Dear Lizzie Bennet Diaries,

I love TV, but I'm finding that web series offer more bang for your buck as it were.  Shorter episodes but more often and more fun.  The one that really got me going this year was The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.  I have shared it with others, but not that many have caught on.  So let me just take this opportunity on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice to share, the most recent episode was fantastic and the series as a whole is worth the several hours it will take to watch them all. 

Also, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries lead me to the Vlogbrothers which has distinctly colored my post-grad life.  The show also lead me back to reading and devouring books this summer.  The 1995 mini series definitely accompanied at least one packing job this summer.  Pride and Prejudice has played a recurring role in the last several months.  What a thing. 

Sometimes I think about that scene in You've Got Mail when she mentions that every time she reads Pride and Prejudice she isn't sure if Lizzie and Darcy will end up together or not.  And I remember thinking, but of course they get together! That's the book.  But as I come across the story again and again I too feel unsure of whether or not they will end up together.  But they do, every time.  And I don't believe it, but I find myself rooting for them and believing their relationship again and again.

Thanks Jane Austen.


love,
hannah