Comments on: Romantic Classics and Why I Prefer Them in Film

By: Keira

Keira — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:53:06 +0000

First glitch in audio format – you really have to pay attention and not get interrupted 500 times. Restarting Emma again because my first hour to sit down with it was interrupted repeatedly… 500 is almost not an exaggeration hah. (Of course that could be for all audio books not just the classics.)

By: Isabel Roman

Isabel Roman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:33:00 +0000

I haven’t listened to Emma, but it really does depend on the reader. I looked on Recorded Books site and she got decent reviews, so you might be in luck. Let me know how the version is.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:49:29 +0000

I read somewhere that Emma will premiere on PBS in early 2010.

By: Keira

Keira — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:42:52 +0000

I forgot to bring your list with me to the library today Isabel – so I grabbed the first romance classic I saw right off the bat: Emma by Jane Austen. Have you listened to it? The reader is Victoria Morgan.

By: Keira

Keira — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:41:23 +0000

I want to see the new version of Emma so badly! I even went to BBC1′s website but no luck – gotta be in the UK. It looks so good. Anyone in the UK and seen it?

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:27 +0000

When Masterpiece had the Jane Austen fest, I was in love!!
Ahhh Sense and Sensibility! Another wonderful adaptation to screen and one I still have to read.

By: Isabel Roman

Isabel Roman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:38 +0000

Definitely try the audio. I’ve listend to many classics on audio and they were so so much easier to get through!Scarlet Pimpernel, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Pamela (Samuel Richardson). Actually that was really hard to get through and I’m not sure I did; I don’t remember the ending. Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence, and anything Russian.

With a large cast, or with names that aren’t ‘typical’ Anglo names, the audio is easier. You don’t have to struggle with pronounciation every cingle time it’s on the page.

By: Keira

Keira — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:15 +0000

Enchanting is indeed the word, Meghan. They sparkle on screen.

Katie — how about Sense and Sensibility? I’ve watched those a hundred times too. (Both Emma Thompson’s and the 2008 version.) I had planned to read it after P&P, but I couldn’t bring myself to pick it up.

I was talking with a friend on instant messenger and we were comparing my love for Georgette Heyer with classics. The conclusion was drawn that Heyer while dripping in funny language and sentence structures was 1) more modern and therefore 2) more easily understood. What does everyone here think?

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:52:41 +0000

I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice, but the amount of times I have watched the 1995 Colin Firth version and the one that came out a few years ago feels like I’ve read the book.

After watching these classic novels come to life on the big screen you want to go read them.

PBS Masterpiece Theater is one of the best things to come out of television. The amount of classics I have watched there is too numerous to count.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:03:48 +0000

Well, I do prefer the books, but wouldn’t think less of anyone for preferring movies. There is something about seeing the stories on the screen that is enchanting. Just not the same as reading their words for myself is all!