In defence of Netflix’s Persuasion
No, I haven’t read Jane Austen’s novel. Must that disqualify me from enjoying this joyful and self-aware parody?
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How did Netflix’s Persuasion get the novel so wrong?
This adaptation slaps a sassy millennial tone on Austen’s most mature work, in an embarrassing attempt to force the brashest…
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Please, no more adaptations of Jane Austen
Do we really need the new Netflix version of Persuasion, which has seemingly confused Anne Elliot with Fleabag?
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Philippa Perry Q&A: “I used to love Jane Austen – now I think she was a snob“
The psychotherapist on admiring Mhairi Black, Chopin and why her Mastermind subject would be Jane Austen.
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SRSLY #124: A Jane Austen Special – Emma
On the pop culture podcast this week: Caroline and Anna examine the major adaptations of Jane Austen's iconic novel, Emma.
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Claire Tomalin’s Diary: Going to prison and talking about Jane Austen
Planting trees in the yard is a poor subsitute for reducing the prison population.
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Tory politician Andrea Leadsom calls Jane Austen one of our “greatest living authors”
A zombie author for a zombie government.
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Whit Stillman on Love & Friendship, his postmodern love letter to Jane Austen
Austen’s work has already been a launch-pad for literary spin-offs, but Stillman's film – and accompanying novel – do something intriguingly new.
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