I decided to pick Pride & Prejudice this week for two different reasons. One, because it has to do with a future article series I’m writing, and two, because it’s a movie I rewatch at least once a year. The book, as with many of Jane Austen’s novels, is a classic and the 2005 movie version is my personal favorite adaptation. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if…
This week I decided to watch Netflix’s Jane Austen Adaptation Persuasion. It’s gotten some critique since its release, and not all of it good, but I wanted to give it a watch and decide for myself. **Warning, mild spoilers ahead, so if you haven’t watched the movie yet, what are you doing?** Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) was once engaged to Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis), but since he…
