Mmm. Mr Darcy...
Jul. 8th, 2013 11:31 pmGiant sculpture of Jane Austen character in wet shirt emerges from a London lake

Elsewhere: "I suppose it is inevitable that Pride and Prejudice be best known for a scene that Austen never wrote," commented critic and Austen expert John Mullan, author of What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. "This is an installation that celebrates the imagination of Andrew Davies rather than that of Jane Austen."

Elsewhere: "I suppose it is inevitable that Pride and Prejudice be best known for a scene that Austen never wrote," commented critic and Austen expert John Mullan, author of What Matters in Jane Austen? Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. "This is an installation that celebrates the imagination of Andrew Davies rather than that of Jane Austen."
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Date: 2013-07-09 04:59 am (UTC)