Thursday, October 30, 2003 AD Start With Broccoli Lucy Zoe commented Wednesday about the "Brussels Sprouts Syndrome" and her determination to try again to read Austen. For anyone in that position, I'd highly recommend watching some of the better Austen-based films as a means of working your way up to the novels. The BBC/A&E production of Pride and Prejudice is the best of the best. Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility, Gwynneth Paltrow's Emma, this 1970s BBC Emma, and Amanda Root's Persuasion are also good, if not perfect. Avoid this Mansfield Park like the plague. It is the worst adaptation I've ever walked out of after only 15 minutes. The 1940 P&P with Greer Garson is also too flawed to be worth consumption. Posted by Valerie (Kyriosity) at 10/30/2003 04:30:00 PM
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