patricia gaye tapp says

    November 19, 2010 at 8:03 am

    so charming though-it should be.

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