Oooh, different from the book, then: Jane is bequeathed the vacation by a deceased wealthy relative, and it's non-refundable. So either take the trip or get nothing. Much was made in the book of how Jane wasn't super-wealthy like the other women on the trip, which added to the whole "not like those other women" effect... which was another thing that really started to get on my nerves after a while.
Changing it to Jane buying her own way makes the whole thing somewhat less squicky, but I'm not sure I'd like the tradeoff of adding in mockery of people wanting to have a fannish experience, though.
I did know about the movie, though not until after it had left theaters. After reading the book, I'm not exactly in a rush to see the movie. (Not saying never, just... not going to make any effort to do so.) I'm glad that the actress playing "Miss Charming" brought something to the role, because she was part of what made the book such an uncomfortable experience. But even Miss Charming, in all her awfulness, isn't judged as harshly by the novel as Amelia is, because Miss Charming is at least 'real' in her awfulness and Amelia, who turns out to be the consummate Austen fan/bored housewife, is 'fake.' Yeah... did I mention my problem with the whole "not like those other women" element? Bleurgh.
Huh, looking over the wikipedia entry, there were a LOT of other changes from book to movie. It really was a rather slight book, which is part of why I finished: it was too hard to justify putting aside such a short novel. That, and I still have to give it back to the friend who loaned it to me. ;-P
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Changing it to Jane buying her own way makes the whole thing somewhat less squicky, but I'm not sure I'd like the tradeoff of adding in mockery of people wanting to have a fannish experience, though.
I did know about the movie, though not until after it had left theaters. After reading the book, I'm not exactly in a rush to see the movie. (Not saying never, just... not going to make any effort to do so.) I'm glad that the actress playing "Miss Charming" brought something to the role, because she was part of what made the book such an uncomfortable experience. But even Miss Charming, in all her awfulness, isn't judged as harshly by the novel as Amelia is, because Miss Charming is at least 'real' in her awfulness and Amelia, who turns out to be the consummate Austen fan/bored housewife, is 'fake.' Yeah... did I mention my problem with the whole "not like those other women" element? Bleurgh.
Huh, looking over the wikipedia entry, there were a LOT of other changes from book to movie. It really was a rather slight book, which is part of why I finished: it was too hard to justify putting aside such a short novel. That, and I still have to give it back to the friend who loaned it to me. ;-P