Excerpt: The British melodrama “Downton Abbey” is already the darling of American public television. Now it has become a marketing tool for booksellers and publishers hoping to tap into the passion of the show’s audience.
Publishers are convinced that viewers who obsessively tune in to follow the war-torn travails of an aristocratic family and its meddling but loyal servants are also literary types, likely to devour books on subjects the series touches.
So they are rushing to print books that take readers back to Edwardian and wartime England.
More about "Downton Abbey":
Chronicle of Higher Education "Downton Abbey" Forum.
If you like Downton Abbey. (Arapahoe Library District)
If you like Downton Abbey...Similar books and films for obsessive fans! (New York Public Library)
6 Fun Facts About Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle. (TIME, 1/9/2012)
Premiere Episode of Season 2 of 'Downton Abbey' Averages 4.2 Million Viewers on PBS. (TV by the Numbers, 1/10/2012)
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