Bridget Jones, a modern Elisabeth Bennet?

Compare these two pictures ... yes ... you are right, Colin Firth is in both of them! And not only that, he plays the same character in both, the famous Jane Austin's novel Pride and Prejudice and the film Bridget Jones's Diary.

But as we have seen in our class practice where we have analysed your reader for this semester (Pride and Prejudice from Penguin Readers Upper Intermediate) in comparison with this film, there are more similarities and differences between the two of them.

In case you want to learn more about this special relatioship, here you have more links, with commets, reviews, quizzes ... Don't forget to have fun!

Quiz: Pride and Prejudice vs. Bridget Jones (funtrivia.com)
It is a truth universally acknowledge... (bridgetarchive.com)
Is Bridget the new Elisabeth?
Briget Jones Web and 2nd movie
Helen Fielding - Bridget's novel writer (Wikipedia)
Some movie reviews

Would you like to know more about Jane Austin?:

Classic Literature: Jane Austin - articles, books... (About.com)
Jane Austin Centre Website in Bath, England

Do you know that there is even a Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice? Yeah, I know, it's amazing! It's called Bride and Prejudice and was directed by the same director of Bend it Like Beckham. Enjoy the trailer!



Bride and Prejudice - Bollywood movie (Wikipedia)
Gurinder Chadha - its film maker (Wikipedia)