I’ve seen Pride and Prejudice 1980. It was uh…pedestrian. I thought David Rintoul was acting the part badly, until I listened to him read on audible. Turns out that’s just him

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works with a lot of depth *already there* don’t make me reference Netflix Persuasion again

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Austen’s work isn’t Regency romance novels (this isn’t a criticism of the romance genre); they’re carefully written critiques; which at times are severe. It does the works an injustice to strip all that away for just the plot with more contemporary inferences and mores. ie these are very literary

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Austen sharply and keenly observed, wrote what she saw, sharply and keenly, with wit, humor and withering satire. She was already *it* you didn’t need to make up scenes to inject sardonic humor eg Netflix’s terrible Persuasion

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I mean Julia Sawalha as Lydia? David Vamber as Mr Collins? Come on. I like the 2005 film a lot; it was so beautiful to look at, actually liked most of the actors cast, too. But the point of the story wasn’t gothic romance

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