"Lost In Austen"

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My spouse picked up "Lost in Austen" on DVD at our library and we watched it not once but twice this week and we've decided it is a must addition to our DVD library. We've been fans of Jane Austen for several years now and have several of her books as well as most of her stories in DVD version -- sometimes more than one version of each. We weren't sure how we'd feel about a spinoff of a Jane Austen story but, as you might have guessed from the fact that we want to add this one to our collection, we found it delightful.

Amanda Price loves reading Jane Austen more than spending time with her boyfriend -- much to the dismay of her mother! When she is reading "Pride and Prejudice," she becomes so enmeshed in the story that she thinks she's dreaming when Elizabeth Bennett steps through a door in the wall and into Amanda's bathtub. Before she knows it they have traded places, lives, and centuries. As Amanda tries to keep the "story" going just the way Jane wrote it, everyone's relationships change. Can Amanda put everything back the way it was and right "history" before returning to her century or has she forever changed the story line of "Pride and Prejudice?"

Although I love Jane Austen, updating and changing some of her characters really did make this altered version a great story -- check it out for yourself. Be warned, though, that it is a three hour version so be sure to start your DVD viewing early in the evening.

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