Novel Line Readings

Classic works meet their modern adaptations: a crossover blog.

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In 2015 I vow not only to consume more culture, but also (and much more importantly) to react more to culture. By God, that's going to include restarting this thing. So get ready, my measly follower count. Get. Ready.

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Clueless (1995) x Emma (1815)

"I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair -- ew -- and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we're expected to swoon? I don't think so."

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Emma (1815) x Clueless (1995)

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Oh, to be sure! It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.

Jane Austen/Emma, taking down the "nice guy" since 1815.

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Emma (1815) x Clueless (1995)

FIRST POST. Expect more like this plus screenshots (mostly of 90s teen movies) with lines from their more canonical sources. 

Let's revel in anachronism!