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Monday, April 30, 2012
Jane Austen
What might Jane Austen think of Austenland, if she were alive today? Could she have possibly anticipated how influential her novels would become, even for twenty-first-century audiences? Could she ever have imagined a fan like Jane Hayes?
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I think Jane is the type of fan that all authors secretly (or not so secretly) wish for, but never expect to have. And even if the idea of Austenland seemed a bit ridiculous to Jane Austen, I have to imagine she couldn't help but be flattered.
I'm trying to imagine what I would think a couple hundred years from now (assuming I become famous - doubtful), if people were to go on lavish vacations to a simple red-bricked home like the one I grew up in, just to feel over-crowded and stressed about all of life's daily tasks (like people typically are today), just to experience life the way I did. The very idea seems absolutely absurd! No one would do that. Maybe Jane Austen would have felt the same had someone presented her with the idea. Probably. But I would be a little flattered, if not equally freaked out.
I agree with you Holly. I don't think she had any idea how popular she or her books would be.
I think it would surprise her but why wouldn't she be flattered!
I think it would be awesome if I could someday finish and publish one of my books and have people love it enough that they wanted to know more about me and my life... and felt like my characters were real.
I don't think she had a clue how popular her novels would become in our day. They were popular in her day...she was a successful published author but to know the influence her books would have in the future was probably something she wished for but could not know then. I don't know whether she would have liked Austenland. It was so different from her books but if she understood the 20th century she might have thought it humourous to have an Autenland re-created and have people go there to "live her day" and times.
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