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Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Amanda, a young woman living in modern London, enters the plot of the novel through a portal in her bathroom, to join the Bennet family and affect events, generally disastrously.
In December 2009 the show was placed at 48 in "The Top 50 TV Shows of the Noughties", a list published in The Times.
Amanda Price, a keen Jane Austen fan from present-day Hammersmith, who has just rejected an unromantic marriage proposal from her boozy boyfriend, discovers Elizabeth Bennet, a character from Pride and Prejudice, standing in a nightgown in her bathroom. When Elizabeth disappears, Amanda brushes the incident off as a dream. She explains to her mother that Jane Austen's novel has shown her that she can set higher standards for a husband for herself and has taught her to believe in true love. Elizabeth appears in Amanda's bathroom again, this time dressed for travel.
Amanda steps through the secret doorway in the wall that Elizabeth has shown her, and finds herself at Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family in Hertfordshire, near the beginning of the novel. Amanda is trapped in this world, while Elizabeth is in 21st-century London. Mr Bennet is hospitable, accepting Amanda as his daughter's good friend, while Elizabeth is off visiting "the city".
Amanda tries to ensure that the novel progresses as it should, but when Mr Bingley, newly settled in Netherfield, visits Longbourn, he admires Amanda more than Jane Bennet. At the Meryton Assembly Hall, Amanda tries to reject Bingley's interest by telling him that she cannot dance with him, because Mr Darcy has already asked her to dance. Bingley calls Amanda's bluff, but Darcy coldly lies and confirms Amanda's claim. As Darcy dances with her, Amanda asks why he covered for her, for which he scolds her, believing her to have tried to make a fool out of Bingley, and agreed to dance through wanting to spare him from embarrassment. Amanda gets drunk and kisses Bingley, immediately regretting it.
A furious Mrs Bennet warns Amanda not to interfere with her daughters' marriage prospects. Later, Amanda forces Jane to travel to the Bingleys' home in bad weather, in order to get the novel back on track. But when she learns that this may give Jane a fatal attack of influenza, Amanda follows her to try and save her.
While nursing a sick Jane with the then-unknown drug paracetamol at Netherfield Park, Amanda finally puts a stop to Bingley's advances to her. Claiming to be a lesbian, she is able to direct his amorous attentions back to Jane. Darcy, however, argues with Amanda about her bringing Jane to Netherfield Park, while Bingley's sister Caroline takes a dislike to Amanda, seeing her as a potential rival for Darcy, and continually tries to embarrass her. She insists that Amanda play the piano for them, but upon her revelation that she cannot play, Amanda instead sings Petula Clark's song "Downtown" and receives great applause from Darcy and Bingley. Caroline snidely tells Amanda that she will never get the riches she's looking for, but she at least won't starve. Amanda, in retaliation, boasts of her income of 27,000 pounds a year, which is enormous by Georgian standards, and much larger than Darcy's income.
As the Bennet ladies return to Longbourn, their carriage breaks down, but an army officer, George Wickham, plays gallant rescuer. Amanda warns Wickham (who, in the novel, will later run away with Lydia) that she knows what he is up to and is watching him.
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Lost in Austen
Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Amanda, a young woman living in modern London, enters the plot of the novel through a portal in her bathroom, to join the Bennet family and affect events, generally disastrously.
In December 2009 the show was placed at 48 in "The Top 50 TV Shows of the Noughties", a list published in The Times.
Amanda Price, a keen Jane Austen fan from present-day Hammersmith, who has just rejected an unromantic marriage proposal from her boozy boyfriend, discovers Elizabeth Bennet, a character from Pride and Prejudice, standing in a nightgown in her bathroom. When Elizabeth disappears, Amanda brushes the incident off as a dream. She explains to her mother that Jane Austen's novel has shown her that she can set higher standards for a husband for herself and has taught her to believe in true love. Elizabeth appears in Amanda's bathroom again, this time dressed for travel.
Amanda steps through the secret doorway in the wall that Elizabeth has shown her, and finds herself at Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family in Hertfordshire, near the beginning of the novel. Amanda is trapped in this world, while Elizabeth is in 21st-century London. Mr Bennet is hospitable, accepting Amanda as his daughter's good friend, while Elizabeth is off visiting "the city".
Amanda tries to ensure that the novel progresses as it should, but when Mr Bingley, newly settled in Netherfield, visits Longbourn, he admires Amanda more than Jane Bennet. At the Meryton Assembly Hall, Amanda tries to reject Bingley's interest by telling him that she cannot dance with him, because Mr Darcy has already asked her to dance. Bingley calls Amanda's bluff, but Darcy coldly lies and confirms Amanda's claim. As Darcy dances with her, Amanda asks why he covered for her, for which he scolds her, believing her to have tried to make a fool out of Bingley, and agreed to dance through wanting to spare him from embarrassment. Amanda gets drunk and kisses Bingley, immediately regretting it.
A furious Mrs Bennet warns Amanda not to interfere with her daughters' marriage prospects. Later, Amanda forces Jane to travel to the Bingleys' home in bad weather, in order to get the novel back on track. But when she learns that this may give Jane a fatal attack of influenza, Amanda follows her to try and save her.
While nursing a sick Jane with the then-unknown drug paracetamol at Netherfield Park, Amanda finally puts a stop to Bingley's advances to her. Claiming to be a lesbian, she is able to direct his amorous attentions back to Jane. Darcy, however, argues with Amanda about her bringing Jane to Netherfield Park, while Bingley's sister Caroline takes a dislike to Amanda, seeing her as a potential rival for Darcy, and continually tries to embarrass her. She insists that Amanda play the piano for them, but upon her revelation that she cannot play, Amanda instead sings Petula Clark's song "Downtown" and receives great applause from Darcy and Bingley. Caroline snidely tells Amanda that she will never get the riches she's looking for, but she at least won't starve. Amanda, in retaliation, boasts of her income of 27,000 pounds a year, which is enormous by Georgian standards, and much larger than Darcy's income.
As the Bennet ladies return to Longbourn, their carriage breaks down, but an army officer, George Wickham, plays gallant rescuer. Amanda warns Wickham (who, in the novel, will later run away with Lydia) that she knows what he is up to and is watching him.