jane austen is money.apters of "pride and prejudice" when i was 13. >> reporter: fans are so obsessed with her work they don't just make her books into movies. there are books and movies about jane mania, including "austen land" earlier this year about her crazed fans. >> maybe this was the mysterious mr. right i'd been waiting my whole life to meet. >> you remember bridget. >> maybe not. >> reporter: "bridget jones' diary" famously updated "pride and prejudice" in modern dress. now that story is getting another sequel. and shock horror, darcy is dead. >> did you hear the other day? >> did it now? >> reporter: there's the popular web series the linds bennett diaries set in a college dorm room. there's fan fiction and fantasy including a zombie mr. darcy. >> brace yourself, darcy. >> reporter: and the bollywood version "bride and prejudice" proving it's a worldwide obsession. ♪ >> thing that's really interesting to me is how many different kinds of jane austens there are for all the jane austen fans that ar

but i think it's a tribute, first to jane austen, and then to me, and then to -- >> how is bridget atthis old. >> no, it's very interesting you say that, though, because you have this image of a woman in her 50s. >> yeah. >> as sort of a tight gray perm and starting to knit and wearing a shawl. >> not anymore, but there was a day. >> i wondered, should i put her age or not? and i thought, you know what, i'm going to do it. because what i'm seeing around me is women are still looking great. they've got it all going on. >> they've got modern technology in there. she goes on. she goes on twitter. >> life goes on, love goes on. >> how is dating for bridget in this technical world? >> and also, does she have her same problems of self-worth and her weight and all that stuff too? >> well, i think like most of us, you imagine she was going to change when she got older and actually she hasn't really. but, again, like a lot of women, she finds herself single and the whole landscape has changed. she didn't even have a mobile phone before. texting, there's twitter, there's online dating, the whol

standing proudly amongst a plethora of poets ranging from william blake and charles dickins to jane austenlost not one but two of the greatest people. thanks so much for watching. my friend and colleague ed schultz is next with "the ed show." >>> good evening americans and welcome to the ed show live from new york. let's get to work. >> the latest on their efforts to tear down obama care. >> we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. >> start from scratch addressing health insurance problems but not the way they've done. >> fire in the hole! >> we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. >> let's start from scratch. >> republicans are willing to destroy this country for the right reasons. >> you don't think we have a responsibility as a u.s. senator to do better than that in terms of offering a solution for what to do next? >> well, i -- i --. >> just simple