Create Your Own Jane Austen AdventureBy Emma Campbell Webster
Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy are two of the most recognizable figures in literature. What if events had happened differently? What if Elizabeth had accepted Mr. Darcy at the beginning? Would we even have a “Pride and Prejudice?”
LOST IN AUSTEN lets the reader answer those questions and many more. It’s an interactive read -- you can even make a game out of it with your friends and family. Starting with such categories as ‘superior connections’, ‘bonus fortune points’ and ‘intelligence points,’ you make the choices Elizabeth should take and the paths she will follow. She also encounters characters from other Austen novels and inter-acts with them. The choices you make and how you answer certain questions determines if Elizabeth will move forward in her story or wind up alone and unmarried.
Taste This!
Orange Bread Biscuits by Betty Crocker
1 (10 oz.) can Hungry Jack Refrigerated big Flaky Biscuits
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
5 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 egg white, beaten
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a cookie sheet. Separate dough into 10 biscuits. Separate each biscuit into 2 layers. Cut cream cheese lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 10 equal pieces. Combine sugar and orange peel. Dip cream cheese pieces in sugar mixture. Center one piece of sugared cream on bottom layer of each biscuit. Cover with top layers; press to seal. Brush biscuits with egg white. Sprinkle and press remaining sugar mixture onto tops of biscuits. Bake at 350°F. for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
While this book may not be for the die-hard Austen fans (it does lack the prose of the original) it should be taken for what it is -- a light, entertaining and inter-active look at one of best known novels of it’s time.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was fun! Although I never wound up getting married!
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