Mr. Darcy takes a Wife and the Jane Austen explosion

We live in a Jane Austen universe. A book about a book club that reads only Jane Austen is firmly entrenched on our bestseller lists. Keira Knightley -- one of Hollywood's reigning "It" girls -- is filming the role of Elizabeth Bennet for yet another version of "Pride and Prejudice," expected to be in theaters next year. Meanwhile Elizabeth and her beloved Mr. Darcy are living out the married chapter of their lives in the pages of "Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues" at the local bookstore. We can buy "Pride and Prejudice," the board game. We can buy Jane Austen paper dolls at the gift shop in the DAR museum. Jane Austen, the sleuth, has her own line of mystery novels. People magazine has declared us to be living in "a Jane Austen moment." - Jennifer Frey, Washington Post austentest conference Main Menu