How I Met P&P Stories

Below you will find links to all the stories so far published for this blog series. (Learn more here.)

~Miss Dashwood
~Miss Jane Bennet
~The Elf
~Jane
~Rachel Olivia

Introducing: The 'How I Met P&P95' Blog Series

"So how did you guys meet??" It's a popular question posed to people who are newly engaged or newly married or newly showing up at a party and not really knowing anyone and trying to make small talk.

To the best of our knowledge, you ladies don't fit any of the qualifications listed above, but we're asking you that question anyway.  Only it's not about you and another person... it's about you and Pride and Prejudice 1995.

How did you meet our very favoritest of favorite movies? Was it through the recommendation of a friend? A desire to see the movie after reading the book? A stroll through the shelves at the library and the enticement of an eye-catching DVD case?  Do tell!  Simply send us an email at shelvesinthecloset95[AT]gmail[DOT]com and give us your story.  It can be as brief or as long as you like, but we recommend keeping it somewhere between 200 and 1,000 words.  We will post stories on the blog over the next several weeks, starting with our own to get the event kicked off.

Note: We reserve the right to change very minor grammatical issues.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Match the Wrong Actor - Answers

1. Judi Dench - Lady Catherine de Bough (2005)

2. Maureen O'Sullivan - Jane Bennet (1940)

Ha... this is not a high-quality photo but the expression was so
un-Jane-ish that it diverted me excessively and I had to use it

3. Melville Cooper - Mr. Collins (1940)

4. Osmund Bullock - Mr. Bingley (1980)

5. Brenda Blethyn - Mrs. Bennet (2005)

6. David Rintoul - Mr. Darcy (1980)

7. Laurence Olivier - Mr. Darcy (1940)

8. Carey Mulligan - Kitty Bennet (2005)

9. Sabina Franklyn - Jane Bennet (1980)

10. Tom Hollander - Mr. Collins (2005)

BONUS:  What connexion does the humanist satirist Aldous Huxley have with Pride and Prejudice?

ANSWER: He co-wrote the screenplay! Rather shocking, that.  I never would have suspected... but then I haven't yet seen the entire 1940 film so perhaps I'll have to do so and see if I can spot any weirdness or science fiction references in the dialogue.

And our winner is... Miss Jane Bennet with 25 points!  How fitting!  Miss Laurie merits honorable mention as well because she earned twenty points by correctly guessing all the actors' names and films (neglecting only to correctly answer the bonus question).  Thanks for playing, everyone!  Check back Monday for more fun!

Game the Twenty-seventh: Match the Wrong Actor

We Club members are a snooty bunch, there's no denying it.  We hold (unswervingly) to the belief that the 1995 A&E miniseries is the be-all, end-all of Pride and Prejudice adaptations (yes, thank you Mary, I think we had all apprehended that much) and as such we believe all other adaptations to be Inferior and Unworthy.  The 1940 and 1980 versions get off rather mildly, to be sure, as they were made before the 1995 masterpiece and were just building up to The Grand One, but the 2005 butchery has no such excuse.  We have rather immaturely dubbed it FakeP&P, because P&P already exists, people.  We don't need a new one.  Especially not an American one.  Especially not one that stars Keira Not-Knightley.  (We're big fans of Mr. George Knightley, and we resent the fact that the Pirates of the Caribbean gal shares his name.)

Where were we.

Oh, yes, bad adaptations.  That's the subject of this week's game, you see.  You will be provided with a list of ten actors' names-- your job is to match each one with a) the P&P adaptation they appeared in (i.e. 1940, 1980 or 2005) and b) the character they played.  No fair checking IMDb!  You must make your best guess... and you only get one shot at it, so think very carefully before submitting your answers in a comment.  You will get one point for each correctly guessed character and one point for each correctly guessed adaptation.  You may also acquire five extra bonus points for answering the bonus question, for a total of 25 points maximum.  Have fun!

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1. Judi Dench
2. Maureen O'Sullivan
3. Melville Cooper
4. Osmund Bullock
5. Brenda Blethyn
6. David Rintoul
7. Laurence Olivier
8. Carey Mulligan
9. Sabina Franklyn
10. Tom Hollander

BONUS:  What connexion does the humanist satirist Aldous Huxley have with Pride and Prejudice?

Double Challenge Caption Contest - Winner!

And our winner is...

Miss Jane Bennet of Classic Ramblings. 

Choosing just one was not the easiest thing in the world, for there was indeed a selection. :) Thanks to all who entered, we enjoyed them!  Keep an eye out for the post on Monday--there may just be something a little different!

Game the Twenty-Sixth: Double Challenge Caption Contest

Well, my friends, it is the week for another caption contest. Only this time, it's going to have a bit of a different twist.

Rather than giving you a picture to make up a caption for... you get to find your own. Any P&P screencap you want. The Club's stock is right here, and then for a very extensive selection, go here. It can be easier to find funny ones since the Club's screencaps don't usually freeze weird faces and that sort of thing. ;) But you can even take your own if you want to. It just has to be from P&P95. (Yes, thank you, Mary.)

There are three ways to submit your entry...
1) Comment on this post with a link to the picture in question and your caption
2) Make your own captioned picture, post it on your blog, and comment on this post with a link
3) Make your own captioned picture and send it to us at shelvesinthecloset95 (Gmail account)

Any questions? Let us know!

Please get your caption to us by the end of Friday (the 14th) so we can select a winner the next day. :)