Literary-Inspired Web Series

Fandom
Name(s):	Literary-Inspired Web Series, Literary-Inspired Webseries
Abbreviation(s):	LIWS
Scope/Focus:	The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved, The Autobiography of Jane Eyre, etc.
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Literary-Inspired Web Series is a type of webseries who stories are heavily based on classic literary works, but generally updated for a modern setting and presented in the form of videos shared on the internet. There is an umbrella fandom for these works linking together many smaller fandoms.

The most prominent, and arguably the blueprint for LIWS was The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

Example Fandoms

• The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
• Carmilla (web series)
• Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Meta & Further Reading

• The Evolution of LGBTQ+ Representation in LIWs by literaryinspiredwebserieslove (May 2017)