Take a Coffee Break with Jimmy McNulty

Carte Noire, a British coffee brand, has a new online video campaign directed smack at cubicle-dwelling, former English majors (i.e., me). Every week, a hottie actor of the Anglo persuasion reads a love scene from a new or classic novel. Here's Dominic West—Jimmy McNulty of The Wire—reading the scene from Pride and Prejudice in which Mr. Darcy declares his love for Elizabeth Bennet.

I can't tell what I like more about this clip: the cosy, English-country-home vibe (the armchair! the books on the windowshelf!) or West's own "luxurious, velvety flavours." It's not quite up there with the Taster's Choice soap opera, but then, what is? Shameless, yet delicious.

Thanks to Farhad Manjoo for the tip-off!

Image is a screenshot from cartenoire.co.uk.

Tags: coffee, dominic west, pride and prejudice

Nina Shen Rastogi California native, theater and comics fan, Slate "Green Lantern" columnist

Comments

Coffee, tea, or me?

By: lauraoshea | Thu, 07/02/2009 - 14:02

This is awesome. What a great idea to have yummy men read scenes from books. I have always enjoyed listening to my husband read out loud stories to our daughter. Perhaps I should ask him to start reading out loud to me ... but in the mean time this does make for an enjoyable way to spend a break or two.