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About
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries[1] is a YouTube series that serves as a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice[2] through personal vlogs and tweets from the characters.
History
The series was conceived by Hank Green[3] of Vlogbrothers[4] and Streamy Award-winning video writer Bernie Su[5], who wanted to tell a story through multiple social media outlets. The first video introducing Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet (shown below) was uploaded to YouTube on April 9th, 2012, and has since accrued more than 976,000 views. While viewers can solely watch the episodes on YouTube[1], the story unfolds through a number of social media accounts[6] belonging to the characters on Twitter[7], Facebook, Tumblr and Pinterest where the characters interact with each other as well as with fans. As of March 2013, the main YouTube channel for the story has 99 videos, 183,000 subscribers, 28.2 million video views and averages approximately 81,000 views per day.
Outside of the game, a homepage[8] exists with profiles on the cast and crew, as well as pages chronicling all the pieces of the story and an FAQ section. There is also a Tumblr blog[9], Twitter account[10] and Facebook fan page[11] for the series itself that have gained tens of thousands of fans each.
Reception
Fandom
Impact
Kickstarter Campaign
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
[2]Wikipedia – Pride and Prejudice
[3]Wikipedia – Hank Green
[4]YouTube – VlogBrothers’ Channel
[6]The Lizzie Bennet Diaries – Story
[7]Twitter – @LBDOfficial’s List of Characters
[8]The Lizzie Bennet Diaries – Home
[9]Tumblr – The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Official
[10]Twitter – @TheLBDofficial
[11]Facebook – The Lizzie Bennet Diaries