[HPforGrownups] HP and Jane Austen (was Italian Translations )

[heidi]

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Morag Traynor wrote:

> Real-To:  "Morag Traynor" <moragt at hotmail.com>
>
> Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
> >
> >I guess Jane Austen isn't big in Italy...?
>
> I guess not...Apart from Mrs Norris, and Dumbledore's eyes ("light, bright
> and sparkling") has anyone spotted any other Austen moments in HP?  I do
> think Dumbledore's comment about never having enough socks because "people
> will insist on giving me books" could almost have come from one of Jane's
> letters!   Captain Wentworth for DADA teacher, anyone? ;)

Funny you should suggest that! I've actually been writing (off & on over the past 10 weeks - and there's a lot more to come) a fanfiction where I'm literally, almost work for word, putting the HP characters into Pride & Prejudice. The funny
thing is, it works really well - almost better than putting the characters from Bridget Jones' Diary into P&P, which is odd, given that BJD is purportedly a retelling of P&P (except, as my husband says, Elizabeth Bennett never made a fool of
herself, as BJ is wont to do (yes, he used the word wont. We do that sometimes))

Hermione may be JK Rowling's "self" in HP, but if that's the case, then JKR wants to be Elizabeth Bennett - and how can you blame her? She's absolutely terrific.
In my chapters, the casting is malliable - in other words, just because Ron is Jane in one scene doesn't mean he can't be Wickham in most of the others, and Lydia in an upcoming bit, but I've mae a few steady parallels:
Draco is Darcy - at least, I hope he will be, and even though I have no canon basis for it, I am hoping that JKR has him turn out to be Darcy-esque (and no, I do not mean simply wearing a wet shirt!) in the sense that he recognizes that he's
expressed prejudicially gitty attitudes and actions, and overcome them - maybe not for love (although I do like D/H) but any reason would be good!
Snape has a lot of Lady Catherine characteristics, especially in Neville's Boggart, but his general attitude towards his students is similar to her level of condescention that she shows to everyone other than Darcy (i.e. Draco)
Harry has a lot of Jane in him - nice and good and true and stalwart
And Peter Pettigrew in the Shrieking Shack acts like Mr Collins would in that situation, doesn't he?

now....do I have time to start working on my MWPP (Moony Wormtail Padfoot & Prongs) version of Emma, with Lily as Emma and James as Knightly, and which gets all slashy as Remus takes Jane Fairfax's lines (poor? teacher? yeah!) and Sirius has
Frank Churchill's........