A chronicle of my attempts to live a classy life as a single girl in the Nation's Capital

Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Ideal Man

I am in love... I came across this website today.  I think it's an advertisement for coffee or Penguin books (or both) but I don't even notice the coffee.

The Carte Noir Readers site (Click here for the site ) features 4 British men reading excerpts from classics and contemporary literature (ranging from Austen to Scott Turow) and apparently was designed just for me. 

Bookish men with gorgeous British accents reading great prose to me. Leather chairs, piles of books nearby, steaming mug of coffee (tea would be better though)  I just melt....  They tell you to pour a mug of coffee and sit comfortably.  I say pour a glass of chardonnay and try to refrain from giggling like a little school girl.  Here are some screen-shots:

Here is Joseph Finnes (Shakespeare in Love) reading Far From the Madding Crowd .  He's my favorite of the four.

This is Dan Stevens, a popular BBC actor, reading from Saving Caravaggio. Even with the Mr. Rogers sweater, I still swoon (okay, maybe he's my favorite). 

Dominic West (The Wire) reading from Pride and Prejudice

Greg Wise (Emma Thompson's husband and popular Brit actor) reading from Persuasion


I love that they are championing literature in this way; I certainly find it entertaining.  Now I'm going to go watch a few more videos--where are men like this in real life??

1 comment:

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